- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 21, 1930
- Place of Birth
- Rome, Latium, Italy
- Died
- December 16, 1989
Silvana Mangano
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 D…
Filmography
movieProust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
2026 · Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieWe Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021 · Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
movieLuchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
2016 · Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
2008 · Self (archive footage)
movieLuchino Visconti
2002 · Self (archive footage)
movieDark Eyes
1987 · Elisa
movieDune
1984 · Reverend Mother Ramallo
tvLudwig
1981 · Cosima Von Bülow
movieConversation Piece
1974 · Marquess Bianca Brumonti
movieLudwig
1973 · Cosima von Bülow
movieThe Scopone Game
1972 · Antonia
movieFor Love One Dies
1972 · Elena
movieThe Decameron
1971 · The Madonna (uncredited)
movieDeath in Venice
1971 · Tadzio's Mother
movieScipio the African
1971 · Emilia
movieTheorem
1968 · Lucia, the Mother
movieCaprice Italian Style
1968 · Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
movieOedipus Rex
1967 · Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
movieThe Witches
1967 · Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
movieThe Earth As Seen from the Moon
1967 · Assurdina Caì
moviePardon, Are You for or Against?
1966 · Emanuela
movieMe, Me, Me... and the Others
1966 · Silvia
movieThe Flying Saucer
1964 · Vittoria
movieMy Wife
1964 · The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
movieThe Verona Trial
1963 · Edda Ciano
movieBarabbas
1961 · Rachel
movieA Difficult Life
1961 · Self
movieThe Last Judgment
1961 · Signora Matteoni
movie...And Suddenly It's Murder!
1960 · Marina
movieFive Branded Women
1960 · Jovanka
movieThe Great War
1959 · Costantina
movieTempest
1958 · Masha
movieThis Angry Age
1957 · Suzanne Dufresne
movieMen and Wolves
1957 · Teresa
movieThe Gold of Naples
1954 · Teresa (segment "Teresa")
movieUlysses
1954 · Circe / Penelope
movieMambo
1954 · Giovanna Masetti
movieAnna
1951 · Anna
movieOutlaw Girl
1950 · Mara
tvWhat's My Line?
1950 · Self
movieLure of the Sila
1949 · Rosaria Campolo
movieBitter Rice
1949 · Silvana
movieBlack Magic
1949 · (uncredited)
movieFlesh Will Surrender
1947 · Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
movieThis Wine of Love
1947 · Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
movieThe Last Judgment
1945