Lovely Sophia Loren

Already a star in a long list of Italian films, this voluptuous beauty first came to the attention of a wider US audience when, in her early 20s, she rose from the sea in Boy on a Dolphin (1957). One look was all it took for American moviegoers to fall head over heels, and her Hollywood success was assured. Born on September 20, 1934 in Rome, Italy, Sophia Loren has Sun, Venus and Neptune in pragmatic Virgo, which empowers her to wield her considerable sexuality and charm, transforming them into high art onscreen. Aggressive Mars in dramatic Leo fuels her equally considerable acting talents. During her long career, she has been paired onscreen with some of Hollywood’s most glamorous leading men, including Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Paul Newman, Marlon Brando and Charlton Heston. Through it all, earthy Loren has kept her head, kept her private life private and remained with her husband, film producer Carlo Ponti, from 1957 until his death in 2007. “Show business,” she has said, “is what I do, not what I am.”