Silvana Mangano
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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
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Dune (1984)
as Reverend Mother Ramallo
Ulysses (1954)
as Circe / Penelope
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World (2021)
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Death in Venice (1971)
as Tadzio's Mother
Barabbas (1961)
as Rachel
The Decameron (1971)
as The Madonna (uncredited)
Black Magic (1949)
as (uncredited)
Conversation Piece (1974)
as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Luchino Visconti (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Oedipus Rex (1967)
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
Ludwig (1973)
as Cosima von Bülow
The Great War (1959)
as Costantina
The Gold of Naples (1954)
as Teresa (segment "Teresa")
Dark Eyes (1987)
as Elisa
Theorem (1968)
as Lucia, the Mother
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas (2026)
as Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Witches (1967)
as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
Mambo (1954)
as Giovanna Masetti
We Are Cinema (2021)
as Self (archive footage)
...And Suddenly It's Murder! (1960)
as Marina
Caprice Italian Style (1968)
as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
Pardon, Are You for or Against? (1966)
as Emanuela
Me, Me, Me... and the Others (1966)
as Silvia
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel (2008)
as Self (archive footage)
The Verona Trial (1963)
as Edda Ciano
Bitter Rice (1949)
as Silvana
A Difficult Life (1961)
as Self
Tempest (1958)
as Masha
The Scopone Game (1972)
as Antonia
For Love One Dies (1972)
as Elena
Scipio the African (1971)
as Emilia
Anna (1951)
as Anna
Flesh Will Surrender (1947)
as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
Lure of the Sila (1949)
as Rosaria Campolo
The Last Judgment (1961)
as Signora Matteoni
The Earth As Seen from the Moon (1967)
as Assurdina Caì
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Five Branded Women (1960)
as Jovanka
My Wife (1964)
as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
Men and Wolves (1957)
as Teresa
The Flying Saucer (1964)
as Vittoria
Outlaw Girl (1950)
as Mara
This Wine of Love (1947)
as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
This Angry Age (1957)
as Suzanne Dufresne
The Last Judgment (1945)
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