Silvana Mangano
Born: 1930-04-21 in Rome, Latium, Italy
Died: 1989-12-16
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas as Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
- The Most Beautiful Boy in the World as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion as Self (archive footage)
2008
- Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel as Self (archive footage)
2002
- Luchino Visconti as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Dark Eyes as Elisa
1984
- Dune as Reverend Mother Ramallo
1981
- Ludwig as Cosima Von Bülow
1974
- Conversation Piece as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
1973
- Ludwig as Cosima von Bülow
1972
- The Scopone Game as Antonia
- For Love One Dies as Elena
1971
- The Decameron as The Madonna (uncredited)
- Death in Venice as Tadzio's Mother
- Scipio the African as Emilia
1968
- Theorem as Lucia, the Mother
- Caprice Italian Style as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
1967
- The Witches as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
- Oedipus Rex as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
- The Earth As Seen from the Moon as Assurdina Caì
1966
- Me, Me, Me... and the Others as Silvia
- Pardon, Are You for or Against? as Emanuela
1964
- My Wife as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
- The Flying Saucer as Vittoria
1963
- The Verona Trial as Edda Ciano
1961
- Barabbas as Rachel
- The Last Judgment as Signora Matteoni
- A Difficult Life as Self
1960
- Five Branded Women as Jovanka
- ...And Suddenly It's Murder! as Marina
1959
- The Great War as Costantina
1958
- Tempest as Masha
1957
- This Angry Age as Suzanne Dufresne
- Men and Wolves as Teresa
1954
- Ulysses as Circe / Penelope
- The Gold of Naples as Teresa (segment "Teresa")
- Mambo as Giovanna Masetti
1951
- Anna as Anna
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Outlaw Girl as Mara
1949
- Bitter Rice as Silvana
- Black Magic as (uncredited)
- Lure of the Sila as Rosaria Campolo
1947
- Flesh Will Surrender as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
- This Wine of Love as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)