SOPHIA LOREN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 325138

SOPHIRA LOREN
Publicity still from the film The Cassandra Crossing (1976) signed by the award winning actress in purple ink
Photograph signed: "Sophira/Loren", in purple ink, B/w 8x10. Statuesque and sensuous Sophia Loren (b. 1934) was an established star in Italy by 1954, competing with Gina Lollobrigida for audiences on both sides of the Atlantic. After arriving in Hollywood in 1958, Loren was cast in sexually charged roles in such films as Desire Under the Elms, The Black Orchid and Heller in Pink Tights. In 1961, she returned to Italy to star in a definitely unglamorous role in Two Women, for which she received an Academy Award and the Cannes Festival Award. She also received a nomination for the 1965 Best Actress Oscar for portraying Filumena Marturano in Marriage Italian-Style. In 1991, Loren was awarded a Special Academy Award "for a career rich with memorable performances that has added permanent luster to our art form". Her other films include The Black Orchid, El Cid, Boy on a Dolphin, It Started in Naples and Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. In 1980, the year she wrote this letter, the made-for-TV movie, Sophia Loren: Her Own Story, aired. In 1995, at age 61, Loren starred in Grumpier Old Men with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau, proving that her beauty and sex appeal are timeless. Corners and edges worn. Bottom right corner clipped. Light surface creases throughout, with heavier crease on outer margins. Otherwise, fine condition.