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25.09.2023 - 08:17 / variety.com
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Sophia Loren is recovering from emergency surgery for a fractured hip following a fall on Sunday in her home in Geneva, Switzerland, according to Italian press reports. Italy’s most famous living movie star, who turned 89 on Sept. 20, suffered multiple fractures after accidentally falling at home on Sunday morning.
On Sunday afternoon, “Sophia was operated with positive outcome and will now have to undergo a brief period of convalescence followed by a complete rehabilitation,” reported Italian national news agency Ansa. Ansa said news of Loren’s hospitalisation was announced by a restaurant bearing her name that she was set to inaugurate on Tuesday in the Italian port city of Bari. The iconic actress was also meant to receive an honorary citizenship from Bari, the southern city where Loren stepped out of semi-retirement in 2020 to shoot her last movie, “The Life Ahead,” a Netflix original directed by her son Edoardo Ponti.
In “Life Ahead,” Loren plays a former prostitute and Holocaust survivor who bonds with a Senegalese orphaned street kid. For her performance, she scored Italy’s David di Donatello Award for best actress. Ponti did not immediately respond to a request from Variety for comment about his mother’s condition.
Loren’s last public appearance took place earlier this month, on Sept. 2, at the Armani “One Night Only” fashion show held during the Venice Film Festival where she was the guest of honor. Accompanied by Ponti and his wife Sasha Alexander, Loren sat in the front row with Jessica Chastain, Sydney Sweeney, Ang Lee and Ava DuVernay.
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Sophia Loren is recovering in a hospital in Switzerland after falling in her Geneva home. The news of her fall was shared on social media, where her close-knit circle of family and friends expressed optimism about her recovery following successful surgery.The unfortunate incident occurred in the bathroom of her Geneva residence, where Sophia Loren sustained significant injuries.
Sophia Loren is recovering after having a bad fall at her home in Switzerland.
Loren’s condition was also revealed via her Instagram page for her restaurant chain on Sunday.“A fall at her home in Geneva today caused Ms Loren hip fractures. Operated with a positive outcome, she will now have to observe a short period of recovery and follow a road to rehabilitation,” read the post.The “Life Ahead” actress was set to open a fourth restaurant in the Italian city of Bari on Sept.
Oscar-winning actress Sophia Loren has had emergency surgery following a fall in her Swiss home, her agent has confirmed.The 89 year old fell in her bathroom and sustained several “serious fractures” to different parts of her hip, including her femur, which needed “urgent surgery”, her agent Andrea Giusti said. Sophia’s representative also confirmed both her sons, Carlo and Edoardo Ponti, were at her bedside.The Academy-Award winning Italian actress was married to film producer Carlo Ponti Sr from 1966 until his death in 2007.
A post shared by Sophia Loren Restaurant (@sophialorenrestaurant)A source told The Hollywood Reporter that Loren had fallen in the bathroom, and despite “cautious optimism” about her recovery, a lengthy process of rehabilitation will follow.The actor was set to open a new fourth branch of her restaurant chain in the Italian city of Bari tomorrow (September 26) but all her forthcoming public appearances have now been postponed.
Sophia Loren has suffered an unfortunate fall in her home, according to a new report.
Iconic actress Sophia Loren was hospitalized on Sunday following a fall at her home in Geneva. The Italian star reportedly sustained fractures to her hip and femur, and underwent surgery with what has been described as a positive outcome.