Sophia Loren made history when she won the Oscar ... where they ceremony took place — the phone rang. On the other line: Cary Grant, Loren’s two-time costar and onetime love interest.

Cary Grant told her she’d won in a call that “changed my life.” Loren will be present for the launch of the Academy Museum ...

Sophia Loren has had an incredible career throughout ... "I finished the film Houseboat [with Cary Grant], and I went back to Italy to continue my career," Loren recalled on The View in 2016.