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