Silvana Mangano

Known for

Acting

Born

April 21, 1930

Birthplace

Rome, Latium, Italy

Died

December 16, 1989 (aged 59)

Biography

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 car...

Best known work

Dune

1984

Death in Venice

1971

Theorem

1968

The Great War

1959

Oedipus Rex

1967

The Decameron

1971

Ulysses

1954

Bitter Rice

1949

Ludwig

1973

Barabbas

1961

Filmography

2026
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
2021
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2016
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
2008
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
as Self (archive footage)
2002
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Dark Eyes
as Elisa
1984
Dune
as Reverend Mother Ramallo
1981
LudwigTV
as Cosima Von Bülow (5 episodes)
1974
Conversation Piece
as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
1973
Ludwig
as Cosima von Bülow
1972
The Scopone Game
as Antonia
1972
For Love One Dies
as Elena
1971
The Decameron
as The Madonna (uncredited)
1971
Death in Venice
as Tadzio's Mother
1971
Scipio the African
as Emilia
1968
Theorem
as Lucia, the Mother
1968
Caprice Italian Style
as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
1967
Oedipus Rex
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
1967
The Witches
as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
1967
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
as Assurdina Caì
1966
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Emanuela
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Silvia
1964
The Flying Saucer
as Vittoria
1964
My Wife
as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")