Silvana Mangano
Biography
Silvana Mangano (21 April 1930 – 16 December 1989) was an Italian film actress. She was one of a generation of thespians who arose from the neorealist movement, and went on to become a major female star, regarded as a sex symbol in the 1950s and 1960s. She won the David di Donatello for Best Actress three times - for The Verona Trial (1963), The Witches (1967), and The Scientific Cardplayer (1973) – and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress twice. Raised in poverty during World War II, Mangano trained as a dancer and worked as a model before winning a Miss Rome beauty pageant in 1946. This led to work in films; she achieved success in Bitter Rice (1949) and went on to forge a successful career in films, working with many notable directors like Pier Paolo Pasolini, Luchino Visconti, Alberto Lattuada, and Vittorio De Sica. Her career continued well into her 50s, with supporting roles in David Lynch's Dune (1984) and Nikita Mikhalkov Dark Eyes (1987). Mangano was the wife of international film producer Dino De Laurentiis and had four children with him, including Veronica De Laurentiis and Raffaella De Laurentiis. Description above from the Wikipedia article Silvana Mangano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (44)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Dark Eyes
as Elisa
1987
Dune
as Reverend Mother Ramallo
1984
Conversation Piece
as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
1974
Ludwig
as Cosima von Bülow
1973
The Scopone Game
as Antonia
1972
For Love One Dies
as Elena
1972
The Decameron
as The Madonna (uncredited)
1971
Death in Venice
as Tadzio's Mother
1971
Scipio the African
as Emilia
1971
Theorem
as Lucia, the Mother
1968
Caprice Italian Style
as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
1968
Oedipus Rex
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
1967
The Witches
as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
1967
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
as Assurdina Caì
1967
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Emanuela
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Silvia
1966
The Flying Saucer
as Vittoria
1964
My Wife
as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
1964
The Verona Trial
as Edda Ciano
1963
Barabbas
as Rachel
1961
A Difficult Life
as Self
1961
The Last Judgment
as Signora Matteoni
1961
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
as Marina
1960
Five Branded Women
as Jovanka
1960
The Great War
as Costantina
1959
Tempest
as Masha
1958
This Angry Age
as Suzanne Dufresne
1957
Men and Wolves
as Teresa
1957
The Gold of Naples
as Teresa (segment "Teresa")
1954
Ulysses
as Circe / Penelope
1954
Mambo
as Giovanna Masetti
1954
Anna
as Anna
1951
Outlaw Girl
as Mara
1950
Lure of the Sila
as Rosaria Campolo
1949
Bitter Rice
as Silvana
1949
Black Magic
as (uncredited)
1949
Flesh Will Surrender
as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
1947
L'elisir d'amore
as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
1947
The Last Judgment
1945
