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