ROME, Sept 25 (Reuters) - 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 on Monday.
The reports said she had an accidental fall in her home in Geneva on Sunday and had suffered a broken hip.
Some 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.
News of the fall and hospitalisation was first reported on the Facebook page of Sophia Loren Restaurant, a chain of venues that bears her name.
Persons:
Sophia Loren, Loren, Vittorio, Vittorio De Sica's, Marcello Mastroianni, Cary Grant, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Paul Newman, Edoardo Ponti, hospitalisation, Sophia Loren Restaurant, Philip Pullella, Andrew Heavens
Organizations:
Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Italian, Geneva, Vittorio De, Bari, Italy