Editing Sophia Loren (section)

== Personal life ==
Loren is a [[Catholic Church in Italy|Roman Catholic]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news/loren-calls-for-late-popes-beatification_1099331 |title=Loren Calls For Late Pope's Beatification |website=contactmusic.com |access-date=31 January 2015 |agency=World Entertainment News Network (WENN) |date=1 April 2009}}</ref> Since 2006, her primary residence has been in [[Geneva]], Switzerland.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/loren-leaves-italy-for-switzerland_1010708|title=Loren Leaves Italy For Switzerland|website=contactmusic.com|date=12 October 2006|access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref> Loren's real estate portfolio has included a ranch in [[Hidden Valley, Ventura County, California|Hidden Valley]], California,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB116553525406344039|title=Sale Italian Style: Sophia Loren Sells Ranch|first=Ben|last=Casselman|date=8 December 2006|work=Wall Street Journal}}</ref> an apartment in the [[Hampshire House]] building in Manhattan,<ref name="Landers">{{cite journal|last=Landers|first=Margaret|date=16 February 1984|title=Time's been very kind to Sophia Loren|journal=[[The Miami Herald]]|page=1B}}</ref> a condo on [[Williams Island (Florida)|Williams Island]] in South Florida,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/sophia-lorens-south-florida-house|title=Sophia Loren's Home in South Florida|first=Michael|last=Peppiatt|date=11 May 2016|work=Architectural Digest}}</ref> and a villa in Rome.<ref name="Landers"/>

Loren is an ardent fan of the [[association football|football]] club [[S.S.C. Napoli]]. In May 2007, when the team was third in [[Serie&nbsp;B]], she (then aged 72) told the ''[[Gazzetta dello Sport]]'' that she would do a striptease if the team won.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Napoli fan Sofia Loren to strip if team go up|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKL1508471620070515|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517051204/http://uk.reuters.com/article/worldFootballNews/idUKL1508471620070515|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 May 2007|work=Thomson Reuters|date=15 May 2007|access-date=23 April 2008}}</ref> She had recently posed for the 2007 [[Pirelli Calendar]].<ref>{{cite news|first=Elena|last=Gorgan|date=17 November 2006|title=Sophia Loren Sizzles in the New Pirelli Calendar|url=http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sophia-Loren-Sizzles-in-the-New-Pirelli-Calendar-40460.shtml|publisher=Softpedia|access-date=12 March 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090213013505/http://news.softpedia.com/news/Sophia-Loren-Sizzles-in-the-New-Pirelli-Calendar-40460.shtml|archive-date=13 February 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2021, Loren was the guest on BBC Radio 4's ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' and chose a pizza oven as her luxury item. Her musical choices included [[Cole Porter]]'s "[[I've Got You Under My Skin]]" as sung by [[Ella Fitzgerald]], and [[Claude Debussy|Debussy]]'s "[[Suite bergamasque#3. Clair de lune|Clair de lune]]" as played by [[Tamás Vásáry]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Desert Island Discs - Sophia Loren|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000sgvk|date=21 February 2021|access-date=26 February 2021|publisher=BBC|language=en-GB}}</ref> She revealed that fellow actor [[Richard Burton]] was furious with her for cheating at [[Scrabble]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1402978/Sophia-Loren-richard-burton-scrabble-cheating-desert-island-discs-latest-news-update|title = Sophia Loren says Richard Burton was furious at Scrabble cheating 'Not playing with you!'|date = 26 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.msn.com/en-gb/entertainment/celebrity/sophia-loren-angered-richard-burton-with-scrabble-cheating/ar-BB1e34eO|title=Sophia Loren angered Richard Burton with Scrabble cheating|publisher=[[MSN]]}}</ref>

On 24 September 2023, Loren received emergency surgery following fractures to her hip and femur sustained from a fall at her home in Switzerland.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Vivarelli |first=Nick |date=2023-09-25 |title=Sophia Loren Recovering From Hip Surgery Following a Fall in Her Geneva Home |url=https://variety.com/2023/film/global/sophia-loren-fall-hip-surgery-1235734002/ |access-date=2023-10-04 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Marriage and family ===
[[File:Carlo-Ponti-and-Sophia-Loren-in-Copenhagen-142462274996.jpg|left|thumb|200x200px|Ponti and Loren in 1958]]
Loren first met [[Carlo Ponti]] in 1950, when she was 15 and he was 37, and they soon began an affair. Since [[Divorce law by country#Italy|divorce was not permitted in Italian law at the time]], Ponti was not legally divorced from his wife, Giuliana Fiastri, when Loren married him by proxy (two male lawyers stood in for them) in Mexico on 17 September 1957.<ref name=PontiObit>{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/story/carlo-ponti-husband-to-sophia-loren-dead-at-94 |title=Carlo Ponti, Husband to Sophia Loren, Dead at 94 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |publisher=[[Fox News]] |date=10 January 2007 |access-date=25 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130904200836/http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,242764,00.html |archive-date=4 September 2013 |url-status=live }}</ref> The couple had their marriage annulled in 1962 to escape [[bigamy]] charges, but continued to live together. In 1965, they became French citizens after their application was approved by then French Prime Minister [[Georges Pompidou]].<ref name=PontiObit /> Ponti then obtained a divorce from Giuliana in France, allowing him to marry Loren on 9 April 1966.<ref>{{cite news|last=Exshaw|first=John|title=Carlo Ponti obituary|work=[[The Independent]]|date=12 January 2007|url=http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2144032.ece|location=London, UK|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070219203402/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/obituaries/article2144032.ece|archive-date=19 February 2007}}</ref> The marriage lasted until Ponti's death on 10 January 2007 from pulmonary complications, aged 94.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hellomagazine.com/film/2007/01/10/carlo-ponte-loren|title=Sophia Loren's Husband Carlo Ponti Passes Away|work=Hello|date=10 January 2007|access-date=10 December 2010}}</ref>

