A poignant time in Sophia's career, she was also invited to the Venice Film Festival that year, where she stayed in a lavish 15-century palazzo overlooking the Grand Canal. Still standing 70 years ...

1. Her first disc gave her hope in the years immediately after World War Two Sophia Loren was born in Rome in 1934 but her early life was spent in Pozzuoli, near Naples in southern Italy ...

Where Gina Lollobrigida posed cheekily with a group of sailors and Brigitte Bardot hung out on the beach, while Sophia Loren and Zsa Zsa Gabor took turns on the deckchairs. This is Cannes Film ...

In Cannes, the glamorous French home of the world-famous film festival, the stars are everywhere. I spot Russell Crowe, Robert De Niro, Sophia Loren and Naomi ...