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Sophia Loren: Vittorio De Sica
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Italian movie star and international sex symbol Sophia Loren was tossed toward stardom after winning an Oscar for portraying Cesira, a sultry single mother raped by two soldiers, in Vittorio De Sica's Italian wartime drama Two Women (a.k.a. La Ciociara, 1960). A celebrated actress since the 1950s, Loren has acted in such films as The Pride and the Passion (1957, with Frank Sinatra), The Black Orchid (1958), The Millionairess (1960), It Started in Naples (1960, with Clark Gable), El Cid (1961, with Charlton Heston), Marriage Italian-Style (1964) and Man of La Mancha (1972), as well as Prêt-à-Porter (1994) and Grumpier Old Men (1995). It's Time for Stuffed Peppers (a.k.a. Peperoni ripieni e pesci in faccia).
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In 1954 Loren again teamed up with De Sica for The Gold of Naples. This time de Sica was directing the film. Sam Shaw, in Sophia Loren: In the Camera Eye, noted "De Sica taught her [Loren] the craft of acting. Secrets of interpretation, restraint. It took a director like him to get the talent out of her." Loren agreed, claiming "the second man of my life is Vittorio De Sica."
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In 1953, moviegoers remembered 19-year-old Loren playing a dual role, as both the sultry Queen of Cleopatra and that of beautiful slave girl Nisca in Mario Mattoli's comedy Due notti con Cleopatra (a.k.a. Two Nights with Cleopatra, 1953), then portraying the title role of Aida in Clemente Fracassi's musical film with the same name. In the next year, Vittorio De Sica cast her in his novel-based comedy film, The Gold of Naples (a.k.a. Oro di Napoli, L', Pizze a credito segment). She followed it up with the starring role in Alessandro Blasetti's comedy Peccato che sia una canaglia (a.k.a. Too Bad She's Bad, 1955) and as a peasant shop girl turned coveted model and actress in Fortuna di essere donna, La (a.k.a.
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