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