Silvana Mangano
Birthday: 1930-04-21 | Place of Birth: Rome, Latium, ItalySilvana 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
Acting
Role
as Cosima von Bülow
as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
as Tadzio's Mother
as Self (archive footage)
as Elisa
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
as Reverend Mother Ramallo
as Cosima Von Bülow
as Antonia
as Elena
as Emilia
as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
as Lucia, the Mother
as Assurdina Caì
as Emanuela
as Silvia
as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
as Vittoria
as Edda Ciano
as Rachel
as Self
as Signora Matteoni
as Jovanka
as Marina
as Costantina
as Masha
as Suzanne Dufresne
