Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis, affectionately known as simply Jackie, is an icon for the ages. Her grace, beauty, style, intellect, and charm combined to create a truly magnetic appeal to young and old, men and women, close acquaintances and political leaders. Clark Clifford, a respected lawyer and advisor to the Kennedy administration, wrote her the following note after she returned from an official trip abroad: "Once in a great while, an individual...

Sophia Loren, with a career spanning six decades, is without doubt one of the grands dames of cinema, but she was not limited to that accomplishment. She has acted in numerous television roles, authored multiple cooking and beauty books, and recorded several chart-topping musical hits-but never acted on stage because of stage fright. Her face has sold millions of magazines-from the ribald European tattler sheets to the very tame Ladies' Home Journal,...