Sophia Loren was born on 20 September 1934 in Rome. An Italian actress, Loren rose from a poor childhood in Naples to become one of the world's leading film stars. She worked in Italian cinema with directors such as Vittorio De Sica, who guided her in Two Women, for which she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962, the first performer to win an Oscar for a non-English-language role. She also appeared in Hollywood films opposite stars such as Cary Grant and Clark Gable, and for her career she received an honorary Oscar in 1991. Her partnership with Marcello Mastroianni was among cinema's most celebrated.
Before and after
- 29 April 1934Construction of Warsaw Chopin Airport
- 15 June 1934Establishment of Great Smoky Mountains National Park
- 5 July 1934Founding of Badminton World Federation
- 13 July 1934Birth of Wole Soyinka
- 20 September 1934Birth of Sophia Loren
- 21 September 1934Birth of Leonard Cohen
- 28 September 1934Birth of Brigitte Bardot
- 9 October 1934Establishment of Iguazú National Park
- from 16 October 1934 to 19 October 1935Long March
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