Silvana Mangano
Acting
Born: 1930-04-21 in Rome, Latium, Italy
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.
Known For
What's My Line?
Self
Dune
Reverend Mother Ramallo
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Ulysses
Circe / Penelope
Theorem
Lucia, the Mother
The Decameron
The Madonna (uncredited)
Death in Venice
Tadzio's Mother
The Witches
Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
Oedipus Rex
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Barabbas
Rachel
Black Magic
(uncredited)
Ludwig
Cosima von Bülow
Ludwig
Cosima Von Bülow
Conversation Piece
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
The Gold of Naples
Teresa (segment "Teresa")
Mambo
Giovanna Masetti
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Marina
The Great War
Costantina
Five Branded Women
Jovanka
Bitter Rice
Silvana
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Silvia
Anna
Anna
Tempest
Masha
Caprice Italian Style
Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
Dark Eyes
Elisa
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
A Difficult Life
Self
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Emanuela
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
For Love One Dies
Elena
The Last Judgment
My Wife
The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
Outlaw Girl
Mara
The Scopone Game
Antonia
The Last Judgment
Signora Matteoni
The Flying Saucer
Vittoria
Lure of the Sila
Rosaria Campolo
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
Men and Wolves
Teresa
Scipio the African
Emilia