Sophia loren autobiography film
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Sophia loren autobiography film
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story
1980 American TV series or program
Sophia Loren: Her Own Story is a 1980 American television film directed by Mel Stuart and starring Sophia Loren as herself.
The film was written by Joanna Crawford based on the 1979 biographical book Sophia, Living and Loving: Her Own Story by A.E. Hotchner and originally aired on NBC on October 26, 1980.
Plot
A dramatization of the life of Italian actress Sophia Loren from her childhood in Naples to her international stardom.
Loren plays herself during adulthood and her mother Romilda Villani.
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The story begins in 1933, when Sophia's mother, Romilda Villani, wins a Greta Garbo look-alike contest, but is prevented by her parents from collecting the prize - a trip to America and a screen test. Angry and bitter, Romilda runs away to Rome where she looks in vain for work as an actress, and where she meets a charming rake, Riccardo Scicolone, and moves in with him.
She becomes pregnant and when Riccardo refus