Marianna Pia "Maria" Villani Scicolone (born Villani[1] on 11 May 1938) is an Italian television personality, columnist and singer.[2]

Scicolone was born in Rome to Romilda Villani and Riccardo Scicolone Murillo, and grew up between Pozzuoli and Naples with her mother and her elder sister, actress Sophia Loren. Her father only recognized her years later upon payment by Loren.[1][3]

Scicolone is the first wife of Romano Mussolini (son of Italian fascist dictator Benito Mussolini), whom she married in 1962 and with whom she had two daughters: Alessandra and Elisabetta.[4][5]

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  • A tavola con il Duce: ricette e racconti inediti di casa Mussolini (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. 2004. ISBN 9788884403247.
  • La mia casa è piena di specchi (in Italian). Rome: Gremese. 2004. ISBN 9788884402974.
  • La cucina delle mie certezze (in Italian). Segrate: Mondadori. 2008. ISBN 9788804582656.

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  1. ^ a b Arnaldi, Valeria (26 February 2016). "Maria Scicolone confessa: 'Mia sorella Sophia Loren ha comprato il mio cognome'". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Maria Scicolone, sorella di Sofia Loren, si racconta con Affaritaliani.it". Affaritaliani.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 28 August 2022. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  3. ^ Bompiani, Mirko (5 August 2022). "Sophia Loren e Maria Scicolone: chi sono?/ Un rapporto speciale tra le due sorelle". IlSussidiario.net (in Italian). Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  4. ^ "The Loren Sisters - both talented and united". amalfistyle. 28 January 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  5. ^ Hooper, John (8 February 2006). "Obituary: Romano Mussolini". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 25 January 2019.

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