Index-a The live album Beauty and the Beat featured pianist George Shearring and which singer? Peggy Lee Whose band was the Tijuana Brass? Herb Alpert Who were Cliff Richard's backing group through the 60s? The Shadows Who were the famous backing singers on most of Elvis Presley's early hits? The Jordanaires The Stratocaster is a model of which guitar maker? Fender Which piano-playing singer's first hit was The Fat Man? Fats Domino Which American rock'n'roll star caused controversy when he married a young teenager? Jerry Lee Lewis Who made the highly rated 1959 jazz album Kind of Blue? Miles Davis Which iconic British female singer made the highly regarded album titled '(her first name) in Memphis' ? Dusty Springfield Whose band was the All Stars? Junior Walker (Jr Walker) Larry Adler played what instrument? Harmonica Whose childhood hit was Fingertips? Stevie Wonder Which guitar innovator and player has a range of Gibson Guitars named after him? Les Paul The founding brother members of the Kinks were Ray and Dave what? Davies What was Smokey Robinson's most famous band called?

The Miracles Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen's 1962 hit was called March of the ... what? Siamese Children Who sang the hit theme song Rawhide? Frankie Laine John Mayall's band which helped launch Eric Clapton's career was called what? Bluesbreakers Rock Around the Clock was a hit for Bill Haley and his ... what? Comets Which comedy actor had a novelty hit with My Boomerang Won't Come Back? Charlie Drake Who sang with Serge Gainsbourg on the hit Je t'aime? Jane Birkin Colin Blunstone fronted which 1960s group? The Zombies What Eastenders star sang on the novelty hit Come Outside? Wendy Richard Jiles Perry (JP) Richardson Jr, who died in the same plane crash as Ritchie Valens and Buddy Holly was better known by what name?Big Bopper Which later-to-be-famous solo singer and guitarist toured as a member of the Beach Boys in the mid 60s? Glen Campbell Who had sang the hit song Little Old Wine Drinker Me? Dean Martin What famous 'two-fingered' jazz guitarist died in 1953?

Django Reinhardt (Jean-Baptiste Reinhardt) What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren? Goodness Gracious Me Who managed the Beatles' prior to his early death in 1967? Brian Epstein Whose nickname was a derived from the term satchel-mouth? Louis Armstrong (Satchmo) What's the name of the motorbiker who dies in the Shangri-Las' hit The Leader of the Pack? Jimmy Which singing-songwriting founder of the Flying Burrito Brothers died age 26, after which his body was 'stolen' by a friend and burnt in the Joshua Tree National Park? Gram Parsons Which American singer and entertainer was nicknamed Schnozzola, because of his large nose? Jimmy Durante Who wrote and had a hit with the instrumental Classical Gas? Mason Williams Who wrote Patsy Cline's hit Crazy? Willie Nelson What city hosted the Beatles as the resident band at the Kaiserkeller and Top Ten Club? Hamburg The Isley Brothers' hit was called Behind a ... what?

Painted Smile 1950-60s record turntables commonly offered four speeds: 33, 45, 78, and what other? 16 (technically the speeds were 33⅓ and 16⅔ but record decks tended to show only the whole numbers) American DJ Robert Weston Smith was better known by what stage name? Wolfman Jack What ridiculously titled song was a hit in 1954 for Max Bygraves in the UK and the Four Lads in the USA? Gilly Gilly Ossenfeffer Katzenellen Bogen by the Sea Who had the 1965 instrumental hit Spanish Flea? Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass What was Emile Ford and the Checkmates' 1959 hit, supposedly the longest ever question in a UK No1 song title? What Do You Want to Make Those Eyes at Me For? Who singer-guitarist's backing band was The Bruvvers? Joe Brown Which Rolling Stones guitarist died in a swimming pool in 1969? Brian Jones Who founded the Tamla Motown record label?

Berry Gordy What folksy British singer-songwriting guitarist was famous also for his whistling? Roger Whittaker What was Hugo Montenegro's instrumental hit, composed by Ennio Morricone for the film of the same name? The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Tom Parker managed which huge star? Elvis Presley Who won (barefoot) the British Eurovision Song Contest in 1967 with Puppet on String? Sandie Shaw The 1956 inaugural Eurovision Song Contest featured Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Italy and which other country?Switzerland Who originally fronted Herman's Hermits? Peter Noone Which jazz singer, whose career actually spanned the 1930s-90s, was known as the First Lady of Song? Ella Fitzgerald Which singer played Alfie's girlfriend Siddie in the 1966 film?

