Photos: Actress Sophia Loren through the years
Sophia Loren turns 87 today. Here's a look back at her life and career, in photos.
Italian actress Sophia Loren is shown at the International Film Festival in Berlin this year. Several of the many stars who kept autograph hunters busy for two weeks attended the international film ball of the festival June 26, 1954. (AP Photo/Heinrich Sanden Jr.)
Italian movie actress Sophia Loren juggles balloons at her home in Rome, Italy, Dec. 23, 1955. (AP Photo)
Sophia Loren, the Italian film actress, is seen with one of the camels on the set of the film "Legend of the Lost" on location in the Libyan desert on April 5, 1957. (AP Photo)
Italian screen actress Sophia Loren sits in her car on her arrival at Victoria Station, London, May 18, 1960. Loren is in Britain to film "The Millionairess" with Peter Sellers. (AP Photo/Laurence Harris)
Italian actress Sophia Loren raises a glass of champagne in her Rome apartment, in a toast to all her friends and fans, and wishing everyone a Happy New Year, on Dec. 31, 1962 in Italy. (AP Photo)
Italian Oscar winner Sophia Loren waves goodbye from the window of a train coach at Termini railroad station of Rome, Italy, the evening of April 16, 1962, as she leaves for Switzerland where she will spend her Easter holidays before going to Hamburg, Germany, to star in "The Condemned of Altona." (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)
Italina film actress Sophia Loren is shown in Paris, France, in Jan. 1962. (AP Photo)
Italy's Sophia Loren is shown during filming of "Ieri, Oggi, Domani," "Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow," as the indoor scenes are presently being shot in Rome movie studios, Sept. 20, 1963. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle)
Actress Sophia Loren, playing the part of a pregnant Neapolitan woman, in a scene of a new film, "Ieri, Oggi, Domani" shot in an apartment in Naples in 1963. (AP Photo)
Sophia Loren in a scene from the film "C'era Una Volta" (Happily Ever After). The film is being shot on location at Padula, a small town in southern Italy on Sept. 21, 1966. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)
Sophia Loren and Omar Sharif in a scene from the film "C'era Una Volta" (Happily Ever After). The film is being shot on location at Padula, a small town in southern Italy on Sept. 21, 1966. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)
Sophia Loren with a newly born chicken in a scene from the film "C'era Una Volta" (Happily Ever After). The film is being shot on location at Padula, a small town in southern Italy on Sept. 21, 1966. (AP Photo/Giulio Broglio)
Sophia Loren, out of costume on the set of "Questi Fantasmi" (These Ghosts) in which she stars alongside actor Vittorio Gassman, unseen, in Rome, Italy around June 7, 1967. The badge she wears is not related to the film. (AP Photo)
Sophia Loren waiting at Rome airport on July 9, 1969 to board the plane that will take her to Moscow for a one month stay on movie engagements. (AP Photo/Giuseppe Anastasi)
Italy's Sophia Loren in Moscow's Red Square during a break in filming Sunflower on July 25, 1969. (AP Photo/Geitsan)
Actress Sophia Loren with new born son Carlo Jr. at Geneva's state hospital clinic, on January 4, 1969. (AP Photo/Raoul Fornezza)
Italian actress Sophia Loren is shown in Italy in 1973. (AP Photo)
Italian actress Sophia Loren is escorted by a police officer upon her arrival at Rome airport, Italy, May 19, 1982. She returned to Italy to serve a 30-day jail term on charges of tax evasion, she was jailed in Caserta, near her hometown Naples. (AP Photo)
Actress Sophia Loren is shown in her hotel room a few days before her 50th birthday in Los Angeles in 1984. For her, she says, the years have been gracious and she looks upon her half-century birthday as a wonderful thing. (AP Photo)
Lee Iacocca, left, and Actress Sophia Loren pose in specially monogrammed hardhats at the Ellis Island restoration site, Monday, March 28, 1988, New York. Both made a donation to the Ellis Island American Immigrant Wall of Honor and to the restoration of the islands immigrant museum. (AP Photo/David Bookstaver)
Sophia Loren, Cesar Award. Italian film star Sophia Loren holds her "Cesar" award she has just received for her career at start of the 16th annual French cinema "Cesar" ceremony at the Champs Elysees theater in Paris, France, March 10, 1991. (AP Photo/Pierre Gleizes)
Marcello Mastroianni, left, talks with Federico Fellini and Sophia Loren after Fellini were awarded a honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement at the 65th Annual Academy Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, March 29, 1993. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
Italy's movie star Sofia Loren offers her hand to many young admirers as she makes her way to the National Theater in Milan Monday May 8, 1995 to take part to the International television awards "TELEGATTI" ("TV cats"). (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Italian actress Sophia Loren, foregroud, leads notable women: Chilean writer Isabel Allende, American actress Susan Sarandon, Nobel Peace-prize winner Wangari Maathai of Kenya, and Olympic medalists Nawal El Moutawakel of Morocco, Manuela Di Centa of Italy, and Maria Mutola of Mozambique; and Cambodian human rights activist Somaly Mam as they present the Olympic flag during the 2006 Winter Olympics opening ceremony Friday, Feb. 10, 2006, in Turin, Italy. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
Italy's actress Sophia Loren poses for the media on the red carpet prior to the 'Bambi' awarding ceremony of Germany's media company Burda in Duesseldorf, western Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Italian actress Sophia Loren kisses the Bambi entertainment award at a photo call during the awarding ceremony in Dusseldorf, western Germany, Thursday, Nov. 29, 2007. Loren was awarded with the media prize Bambi in the category lifetime achievement. (AP Photo/Miguel Villagran)
Actress Meryl Streep, left, and actress Sophia Loren arrive for the 81st Academy Awards Sunday, Feb. 22, 2009, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Sophia Loren is photographed backstage at the 67th Annual Golden Globe Awards on Sunday, Jan. 17, 2010, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Sophia Loren arrives at the 16th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Actress Sophia Loren poses for a portrait at the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences in Beverly Hills, Calif., Friday, April 29, 2011. Loren is being honored with an Academy Tribute Wednesday, May 4. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Actress Sophia Loren arrives at The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Tribute honoring her in Beverly Hills, Calif., Wednesday, May 4, 2011. Loren's life and career will be celebrated by friends and colleagues Wednesday. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)
Italian actress Sophia Loren attends a charity concert organized by the Federation charity in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, July 9, 2011. Federation held a charity ball last year with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin performing on the piano. (AP Photo/Misha Japaridze)
Italian actress Sophia Loren poses for photos at the 2013 Pirelli Calendar red carpet event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The calendar debuted in 1964 as a racy way of promoting Italian tire maker Pirelli and has since grown into a fashion institution. The 2013 calendar was shot entirely in Rio by celebrated American photojournalist Steve McCurry. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Italian actress Sophia Loren poses for photos at the 2013 Pirelli Calendar red carpet event in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2012. The calendar debuted in 1964 as a racy way of promoting Italian tire maker Pirelli and has since grown into a fashion institution. The 2013 calendar was shot entirely in Rio by celebrated American photojournalist Steve McCurry. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
Italian actress Sophia Loren attends the opening ceremony of Italian jewelry shop Damiani's flagship store in Hong Kong Saturday, April 20, 2013. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
AP10ThingsToSee -Actress Sophia Loren, front center, takes a photo as she sits with photographers during a photo call for Human Voice (Voce Umana) at the 67th international film festival, Cannes, southern France, Wednesday, May 21, 2014. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)
Italian actress Sophia Loren strikes a pose on the red carpet as she arrives for an AFI Fest 2014 tribute to her at the Dolby Theatre on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2014, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP)