Actor Sophia Loren has been rushed to hospital for an emergency surgery after a fall at her home in Switzerland.
Key points:
- Sophia Loren is one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's "golden age"
- She is best known for her role in the 1961 film Two Women
- She celebrated her 89th birthday last week
The 89-year-old Italian actress suffered multiple fractures, including a serious fracture of the femur which required surgery, a source told The Hollywood Reporter.
The same source told the magazine she had fallen in her bathroom, and would need a long rehabilitation despite "cautious optimism" about her recovery.
The news was announced by a restaurant named after her. Loren was set to officially open the restaurant, which is the fourth bearing her name, in the Italian city of Bari on September 26.
All her professional appearances have been cancelled. Her last public appearance was at an Armani fashion show during the Venice Film Festival on September 2.
The restaurant wrote on social media she would have a "road to rehabilitation".
"Thankfully everything worked out for the best and the Lady will be back with us very soon," the post said.
Loren is one of the last surviving actors from the era of classic Hollywood, and was named by the American Film Institute as one of its "top legends" from the period.
She is best known for her role in the 1961 Italian film drama Two Women, the same film which made her the first Oscar winner for a foreign-language film.