Millicent Martin What name was given to the 1950-60s mainstream country music style of artists including Patsy Cline, Tammy Wynette, Jim Reeves, and Charlie Rich?Nashville Sound What Canadian-born teen idol of the 1950s-60s wrote the lyrics to Sinatra's song My Way? Paul Anka Which harmonica-paying frontman of Manfred Man sang on their early hits and later became a successful radio presenter? Paul Jones Which motor city was the original the base of Tamla Motown? Detroit What group became famous in the 1960s for their parody impressions of other hit songs? The Barron Knights Peter Potter in the USA and David Jacobs in the UK presented which pop music TV show? Juke Box Jury What was the 1962 space-age instrumental hit by the Tornados? Telstar Who wrote and sang the novelty hit Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh, about Camp Granada?

Allan Sherman Who was the famous rock guitarist in the group Love Sculpture, notably featuring on their breakneck hit version of Khachaturian's classical piece Sabre Dance?Dave Edmunds Rolf Harris endorsed what new musical instrument, which supposedly features on David Bowie's hit Space Oddity? Stylophone Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Junior were among several entertainers given what collective nickname? The Rat Pack Who originated the 'Wall of Sound' record production technique? Phil Spector The Rolling Stones first record label was what? Decca Simon and Garfunkel's song Mrs Robinson featured in what 1967 film? The Graduate What American DJ was nicknamed Moondog? Alan Freed What was Stephane Grappelli's instrument? Violin Which gravel-voiced English singer was previously a gas-fitter from Sheffield? Joe Cocker Who made the 1962 hit Monster Mash? Bobby 'Boris' Pickett (and the Cryptkickers) Who sang the title song of the film The Girl Can't Help It? Little Richard What was Gary Glitter's earlier stage name in the 1960s?

Paul Raven Lulu sang the theme song to which 1967 film about an inner-city school, starring Sidney Poitier? To Sir, With Love What Eddie Cochran song, covered by the Who, told of frustrations with his boss and his congressman? Summertime Blues Who was the main singing star in the musical Half a Sixpence? Tommy Steele Which comedian's recordings featured hilarious telephone routines about King Kong and the introduction of Tobacco? Bob Newhart What long-running BBC Radio chart show began on the Light Programme in 1955, and later becoming hugely popular when presented by Alan Freeman?Pick of the Pops The Crickets backed which famous singer-songwriter? Buddy Holly Dizzy Gillespie played what instrument? Trumpet Who made the novelty song Jake the Peg? Rolf Harris Which 1960s British rock'n'roll star founded the Official Monster Raving Loony Party? Screaming Lord Sutch (David Sutch, or fully 'Screaming Lord Sutch, 3rd Earl of Harrow') Who was nicknamed 'The Big O'? Roy Orbison Which member of the Hollies went on to join the hugely successful American band commonly known by their initials CSNY?

Graham Nash What record label did the Beatles establish? Apple Who had a 1960s hit with Step Inside Love? Cilla Black The record label and music company name HMV stood for what? His Master's Voice Who sang the theme song to the film Born Free? Matt Monro Congratulations was Cliff Richard's Eurovision Song Contest entry in what year? 1968 Which singer's Eurovision Song Contest entry was Knock Knock (Who's There?)? Mary Hopkin Whose big hit was I love You Because? Jim Reeves Who wrote the instrumental A Swingin' Safari and led the orchestra which played the original hit version? Bert Kaempfert The Copacabana nightclub was in which city? New York Which British comedian had the massive-selling 1965 hit Tears? Ken Dodd Who sang the 1964 hit My Boy Lollipop? Millie (or Millie Small) Cher's partner was Sonny ... who?

Bono Who made the hit comedy version of the Banana Boat Song, and other similar spoofs including versions of Presley's Heartbreak Hotel and Johnnie Ray's Cry?Stan Freberg Which 1960s easy-listening Irish crooner was famed for his rocking chair and knitted jumpers? Val Doonican What was Chuck Berry's first hit record? Maybellene What number gives its name to the cultish 'club' celebrating rock stars who died at that age? 27 (The 27 Club) PAGE 8 Sophia Loren - Biography - IMDb Sophia Loren Biography Showing all 115 items Jump to: Overview (4) | Mini Bio (1) | Spouse (2) | Trade Mark (4) | Trivia (64) | Personal Quotes (31) | Salary (9) Overview (4) 5' 9" (1.75 m) Mini Bio (1) Sophia Loren was born as Sofia Scicolone at the Clinica Regina Margherita in Rome, Italy, on September 20, 1934.

