and among the many glamorous young women making their high-society debut was Lucia Ponti, the granddaughter of iconic actress Sophia Loren. For the dazzling occasion, the 18-year-old looked like a ...

Loren ascended to stardom when she attended the 1955 Cannes Film Festival and became the most-photographed guest at the event. The 1955 melodrama The River Girl stars Loren as a pregnant peasant ...

Sophia Loren pictured at an awards ceremony ... a historical drama in which Sophia played a young Spanish woman. Cary Grant took a great interest in Sophia, going on to become a lifelong friend.