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On this day in Hollywood History: Sophia Loren marries Italian film producer, Carlo Ponti.

Loren first met Carlo Ponti in 1950 when he judged her at a beauty contest. She was 15 years old at the time, while he was 37. They became a couple and married on September 17, 1957. However, Ponti had been married once before, and he was never officially divorced from his estranged wife Giuliana because Italy did not recognize divorce at that time, and as a result the marriage between Loren and Ponti was annulled in 1962. In 1965, Ponti and his ex-wife obtained citizenship in France where they could be legally divorced, allowing him to marry Loren on April 9, 1966 in Sevre, France.

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