She is the illegitimate child of Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone. Sophia grew up in the slums of Pozzuoli, just outside Naples. After insignificant parts in _Variety Lights (1950)_ and Quo Vadis (1951), she met movie-director Carlo Ponti, some 22 years her senior, whom she later married. Perhaps he was the father figure she never experienced as a child. In 1961, she received an Academy Award for Ciociara, La (1960) (Two Women). This beautiful lady became one of the major sex symbol of ...[Read Story]
Sabato, domenica e lunedi
(1990)
Ciociara, La
(1988)
Brass Target
(1978)
Verdict
(1974)
Moglie del prete, La
(1971)
