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