Her father, Riccardo Scicolone, was married to another woman and refused to marry her mother, Romilda Villani, despite the fact that she was the mother of his two children (Sophia and her younger sister Maria Scicolone ). Growing up in the slums of Pozzuoli during the second World War without any support from her father, she experienced much sadness in her childhood. Her life took an unexpected turn for the best when, at age 14, she entered into a beauty contest where she placed as one of the finalists. It was there that Sophia caught the attention of film producer Carlo Ponti , some 22 years her senior, whom she eventually married in 1966 once he finally obtained a divorce from his first wife. Perhaps he was the only father figure she ever had. Under his guidance, Sophia was put under contract and appeared as an extra in ten films beginning in 1950, before working her way up to supporting roles. In these early films, she was credited as "Sofia Lazzaro" because people joked her beauty could raise Lazzarus from the dead.

By her late teens, Sophia was playing lead roles in many Italian features such as La favorita (1953) and Aida (1953). In 1957, she embarked on a successful acting career in the United States, starring in Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Legend of the Lost (1957), and The Pride and the Passion (1957) that year. She had a short-lived but much-publicized fling with co-star Cary Grant , who was 31 years her senior. She was only 22 while he was 53, and she rejected a marriage proposal from him. They were paired together a second time in the family-friendly romantic comedy Houseboat (1958). While under contract to Paramount Pictures, Sophia starred in Desire Under the Elms (1958), The Key (1958), The Black Orchid (1958), It Started in Naples (1960), Heller in Pink Tights (1960), A Breath of Scandal (1960), and The Millionairess (1960) before returning to Italy to star in Two Women (1960).

The film was a period piece about a woman living in war-torn Italy who is raped while trying to protect her young daughter. Originally cast as the more glamorous child, Sophia fought against type and was re-cast as the mother, evidencing a lack of vanity and proving herself as a genuine actress. This performance received international acclaim and was honored with an Academy Award for Best Actress. Sophia remained a bona fide international movie star throughout the sixties and seventies, making films on both sides of the Atlantic, and starring opposite such leading men as Paul Newman , Marlon Brando , Gregory Peck , and Charlton Heston . Her American films included El Cid (1961), The Fall of the Roman Empire (1964), Arabesque (1966), Man of La Mancha (1972), and The Cassandra Crossing (1976). She gained a wider respect with her Italian films, especially Marriage Italian Style (1964) and A Special Day (1977). During these years she received a second Oscar nomination and won five Golden Globe Awards. From the eighties onward, Sophia's appearances on the big screen came few and far between.

She preferred to spend the majority of her time raising sons Carlo Jr. (b. 1969) and Eduardo (b. 1973). Her only acting credits during the decade were five television films, beginning with Sophia Loren: Her Own Story (1980), a biopic in which she portrayed herself and her mother. She ventured into other areas of business and became the first actress to launch her own fragrance and design of eye wear. In 1982 she voluntarily spent nineteen days in jail for tax evasion. In 1991 Sophia received an Honorary Academy Award for her body of work, and was declared "one of world cinema's greatest treasures." Later that year, she experienced a great loss when her mother died of cancer. Her return to mainstream films in Ready to Wear (1994) ("Ready to Wear") was well-received, although the film as a whole was not. She followed this up with her biggest U.S. hit in years, the comedy Grumpier Old Men (1995) in which she played a sexy divorcée who seduces Walter Matthau .

Over the next decade Sophia had plum roles in a few non-mainstream arthouse films like Soleil (1997), Between Strangers (2002) (directed by Edoardo), and Lives of the Saints (2004). Still beautiful at 72, she posed scantily-clad for the 2007 Pirelli Calendar. Sadly, that same year she mourned the loss of her spouse, Carlo Ponti, who died at age 94. In 2009, after far too much time away from film, she appeared in the musical Nine (2009) opposite Daniel Day-Lewis . These days Sophia is based in Switzerland but frequently travels to Los Angeles to spend time with her sons and their families (Eduardo is married to actress Sasha Alexander ). Sophia Loren remains one of the most beloved and recognizable figures in the international film world. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Anonymous Spouse (2) Chosen by People magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World (1991). She had her marriage annulled to save Carlo Ponti from bigamy charges in Italy.

