Sandra Milo
Born: 1933-03-11 in Tunis, French Protectorate Tunisia [now Tunisia]
Died: 2024-01-29
Known For: Acting
Biography
Sandra Milo (born Salvatrice Elena Greco; 11 March 1933, Tunisi - 29 January 2024, Rome) was an Italian actress, television personality, author, and musician. She won a Silver Ribbon best supporting actress award for each of her roles in Federico Fellini's 8½ and Juliet of the Spirits. She made her film debut in 1955 alongside Alberto Sordi in The Bachelor. Her first major role came in 1959 thanks to the producer Moris Ergas, in General della Rovere, directed by Roberto Rossellini. She also appeared in his film, Vanina Vanini, but Rossellini's career was cut short after the film received harsh criticism at the Venice Festival. After she got married, she retired from her acting career. Until discovered by Fellini, Milo had mostly performed in comedies and melodramas. Although she was reluctant to make a comeback, Fellini convinced her to take on the role of the sexy, lightheaded mistress opposite Marcello Mastroianni in 8½. The movie, which won universal acclaim, failed to change the public perception of her and although she was cast in Juliet of the Spirits, most of her following endeavors were second-rate films. In the mid-1960s, Milo was hostess of a television program in Rome. She retired again from acting in 1968, only to make a second comeback in 1979. Her roles have shifted from that of the temptress to more stern middle-aged women. In 2006-07 she toured Italy with the theatrical adaptation of 8 Women. She married Moris Ergas with whom she had a daughter Deborah, and later married Ottavio De Lollis with whom she had two children, Ciro and Azzurra. Sandra Milo was Roman Catholic. Source: Article "Sandra Milo" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
2024
- Ciao Marcello - Mastroianni l'antidivo as Self (archive footage)
2023
- Fading Gigolo as Marisa
- The Best Century of My Life as Signora J.O.
- Betrayed Adolescence as Nonna Laura
- Che bella storia la vita as Sandra
- Roma, santa e dannata as Sé stessa
2022
- Stasera c’è Cattelan su Raidue as Sandra Milo
- Quelle brave ragazze
- Feliz Navidad
2021
- Drag Race Italia as Self - Judge
- We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- Fellinopolis as Self - Actress (archive footage)
- A Bookshop in Paris as Madame Milo
- Free - Liberi as Mirna
- Pupi Avati, la tavola racconta
2020
- TV Story Superstar as Self (archive footage)
- A Patch by Lundini as Self
- The Truth About La Dolce Vita
- Nemici
2018
- There's No Place Like Home as Maria
- My Beloved Enemy as Antonietta Stefanelli
2017
- Il velo di Maya as Nonna Marta
- Salvatrice - Sandra Milo si racconta
- Felicissime condoglianze as Zia
2016
- Before Monday as Chanel
2015
2013
- Una notte agli studios as Venditrice
- W Zappatore as Nonna Zappatore
- L'arte del fai da te
2012
- Impepata di nozze as Madre di Michele
- Baci salati as Contessa Motta
2010
- Happy Family as Ezio's Mother
- Flaiano: il meglio è passato
- Alta Infedeltà as una cliente
2009
- Hollywood sul Tevere
- Impotenti esistenziali as Aunt Elisabetta
- Sleepless - Senza sonno as Mamma di Olga
2008
- Chi nasce tondo... as Anna Tre Culi
- La perfezionista
- Un volto tra la folla
2006
- Fellini dice... as Self
2003
- The Last Sequence as Self
- Incantato as Arabella
- Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others as Self
1995
- Camerieri as Salvatore Azzaro's Mistress (uncredited)
1987
- Cinderella '87 as Marianne
1984
- Cinderella '80 as Marianne
1983
- Fellini nel cestino as Self
1982
- Grog as Vittoria
1979
- Tesoro mio as Solange
- Riavanti… Marsch! as Zaira Bergamelli
1974
- The Secret Diary of 'Amarcord' as Self / Gradisca
1970
- Ciao, Federico! as Self (uncredited)
- Fellini: The Director as Creator
1968
- Dead for a Dollar as Liz
1967
- Per amore... per magia... as Algisa
- Tutto Totò - Premio Nobel as Baronessa Simonetta Bagneroli della Stufa
- Bang Bang Kid as Gwenda Skaggel
- The Strange Night as Debora
1966
- How I Learned to Love Women as Ilde
1965
- Juliet of the Spirits as Suzy / Iris / Fanny
- Weekend, Italian Style as Giuliana Marletti
- Reporter’s Diary: 'Zoom on Fellini' as Self
1964
- Summer Frenzy as Yvonne
- Male Companion as Maria
- Woman Is a Wonderful Thing as Rossella (segment "Una donna dolce, dolce")
- Ça ira - Il fiume della rivolta
- Amori pericolosi as The General's lover (segment "Il generale")
- White Voices as Carolina
- Relax Yourself Darling as Helene Faustin
- Beautiful Families as Esmeralda
1963
- 8½ as Carla
- The Shortest Day as Erede siciliana (uncredited)
- The Visitor as Pina
- Be Careful Ladies as Henriette
1961
- Vanina Vanini as Vanina Vanini
- Ghosts of Rome as Flora di Roviano
- Gli scontenti
1960
- The Big Risk as Liliane
- Adua and Her Friends as Lolita
1959
- The Green Mare as Margerite Maloret
- General Della Rovere as Olga
- Way of Youth as Olga, prostituée
- Witness in the City as Liliane
- Herod the Great as Sara
- Lost Souls as Giulia
1958
- Totò in the Moon as Tatiana
- The Mirror Has Two Faces as Ariane
1957
- The Adventures of Arsène Lupin as Mathilde Duchamp
- The Woman Who Came from the Sea as Danae Niebel
1956
- Nero's Mistress
- Moglie e buoi... as Silvana
1955
- The Bachelor as Gabriella