ROME, Sept 25 — Oscar-winning Italian film star Sophia Loren, a national icon and one of the most enduring movie divas of the 20th century, has had surgery after a fall in her home in Geneva, her spokesperson said today.
The operation on Loren, 89, “went well and now she needs to rest and everything will be resolved,” the spokesperson told Reuters in an email. He gave no details but said Italian media reports were correct. The reports said she had an accidental fall in her home in Geneva yesterday and had suffered a broken hip.
Loren has won two Oscars, the first in 1961 for her tragic portrayal of a war-time mother in Vittorio De Sica’s neo-realistic classicSome of her most memorable and successful film were made with fellow Italian co-star Marcello Mastroianni, who died in 1996. She has also co-stared with Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra and Paul Newman, among other 20th century film giants.