She served an 18-day prison sentence in Italy in 1982 for tax evasion. She may have been the voluptuous sex goddess as an adult, by until age 14, she was a skinny child and considered an ugly duckling, nicknamed "The Stick" and "Toothpick". Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#25) (1995). Derives great pleasure from rolling her bare feet over a wooden rolling pin while watching television. She did not get along with Marlon Brando during the shooting of A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), especially after the day they were doing a love scene and he commented, "Did you know you have hairs up your nostrils?". She performed two duets with Peter Sellers which were major hits in the UK pop chart. "Goodness Gracious Me" was released in 1960 and reached four and "Bangers and Mash" made it to the top 20 in 1961.

(September 17, 1957) Carlo Ponti obtained a Mexican divorce from his first wife and married Sophia by proxy, while she was in Hollywood, filming Houseboat (1958) - and dating co-star Cary Grant . While filming Boy on a Dolphin (1957), Sophia was required to walk in a trench in order to give audiences the impression that her diminutive co-star, Alan Ladd , was taller than she. Has one sister, Maria Scicolone (born 1938); and two half-brothers, Giuliano Scicolone (born 1943) and Giuseppe Scicolone (born 1946). Suffered from stage fright and, therefore, never appeared in a theatrical production. Had two miscarriages prior to her first-born son Carlo Ponti Jr. Because of these complications, she had to have complete bed rest throughout her first and second successful pregnancies. Her mother won an all-Italy Greta Garbo lookalike contest run by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1932; but, being only 17 years old, her mother would not allow her to pursue her Hollywood dream.

Soon after, she became pregnant with Sofia. Her adopted surname is a slight variation of "Toren" after the Swedish actress Märta Torén . Her mother named her after her paternal grandmother. When Sophia's father abandoned her, her maternal grandmother began calling her "Lella". Won a Grammy Award in 2004 for Best Spoken Word Album for Children for her work in "Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf/Beintus" along with former US President Bill Clinton and former Soviet Union President Mikhail Gorbachev . Was named #21 Actress on The American Film Institute's 50 Greatest Screen Legends. At times, male actors have been hesitant to appear with her, due to the fact that she stands nearly 5'9" and wears towering heels and tall hair that can make her look over 6 feet tall. Her "Best Actress" Academy Award was the first Oscar ever given for a performance in a "foreign-language" film. Received an honorary citizenship in her hometown of Pozzuoli, Italy on June 22, 2005 (she gave up her Italian citizenship and became a French citizen years ago because of legal and tax problems she and her husband incurred in Italy).

Was president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1966. (February 10, 2006) One of eight women, also among them Susan Sarandon and author Isabel Allende , carrying the Olympic flag at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games' opening ceremony in Turin. She and Marcello Mastroianni appeared in 11 movies together: The Miller's Beautiful Wife (1955), Blood Feud (1978), What a Woman! (1956), A Special Day (1977), Sunflower (1970), Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow (1963), Marriage Italian Style (1964), The Priest's Wife (1970), Too Bad She's Bad (1955), Ready to Wear (1994) and La pupa del gangster (1975). Cited as one of Drew Barrymore 's early role models. Loren was close friends with Drew's godmother Anna Strasberg (wife of famed acting coach Lee Strasberg ).

Anna would bring young Drew--from age 8 until she was 12--to Sophia's ranch outside Los Angeles, where Drew would spend summers with Loren's two sons (Jane magazine interview March 2007). Being a huge fan of soccer club S.S.C. Napoli, she told the daily "Gazzetta dello Sport", when the team was just third in Serie B, that she would do a striptease if they achieved promotion to Serie A for the next season. When they managed to achieve promotion, she explained that she had made just a joke. [June 2007] Has appeared in the 2007 edition of the famous Pirelli Calendar at age 72, making her the oldest model in its history. Was mentioned in the song "I Shall Be Free" by Bob Dylan on his 1963 album "The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan". Owns an apartment in the Trump World Tower in New York City. Hating beauty salons, she does her hair and nails herself. Being one of the contestants at the 1950 Miss Italia competition, she earned the second place and was awarded "Miss Eleganza".

