20 Heartthrobs from the Golden Age of Hollywood

Italian beauty Sophia Loren stunned the silver screen

Sophia Loren first caught the attention of an agent while competing in a beauty pageant at age 14, and the rest is, as they say, history. She won an Oscar in 1960’s “Two Women,” the culmination of over a decade of successful work in Hollywood. Loren is often referred to as “one of world cinema’s greatest treasures.”