Carlo Ponti
Carlo Fortunato Pietro Ponti Sr. (11 December 1912 – 10 January 2007) was an Italian film producer with more than 140 productions to his credit. He was the husband of international film star Sophia Loren.
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| Full name at birth | Carlo Fortunaro Pietro Ponti
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| Claim to fame | Sophia Loren`s Svengali
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| Date of birth | 11 December 1912
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| Place of birth | Magenta, Lombardy, Italy
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| Date of death | 10 January 2007
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| Age | 94 (age at death)
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| Place of death | Geneva, Switzerland
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| Cause of death | Pulmonary Complications
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| Occupation | Producer
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| University | University of Milan for Law
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![Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren - Yours Retro Magazine Pictorial [United Kingdom] (June 2022)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/8/m/8mqack7ds2tvvqsk.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren - Świat Kobiety Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (February 2022)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/k/a/kap1u8fd72d2f2.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Sophia Loren - Rakéta Regényújság Magazine Cover [Hungary] (6 March 1979)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/w/f/wfqplriq18n88wip.jpg?skj2io4l)
![Carlo Ponti and Sophia Loren - Svensk Damtidning Magazine Cover [Sweden] (18 July 1962)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/e/8/e8mwgrz1d2wordmo.jpg?skj2io4l)
- Produced Antonioni`s "Blow Up" and David Lean`s "Doctor Zhivago"
- Founded the production company "Ponti-De Laurentiis" together with Dino De Laurentiis, which produced Totò a colori (1952), the first Italian movie in color.
- Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1959
- After he had divorced from Giuliana Fiastri in Mexico, he married Sophia Loren in 1957. As the divorce was not legalized in Italy, he was accused of bigamy and his marriage to Loren was annulled in 1962. Thus, the couple and Ponti's first wife acquired French citizenship, so that he and Loren could marry again in 1966.
- Father (by 2nd wife Sophia Loren) of Carlo Ponti Jr. and Edoardo Ponti. Father (by 1st wife) of producer Alex Ponti and of lawyer Guendalina Ponti.
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