Sophia Loren turns 89: the origins of her stage name, the first meeting with Carlo Ponti (her future husband), 10 secrets

2023-09-20 07:14:39

Daughter of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Mario Claudio Scicolone, Sophia Loren (Sofia Costanza Brigida Villani Scicolone at the registry office) was born in Rome on 20 September 1934. Romilda, whom Scicolone never wanted to marry, due to economic constraints, after a few years moved to his family in Pozzuoli. Here the future actress spent her childhood and early adolescence with her mother and her sister Maria (Marianna Pia Villani Scicolone, who in 1962 married the jazz pianist and painter Romano Mussolini, fourth child of Benito and Rachele Guidi, with whom she had daughters Alessandra, politician and commentator, and Elisabetta).

September 20, 2023 | 07:14

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