The Best Actress Oscar she won for Two Women (1960) was stolen by thieves from her Italian villa. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) later replaced it for a small fee. Is one of five performers to win an Oscar playing a character that spoke mostly in a foreign language. The other are Marion Cotillard , Robert De Niro , Roberto Benigni and Benicio Del Toro . Godmother of Drew Barrymore . Was amongst those considered for the role of Lara Antipova in Doctor Zhivago (1965), which ultimately went to Julie Christie . Mother-in-law of Sasha Alexander and Andrea Mezaros. Turned down roles that went to Joan Collins on Dynasty (1981) and Gina Lollobrigida on Falcon Crest (1981). Husband Carlo Ponti was two years older than Sophia's mother. Has played the love interest of a much older man in the majority of her films, the most illustrative example being It Started in Naples (1960) with Clark Gable when she was 25 and he was 59. Her father Riccardo died of cancer in 1976.

Has four grandchildren: Lucia (born May 12, 2006) and Leonardo (born December 20, 2010) from son Edoardo Ponti and his wife Sasha Alexander ; Vittorio (born April 3, 2007) and Beatrice (born March 15, 2012) from son Carlo Ponti Jr. and his wife Andrea Meszaros. Attended the September 1992 funeral of former co-star Anthony Perkins . Turned down the title role in Barbarella (1968). Turned down an offer to appear in the Western comedy 4 for Texas (1963) and a $1-million fee for four weeks' work. She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7050 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994. She was awarded a Golden Palm Star on the Palm Springs Walk of Stars in Palm Springs, California on January 9, 1994. Returned to work 7 months after giving birth to her son Edoardo Ponti to begin filming The Voyage (1974).

Delivered both her sons, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti , via Caesarean section. (September 17, 1999) Filed a lawsuit against 76 websites for using "fraudulent photographs" of her on adult sites. Is one of 14 Best Actress Oscar winners to have not accepted their Academy Award in person, Loren's being for Two Women (1960). The others are Katharine Hepburn , Claudette Colbert , Joan Crawford , Judy Holliday , Vivien Leigh , Anna Magnani , Ingrid Bergman , Anne Bancroft , Patricia Neal , Elizabeth Taylor , Maggie Smith , Glenda Jackson and Ellen Burstyn . Was the 55th actress to receive an Academy Award; she won the Best Actress Oscar for Two Women (1960) at The 34th Annual Academy Awards (1962) on April 9, 1962.

Is one of six performers with multiple Oscar nominations for foreign language films; the others are Marcello Mastroianni for Divorce Italian Style (1961), A Special Day (1977) and Dark Eyes (1987) (Italian), Liv Ullmann for The Emigrants (1971) and Face to Face (1976) (Swedish), Isabelle Adjani for The Story of Adele H (1975) and Camille Claudel (1988) (French), Javier Bardem for Before Night Falls (2000) and Biutiful (2010) (Spanish), and Marion Cotillard for La Vie en Rose (2007) and Two Days, One Night (2014) (French). Loren was nominated for her performances in Two Women (1960) (for which she won) and Marriage Italian Style (1964) (Italian), she and Marion Cotillard are the only atresses to win a Best Actress Oscar for a foreign-language film, they also appeared together in the film Nine (2009). Was mentioned in a song entitled "Oh Boy" by Allan Sherman .

Yvonne De Carlo inspired her to become an actress. Because of her love for actor Tyrone Power , she saw the romance drama Blood and Sand (1941) twenty times. For her 80th birthday in 2014, her son, Carlo Ponti Jr. . commissioned a symphony to be written by Daniel Brewbaker. "Sinfonietta per Sofia" ("for love and laughter") was performed in the Napa Valley in 2014 with Carlo Ponti Jr. conducting the orchestra. Her eldest son Carlo Ponti Jr. weighed 3.487050 Kilos or 7 lbs 11 oz at birth as announced in the January 10, 1969 Milestones column of that weeks issue of Time magazine. Despite being Italian, she was dubbed by Lidia Simoneschi and Rita Savagnone in the Italian versions of most of her films. As of 2016, she is the seventh earliest surviving recipient of a Best Actress Oscar nomination, tied with Piper Laurie and behind only Olivia de Havilland , Leslie Caron , Carroll Baker , Joanne Woodward , Shirley MacLaine and Doris Day .

She was nominated (and won) in 1961 for Two Women (1960). Sophia first learned of her Oscar win for Two Women (1960) from erstwhile co-star and paramour Cary Grant who called her home in Italy from Los Angeles with the news. Greer Garson had accepted the statuette on her behalf (Santa Monica Civic Auditorium / April 9, 1962). Personal Quotes (31) Sex appeal is 50% what you've got and 50% what people think you've got. Mistakes are a part of the dues one pays for a full life. The two big advantages I had at birth were to have been born wise and to have been born in poverty. Getting ahead in a difficult profession requires avid faith in yourself. That is why some people with mediocre talent, but with great inner drive, go so much further than people with vastly superior talent. [on adultery] It's a game I never play. [on why she did not pose nude in the 2007 Pirelli calendar] When Sophia Loren is naked, that is a lot of nakedness.

