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