Ahead of the 2025 Oscars, PEOPLE is looking back on moments from Academy Awards history. Here's why Sophia Loren skipped the 1962 show, the year she won Best Actress for 'Two Women.' ...

Lucia, Leonardo, Vittorio and Beatrice — between her sons Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti. Here is everything to know about ...

Sophia Loren and her late husband, Carlo Ponti, owned properties around the world. From a grand apartment in Geneva's Old Town to an idyllic Italian villa and a compound in California, the A-list ...

A proud mom-of-two, the Hollywood icon welcomed her sons, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti in 1968 and 1973, respectively. They were each born and later schooled in Geneva. Notoriously private ...

But the star of the Italian film Two Women wasn’t on hand to collect her trophy at the star-studded ceremony; instead, she stayed home in Rome with her husband, producer Carlo Ponti.