Famous Italian actresses have always been a subject of admiration for many in our country and abroad. Today it will be about Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, Claudia Cardinale and Ornella Muti.
Sophia Loren.
The real name is Sofia Villani Shikolone. She was immediately ranked in Italian actresses, who glorified the country. Sofia was born in the municipal hospital in Rome, September 20, 1934. Her mother was a poor provincial actress Romilda Villani. Sophia's father, left the family after the birth of the girl. The family was forced to move to the town of Pozzuoli near Naples. However, it was difficult to find work in a small town. In her youth, Sophie was very skinny, and for this she was nicknamed "Steketto", which meant "Pike".
At the age of nine, the girl first entered the theater. A magnificent sight so shocked Sophia that she decided to become an actress. Mother supported her dream, she considered her daughter very beautiful, and regularly sent her photos on all sorts of beauty contests. And at one of these competitions in Naples, 15-year-old Sofia received as one of the prizes - a free railway ticket to Rome! Sophia, who spoke only in Neapolitan dialect, had to learn Italian, as well as English and French. During her participation in the regular beauty contest Sofia met with the producer Carlo Ponty, who was married and older than her at the time for twenty-two years. However, this did not stop them from starting to meet, and later to get married. The actress began acting under the pseudonym Sofia Lazaro, but replaced it with Sophia Loren in 1953, on the advice of Ponti. Lauren was shot on the same platform with many popular actors of Hollywood.
However, the most important shooting partner for Sophia Loren was Marcello Mastroianni, a duet with whom was one of the best in the history of cinema. The peak of acting for Sophia Loren was the role of the mother in the film, based on the novel by Alberto Moravia, "Chochare." For this role, Lauren was awarded the Oscar. This was the first time when in this nomination the prize was awarded for a film shot in a foreign language. In 2002, she co-starred with her son Eduardo Ponti in the film "Just Between Us" (2002).
Gina Lollobrigida.
The top "Famous Actresses" can not be compiled without the next Italian. Gina was born in 1927 in the Italian town of Subiaco in a large family. Her career as an actress, she began in 1946, starring in episodic roles. And after participating in the contest "Miss Italy", Gina began to get more serious roles. The first Italian films with her participation were "Love Potion" (1946) and "Pagliacci" (1947). Lollobrigida's career reached its peak in the 1950s. In 1952, she starred with the famous Gerard Filip in the film Fanfan-Tulip, in 1956 appears in the role of Esmeralda in the legendary film "Notre Dame Cathedral", in 1959 he starred in the films "So Little Never" with Frank Sinatra and "Solomon and Sheb "With Yul Brynner. Since the 70s, Gina has rarely acted in films. During this period, she travels a lot. He begins to get involved in creativity: sculpture and modeling. And also photojournalism. She made many photos of celebrities, among them were Paul Newman, Nikita Khrushchev, Salvador Dali, Yuri Gagarin, Fidel Castro. Lollobrigida has released various author's photo albums dedicated to her native country, nature and the world of animals, children. In 1976, Gina comes to the decision to try herself as a director. Gina is filming her documentary on Cuba and interviewing Castro himself.
Claudia Cardinale.
Full name is Claude Josephine Rose Cardinale. She was born on April 15, 1938 in Tunis. The family had a strict religious upbringing, Claudia wore dark-colored clothes and did not use makeup. But even this could not hide her beauty. For the first time in the cinema, Claudia Cardinale appeared at the age of 14, in the episodic role of the documentary Golden Rings. But this was enough that they would pay close attention to her. Claudia began to invite to shoot popular magazines and participate in a fashion show. However, she never thought about acting career.
Claudia planned to become a teacher and travel around Africa with missionary lessons. But fate decreed otherwise. Claudia Cardinale received an invitation to the Venice Film Festival, where she met the Italian director and producer Franco Cristaldi, who later became her first husband. From that moment, Claudia Cardinale's career skyrocketed. She was always lucky for directors and partners in the filming. She worked with Luchino Visconti ("Leopard"), Federico Fellini ("8 1/2"), Lilian Cavani ("Skin"), starred with Marcello Mastroiani, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Alain Delon, Omar Sharif. Having played many roles in the cinema, Cardinal was fascinated by writing memoirs. Her first book was called "I'm Claudia, you're Claudia." At the presentation, she said that she plans to write even a whole series, at least five volumes.
Ornella Muti.
Was born in Rome, March 9, 1955. The debut in the movie occurred at the age of fifteen in the film directed by Damiano Damiani "The Most Beautiful Wife". Filming in the films of Mark Ferreri "The Last Woman" (1976), "The Stories of Ordinary Madness" (1981), "The Future Is a Woman" (1984) brought fame to a young singer.
Ornella, basically, acted in film with the Italian filmmakers, but in 1980 she won major roles in Mike Hodges' American fantasy film Flash Gordon, and the Soviet Life is Beautiful directed by Gregory Chukhrai. She acted with Alain Delon in the film "Love of Svan" by the German film director Volker Schlöndorff. Muti was married twice, she has two daughters and a son.
In recent years Ornella moved to Paris and only periodically visits her native Italy. She created her own line of jewelry, opening boutiques around the world, and bought vineyards in France, starting to produce her own wine. Without advertising this activity widely, Ornella Muti is engaged in charity, believing that it is necessary to constantly help people in need.
Now you know everything about the idols of the last century, Italian actresses have always been the center of attraction and imitation.