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