The couple had two sons, [[Carlo Ponti Jr.]], born on 29 December 1968, and [[Edoardo Ponti]], born on 6 January 1973.<ref name="biography.com"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Caruso|first=Skyler|date=25 September 2023|title=All About Sophia Loren's 2 Children, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti|url=https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-children-7974117|url-status=live|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231103195409/https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-children-7974117|archive-date=3 November 2023|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> Loren's daughters-in-law are [[Sasha Alexander]] and Andrea Meszaros.<ref name="lorenarchives.com" /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.life.com/image/51321373|title=Carlo Ponti, Jr., Weds in St.&nbsp;Stephen's Basilica|magazine=Life|date=18 September 2004|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-date=10 June 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110610222019/http://www.life.com/image/51321373|url-status=dead}}</ref> Loren has four grandchildren<ref>{{cite web | url=https://fabiosa.com/ctclb-rsafr-auova-pbmts-phkbr-84-year-old-legend-sophia-loren-claims-she-has-the-most-beautiful-grandchildren-in-the-world/ | title=84-Year-Old Legend Sophia Loren Claims She Has The Most Beautiful Grandchildren In The World | work=Fabiosa |first=Olivia |last=Pollard| date=19 November 2018 | access-date=24 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Schmidt|first=Audrey|date=12 October 2023|title=All About Sophia Loren's 4 Grandchildren|url=https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-grandchildren-8348299|url-status=live|work=[[People (magazine)|People]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023092531/https://people.com/all-about-sophia-loren-grandchildren-8348299|archive-date=23 October 2023|access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref> and is one of [[Drew Barrymore]]'s godparents, along with [[Anna Strasberg]] and [[Steven Spielberg]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Pellegrini|first=Francesca|title=Drew Barrymore compie 50 anni, 10 cose che forse non sai sull'ex bimba prodigio di Hollywood|url=https://www.vanityfair.it/article/drew-barrymore-50-anni-gossip|language=it|work=[[Vanity Fair Italia]]|date=22 February 2025|access-date=27 February 2025}}</ref>

In 1962, Loren's sister [[Maria Scicolone|Maria]] married the youngest son of [[Benito Mussolini]], [[Romano Mussolini|Romano]], with whom she had two daughters, [[Alessandra Mussolini|Alessandra]], a former [[Chamber of Deputies (Italy)|MP]] and [[Member of the European Parliament|MEP]], and Elisabetta.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/feb/08/guardianobituaries.artsobituaries|title=Obituary: Romano Mussolini|last=Hooper|first=John|date=8 February 2006|work=The Guardian|access-date=25 January 2019|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>

=== Affair with Cary Grant ===
[[File:Grant Loren Houseboat Publicity Photo.jpg|thumb|right|Cary Grant and Loren in ''[[Houseboat (film)|Houseboat]]'' (1958)|194x194px]]
Loren and [[Cary Grant]] co-starred in ''[[Houseboat (film)|Houseboat]]'' (1958). Grant's wife [[Betsy Drake]] wrote the original script, and Grant originally intended that Drake would star with him. After he began an [[Extramarital sex|affair]] with Loren while filming ''[[The Pride and the Passion]]'' (1957), Grant arranged for Loren to take Drake's place with a rewritten script for which Drake asked not to receive credit. The affair ended in bitterness before ''The Pride and the Passion''{{'}}s filming ended, causing problems on the ''Houseboat'' set. Grant hoped to resume the relationship, but Loren decided to marry Carlo Ponti instead.<ref name=Jaynes-Trach>{{cite book|author1=Jaynes, Barbara Grant |author2=Trachtenberg, Robert |url=https://www.tcm.com/this-month/article/76185 |title=Cary Grant: A Class Apart|location=Burbank, California|publisher= [[Turner Classic Movies]] (TCM) and [[Turner Entertainment]]|date= 2004}}</ref>

=== Legal issues and lawsuits ===
In 1982, while in Italy, Loren made headlines after serving 17 days in prison on [[tax evasion]] charges. Loren said her accountant had made a mistake on her tax return. The matter did not hamper her popularity or career. In 2013, the [[Supreme Court of Italy]] cleared her of the charges in a separate decades-long dispute over the tax she should have paid on her 1974 earnings.<ref name="taxes">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/oct/24/sophia-loren-tax-victory-40-years|title=Sophia Loren wins tax case after 40 years|work=The Guardian|author=Davies, Lizzy|date=24 October 2013|access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref>

In September 1999, Loren filed a lawsuit against 79 adult websites for posting altered nude photos of her on the internet.<ref>{{cite web|author=The Fake Detective|url=http://www.fake-detective.com/faqs/legal-1.htm|title=Law Suits Involving Fakes And Celebrity Photographs|access-date=10 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100527045453/http://www.fake-detective.com/faqs/legal-1.htm|archive-date=27 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.markroesler.com/pdf/articles/lorensues.pdf |title=Profile |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303211816/http://www.markroesler.com/pdf/articles/lorensues.pdf |archive-date=3 March 2016 |website=markroesler.com |access-date=31 January 2015}}</ref>