Real Name: Sofia Villani Scicolone
Birthdate: September 20,1934
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Husband:
Carlo Ponti (17 September 1957 - 1962) (annulled) 2 sons
Carlo Ponti (9 April 1966 - present)
Height: 5'8"
As a child, she also had the nickname, "Toothpick".
17 September 1999 - Filed a lawsuit against 76 websites for using "fraudulent photographs" of her on adult sites.
Mother of Edoardo Ponti
She may have been the voluptuous sex goddess as an adult, but as a skinny child she was nicknamed 'The Stick'
Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the world. [1991]
She had her marriage annulled to save Ponti from bigamy sharges in Italy.
She served 18 days in prison in Italy in 1982 for tax evasion.
Born at 2:10pm-CET
Derives great pleasure from rolling her bare feet over a wooden rolling pin while watching TV.
She didn't get on with Marlon Brando during the shooting of 'The Countess from Hong Kong' (1966), especially after the day they were doing a love scene and he commented, 'Did you know you have hairs up your nostrils?'
She performed two duets with Peter Sellers which were major hits in the UK pop chart. 'Goodness Gracious Me' was released in 1960 and reached four and 'Bangers and Mash' made it to the top 20 in 1961.
Carlo Ponti obtains a Mexican divorce from his first wife and marries Sophia by proxy while she was in Hollywood filming "Houseboat" - and dating co-star Cary Grant. [17 September 1957]
While filming "Boy on a Dolphin", Sophia was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd, was taller than she.
Her sister was married to dictator Benito Mussolini's son, Romano. Their daughter, Alessandra, is a controversial figure in Italy because of her involvment in the neo-fascist Fiamma Tricolore party.
Suffered from stage fright and, therefore, never appeared in a theatrical production.
