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