Cooking is an act of love, a gift, a way of sharing with others the little secrets -- "piccoli segreti" -- that are simmering on the burners. A woman's dress should be like a barbed wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view. A mother has to think twice, once for herself and once for her child. Many people think they want things, but they don't really have the strength, the discipline. They are weak. I believe that you get what you want if you want it badly enough. [on Tyrone Power ] Tyrone Power was my ideal man. [on Marcello Mastroianni ] Marcello is a man who thinks like a man, talks like a man -- is a man! He has so much magnetism, he brings out the very soul in a woman. [on Gregory Peck ] One of the most charming men I've ever met. [on Cary Grant ] I learned many things working with Cary Grant. He has such tremendous concentration. Many actors do not have the courage to stand still. Cary Grant knows how to concentrate, how to look directly at you, but always with great relaxation.

[on Gina Lollobrigida ] Gina's personality is limited. She is good playing a peasant but is incapable of playing a lady. That said, I don't think she's positively mad about me. Because I'm bigger than she? It's possible. Who knows? Hate is unfulfilled love. Everything you see I owe to spaghetti. Sharon Stone talks about sex as if it were a bowl of spaghetti or a pizza. Those things are private, you need to have a little discretion. I am lucky. I had a very beautiful mother. The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television. I've never tried to block out the memories of the past, even though some are painful. I don't understand people who hide from their past. Everything you live through helps to make you the person you are now. I hated my father all my life but in his final days I forgave him for all the suffering he caused us. As you grow older, marry, and have children of you own, you learn and forget. I do not forget easily, but I do forgive.

There IS a Fountain of Youth: It is your mind, your talents, the creativity you bring to your life and the lives of the people you love. When you learn to tap this source, you will truly have defeated age. [on why she, a nominee, could not attend the 1961 Academy Awards] I decided that I could not bear the ordeal of sitting in plain view of millions of viewers while my fate was being judged. If I lost, I might faint for disappointment. If I won, I would also very likely faint with joy. I decided it would be better to faint at home. [on having made the drama film Two Women (1960)] I said before I am not a sexy pot. Now I can prove it. [on Demi Moore ] She dares, and I like a person who dares. [her advice to young actresses] Learn how to kiss. Now they kiss like they are devouring each other. They should see how people like Ingrid Bergman and Cary Grant kiss. Do they eat each other's faces? No. [2014, on a famous 1957 photo of her stink-eyeing Jayne Mansfield 's cleavage] Listen.

Look at the picture. Where are my eyes? I'm staring at her nipples because I am afraid they are about to come onto my plate. In my face, you can see the fear. I'm so frightened that everything in her dress is going to blow--BOOM!--and spill all over the table. [to Barbara Walters in 2000] I am not Italian, I am a Neapolitan! [on meeting Madonna at the premiere of Ready to Wear (1994)] I only met her once, at a premiere. I was waiting outside with a group of people, surrounded by photographers, and she was walking towards us. I said, "Madonna, come here," because she looked so alone, and we were photographed together. She was charming and very respectful to me, but you know, she looked very lonely. Oh, how I loved the movies as a little girl. Particularly I loved Yvonne De Carlo - she was my favorite. Others, too, like Rita Hayworth , but I used to dream that I was Yvonne De Carlo. And I liked that little one - what was her name? - June Allyson , too. But for me there was only one Yvonne De Carlo.

Salary (9) Celebrating the Centenary of Pierre Rouve | LONDON ART TV Celebrating the Centenary of Pierre Rouve Apr 5, 2015 In 1960 Pierre Rouve co-founds the production company ‘’Bridge Films’’ with Carlo Ponti. Soon ‘’The Millionaires’’ hits the screens in both UK and US with Pierre Rouve as a Producer and Peter Sellers and Sofia Loren in the leading roles. THE MILLIONAIRESS – The Movie Roger Fristoe from ‘’Turner Classic Movies’’ gives intriguing facts about the film: The idea of turning George Bernard Shaw’s 1937 play The Millionairess into a film had begun when Katharine Hepburn enjoyed a stage success in the title role in New York and London in 1951. Charles Boyer, Jose Ferrer and Louis Jourdan were mentioned as possible collaborators in a proposed movie version with Hepburn as co-stars, Preston Sturges as screenwriter and Nicholas Ray as director.

