Sophia Loren: Italian star has emergency surgery after fall - BBC News

The 89-year-old Italian actress fell at her Swiss home and sustained "serious fractures".

3 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesBy Emma SaundersEntertainment reporterOscar-winning actress Sophia Loren has undergone emergency surgery following a fall in her bathroom at her Swiss home.

The 89-year-old sustained several "serious fractures" to different parts of her hip and femur, her agent Andrea Giusti told the PA news agency.

Loren's representative also confirmed both Loren's sons, Carlo and Edoardo Ponti, were at her bedside.

A spokesperson told Reuters the surgery "went well and now she needs to rest and everything will be resolved".

Loren has had a long career, after being born into poverty in Naples. She went on to become a Hollywood star, winning an Oscar in 1962 for Vittorio de Sica's film La Ciociara (Two Women) about a wartime mother's rape.

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