Sylva Koscina

Born: 1933-08-22 in Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia)

Died: 1994-12-26

Known For: Acting

Biography

Sylva Koscina (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilva ˈkɔʃʃina]; born Silvija Košćina, pronounced [sǐlʋija kǒʃtɕina]; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylva Koscina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

1992

Ricky & Barabba as Cristina Bonelli

1991

L'odissea as Minerva

1987

Rimini Rimini as sorella dell'ingegnere
Cinderella '87 as Mafalda Gherardeschi

1984

...e la vita continua as Evelina
Cinderella '80 as Mafalda Gherardeschi
Die Nacht der vier Monde as (special guest)

1983

This and That as Dora, madre di Daniela
Magic Touch as Contessa Irene

1981

Ace as Enrichetta

1980

Sunday Lovers as Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")

1977

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti as Self - Clorinda (archive footage)
Casanova & Co. as The Prefect's Wife

1972

So Sweet, So Dead as Barbara Capuana
The Italian Connection as Lucia Canali
The Crimes of the Black Cat as Françoise Ballais
Nights of Boccaccio as Fiammetta
Blessed Are the Rich as Contessa
To Kill in Silence as Valeria's mother

1971

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as La moglie del presentatore
Homo Eroticus as Carla
The Great Swindle as Lola
You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife as Susana
Sex of the Devil as Sylvia, the Assistant
Les Jambes en l'air as Favouille Grandblaise
African Story as Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina)

1970

Hornets' Nest as Bianca
The Dove Must Not Fly as Anne
Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move as La baronessa di Valdarno
Vertigo for a Killer as Sylvie
The Modification as Cécile

1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine as Marquise de Bressac
The Battle of Neretva as Danica
The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal as Theodora
I See Naked as Self
He and She as She

1968

The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Countess Francesca De Montefiore
A Lovely Way to Die as Rena Westabrook
The Fight for Rome as Empress Theodora
The Protagonists as Nancy

1967

Deadlier Than the Male as Penelope
Three Bites of the Apple as Carla Moretti
Italy's in Season as Self
Johnny Banco as Laureen Moore

1966

Me, Me, Me... and the Others as The 'Star'
Agent X-77 Orders to Kill as Mania
Four Queens for an Ace as Dolores Arrabal, Fashion Designer
Funny Money as Lucile

1965

Juliet of the Spirits as Sylva
The Dictator's Guns as Rae Osborne
The Double Bed as Giulietta / Peggy
That Man in Istanbul as Kenny
Made in Italy as Diana (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 3") (as Silva Koscina)
Thrilling as Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
Money as Leda
Il morbidone as Irene

1964

Hot Enough for June as Vlasta Simoneva
Cyrano and d'Artagnan as Ninon de Lenclos
Let's Talk About Women as Reluctant Girl
The Circular Triangle as Alexandra Fonseca
Love in Four Dimensions as Irma, la moglie (segment "Amore e vita")
Una storia di notte as Maddalena
Love and Marriage as (segment "Sabato 18 luglio")
Corpse for the Lady as Laura Guglielmetti

1963

The Shortest Day
Judex as Daisy
The Scapegoat as Clemenza, Barbo's Wife
Girl's Apartment as Eléna
Rampage as Stewardess
The Little Nuns as Elena

1962

Jessica as Nunzia Tuffi
The Iron Mask as Marion
Copacabana Palace as Ines
The Swordsman of Siena as Orietta Arconti
La salamandre d'or as (uncredited)
The Four Truths as Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
The Masseuses as Marisa

1961

Blood Feud as Carla
Destination Fury

1960

Love, the Italian Way as Luciana
...And Suddenly It's Murder! as Carolina
Siege of Syracuse as Clio
The Traffic Policeman as Herself
Genitori in blue-jeans as Elena
I piaceri dello scapolo as Eby
Ravishing as Evelyne Cotteret
Le pillole di Ercole as Silvia Pasqui
Trapped by Fear as Arabelle
Mariti in pericolo as Silvana

1959

Hercules Unchained as Iole, bride of Ercole
Uncle Was a Vampire as Carla
The Woman's Confidant as Maria Bonifati
The Surprises of Love as Marianna
Poor Millionaires as Alice
La cambiale as Odette Mercury

1958

Hercules as Iole, Daugher of Pelias
He Thief, She Thief as Cesira De Angelis
Totò in the Moon as Lidia
Young Husbands as Mara
Quando gli angeli piangono as Marta
Love on the Riviera as Renata Morandi
Toto in Paris as Juliette Marchand
Dangerous Women as Tosca
La nipote Sabella as Lucia

1957

Engaged to Death as Lucia
Guendalina as Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina
The Mighty Crusaders as Clorinda (as Silva Koscina)
The Innocent with Forty Children as Gina Lantois
Non sono più guaglione as Carolina
Oh! Sabella as Lucia
Female Three Times as Sonia

1956

Michael Strogoff as Sangarine
The Railroad Man as Giulia Marcocci

1955

Are We Men or Corporals? as The aspiring actress

1954

Reflets de Cannes as Self

1951

Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Host