As the years passed and it became clear that Hepburn had grown beyond the age to attempt the role in front of the cameras, 20th Century Fox, which had become the film’s financier, wanted Ava Gardner to play the world’s wealthiest woman. Executive producer Dimitri De Grunwald thought this casting idea to be “terrible” and insisted that the actress with the beauty and “buoyancy” the role required was none other than Sophia Loren. Sophia Loren in The Millionairess Peter Sellers, reportedly considered by Loren at the time to be “the funniest man living”, had been cast in the leading male role, that of the humble East Indian doctor who unexpectedly wins the heart of the millionairess. (The character had been Egyptian in Shaw’s original, causing The Millionairess to be banned in Egypt because the change was deemed an insult to national pride!). Such well-thought-of actors as Alastair Sim, Dennis Price and Gary Raymond were cast in supporting roles, and a brief part was even found for Loren’s long-time friend and mentor Vittorio De Sica.

The screenplay, by Sellers’ friend and associate Wolf Mankowitz, took liberties with Shaw but marked the first time onscreen that Loren was allowed to deliver literate, intellectual dialogue. She was promised and got the full glamour treatment from Oscar-winning cinematographer Jack Hildyard and production designer Paul Sheriff, with costumes especially designed for her by ultra-chic French couturier Pierre Balmain. At a cost the Fox publicity department set at $75,000, Balmain created a parade of delectable low-cut gowns, sleek suits and elaborate hats, not to mention a knockout black satin merry-widow corset. Sophia Loren, © 20th Century Fox The thing that most drew Loren to the project, however, may have been the distinguished director Anthony Asquith, who had made a specialty of filming the works of Shaw (Pygmalion [1938], The Doctor’s Dilemma [1958]) and Terence Rattigan (The Winslow Boy [1948], The Browning Version [1951], The V.I.P.’s [1963], The Yellow Rolls-Royce [1964]).

Loren knew his reputation as a man of exquisite taste who took loving care of his actors. Like Cary Grant before him who starred opposite Loren in 1958’s Houseboat, Sellers became madly infatuated with Loren upon first meeting and pursued her passionately throughout the filming of The Millionairess. As she had been with Grant, Loren was kind to her co-star and didn’t discourage his attentions. It was also Loren’s inclination to fall a little bit in love with every leading man. But observers felt that she would never let things get serious enough to pose a challenge to her marriage to producer Carlo Ponti. Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren By all accounts, however, Sellers was madly in love and remained obsessive about Loren for the rest of his life. Years later he would state, “All I can say is that I don’t think I have ever been in love with anyone the way I was with Sophia.” Needless to say, these feelings did little to endear Sellers to Anne Howe, his wife at the time, and they were divorced the year after The Millionairess was released. Together Sellers and Loren recorded a novelty song, “Goodness Gracious Me,” to promote The Millionairess.

Although not heard in the movie itself, the song became a surprise Top 10 hit in the U.K., selling 200,000 copies. It was incorporated into a long-playing album entitled “Peter Sellers & Sophia Loren: England’s Gooniest Meets Italy’s Loveliest.” The Millionairess was a box-office hit in England but performed less well in the U.S., where at the time many of Sellers’ fans were art-house patrons who may have been put off by tepid critical response to the film. Even Bosley Crowther, Loren’s ardent fan at The New York Times, complained that she “postures and swivels through virtually every scene… When she isn’t rolling her hips, she rolls her eyes.” Producer: Pierre Rouve, Dimitri De Grunwald (executive producer) Director: Anthony Asquith Screenplay: Wolf Mankowitz, Riccardo Aragno (adaptation), from play by George Bernard Shaw Cinematography: Jack Hildyard Original Music: Georges Van Parys Production Design: Paul Sheriff Costume Design: Pierre Balmain Cast: Sophia Loren (Epifania Parerga), Peter Sellers (Dr.

