Sophia Loren isn't just one of the biggest names in Hollywood; she's also a proud mom.
The Italian star had two sons, Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti, with her late movie producer husband Carlo Ponti, who died in January 2007.
Both of Loren's sons have paved successful career paths in the entertainment industry, with Edoardo similarly following in his parents' film-focused footsteps. Carlo Jr. pursued a career in music and is an accomplished orchestral conductor working in the United States.
 Carlo Jr. have made appearances alongside Loren at various award shows and related events, accompanying their mom on the red carpet and speaking highly of her in interviews. Loren and Carlo Jr. have even worked together in recent years.
She was also one of the great sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, and Italy's best known cinematic export. But she was dismissive of relying on looks alone, once saying: "Being beautiful can never hurt, but you have to have more. "You have to sparkle, you have to be fun, you have to make your brain work, if you have one."
She told CBS News correspondent Seth Doane in a 2020 interview for "CBS Sunday Morning" that "appearance – it's important maybe in films… but it's what you have to give inside of yourself, your soul, your everything; the way you believe in things, the way you are with your family, the way you are with your friends… that's life, really. That's a good life."
A restaurant chain that bears her name said Sunday in a post on social media that Loren is now recovering from “successful surgery.”
“Luckily everything went well and she will be back with us very soon,” Sophia Loren Restaurant said on Instagram, wishing her a speedy recovery.
Italian public broadcaster RAI reported that Loren was supposed to inaugurate on Tuesday the new Bari branch of the Sophie Loren restaurant chain, the fourth in Italy, after Milan, Florence and Rome Fiumicino
Loren was scheduled to appear at a restaurant that bears her name in Bari, a city in southern Italy, but her fall canceled the event. Her agent said Loren gave the restaurant the right to use her name and image.
Loren became the first performer to win an Academy Award for a foreign language role in 1961 and took home an Honorary Award, or lifetime achievement award, from the Motion Picture Academy in 1990. 
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