SOPHIA LOREN

Sophia Loren ( 20 September 1934) is an Italian actress. Loren is widely recognized as Italy's most renowned  actress.

She appeared in several 'bit parts' and minor roles until the late 1950s where Loren's five-picture contract with Paramount launched her career as an international movie star..

It was not until her deglamorized performance as Cesira in Vittorio De Sica's Two Women that confirmed her status as an acclaimed actress. Loren won the Academy Award for Best Actress in 1962 for her performance which made Loren the first artist to win an Oscar for a foreign-language performance. Later notable films include El Cid, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Marriage Italian-Style (for which she was nominated for a second Oscar), Sunflower and The Voyage. As well as her Academy Award, Loren has also been awarded a Grammy Award, five special Golden Globes, a BAFTA Award, a Laurel Award as well as the Honorary Academy Award in 1991. In 1995, she received the Cecil B. De Mille Award for lifetime achievements, one of many such awards.

   1. Sofia Loren was launched worldwide

         a)    by Columbia Studios

         b)    by a famous Italian film production house

         c)    by Paramount

         d)    by a French director

            2. She won

a)    3 Oscar for a foreign-language performance

b)    2 Oscar as the best American actress in 1962

c)    1 Oscar as no protagonist actress

d)    1 Oscar for a foreign-language performance 

3.  She acted in

a)    It started in Rome

b)    Marriage Spanish-Style

c)    Today and Yesterday

d)    Sunflower