Ahmed el Kabir), Alastair Sim (Sagamore), Vittorio De Sica (Joe), Dennis Price (Adrian), Gary Raymond (Alastair), Alfie Bass (Fish Curer) Categories: the millionairess : definition of the millionairess and synonyms of the millionairess (English) The Millionairess is a 1960 British romantic comedy film set in London , directed by Anthony Asquith and starring Sophia Loren and Peter Sellers . It is a loose adaptation of George Bernard Shaw 's 1936 play of the same name . Sellers plays Ahmed el Kabir, a socialist Indian doctor, who meets Epifania Parerga (Loren), a willful and arrogant heiress who has married to satisfy the conditions of her father's will but whose marriage has not produced the hoped-for happiness. Rather memorable performances are given by Alastair Sim , playing Julius Sagamore, the head of the millionairess’s business empire, Vittorio de Sica as Joe, the proprietor of a pasta production sweatshop , and Alfie Bass as a self-employed Cockney fish curer.

The film was a huge hit in Britain at the time of its release, but received mixed reviews. However it was an international success. George Martin , who was the producer at that time of Peter Sellers' comedy recordings, conceived and instigated the writing and recording of a comedy duet " Goodness Gracious Me ", sung by Sellers and Loren in their film characters. Martin commissioned David Lee and Herbert Kretzmer to write the song. Martin himself produced the recording. Martin envisioned the song as a recording to be incorporated in the soundtrack of the film. The film's producers did not agree to this, but the studio was happy to see the song released as a stand-alone single to promote the film. The song became a UK chart hit in 1960 and succeeded in publicizing the film. Cast Charles Hill as Corelli Synopsis By the terms of her late father's will, spoiled London heiress Epifania Parerga, the richest woman in the world, cannot marry unless her prospective husband is able to turn £500 into £15,000 within a three-month period.

When Epifania becomes smitten with Alastair, a muscular tennis player, she rigs the contest by giving him £500 in stock and then buying it back for £15,000. Alastair is unable to live with the domineering Epifania, however, and leaves her for the more domestic Polly Smith. Contemplating suicide, Epifania melodramatically plunges into the Thames, and when Dr. Ahmed el Kabir, a self-effacing, selfless Indian physician who runs an inadequately equipped clinic for the poor, ignores her plight and paddles past in his rowboat, she swims to shore and accuses him of being an assassin. Julius Sagamore, the shrewd family solicitor, then suggests that Epifania undergo therapy with noted society psychiatrist Adrian Bond. The opportunist Bond makes a bid for her hand, but after he criticizes her father, Epifania throws him into the Thames, and when Kabir rows out to help Bond, Epifania jumps in the river after him. To ensnare Kabir, Epifania feigns injury, but the dedicated doctor remains impervious to her charms and indifferent to her wealth.

Determined to win the doctor, Epifania buys the property surrounding his clinic and then erects a new, modern facility. After Kabir rejects Epifania's offer to run the facility, she suggests that they marry instead. Intimidated by the headstrong heiress, Kabir manufactures a deathbed promise that he made to his mother, pledging that he would not marry unless his prospective bride can take 35 shillings and earn her own living for three months. Undaunted, Epifania accepts his challenge and then discloses the details of her father's will and hands him £500. When Kabir protests that he has no head for money, Epifania plops down the wad of bills and leaves. Setting out to prove her worth, Epifania takes 35 shillings and heads for a sweatshop pasta factory. There, she threatens to expose the labor violations unless Joe, the proprietor, allows her to manage the plant. Three months later, Epifania has installed labor-saving machines, thus boosting productivity and making the plant a big success. Kabir, meanwhile, has tried in vain to give away his £500.

After Kabir becomes drunk at a scientific dinner hosted by a wealthy doctor, he finds a sympathetic ear in his former professor and mentor, who generously offers to accept his money. At the clinic, Kabir eagerly turns over the cash to the professor. Soon after the professor leaves, Epifania appears and informs Kabir that she has met his mother's challenge. When he replies that he has failed and given all the money away, Epifania is deeply offended. Deciding to turn her back on the world of men, she announces that she plans to fire her board of directors, disband her empire and retire to a Tibetan monastery once she has evicted all the monks. Desperate to keep his job, Sagamore realizes that Kabir is responsible for Epifania's erratic behavior and goes to see the doctor. At the clinic, Sagamore tells Kabir that Epifania has vowed to withdraw from the world at the stroke of midnight. Concerned, Kabir hurries to the reception where Epifania is to bid farewell to her previous existence. Certain that their marriage is now imminent, Sagamore meets the terms of the will by purchasing Kabir's medical papers for £15,000.

After Kabir rushes to Epifania, they kiss and he finally expresses his love. External links

Question: What song, released to promote the film The Millionairess, featured its stars Peter Sellers and Sophia Loren?
Answer: Goodness Gracious Me