Anita Ekberg
Known for
Acting
Born
September 29, 1931
Birthplace
Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden
Died
January 11, 2015 (aged 83)
Biography
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (29 September 1931 - 11 January 2015), known as Anita Ekberg, was a Swedish actress who worked in European and American films. She started work as a fashion model and successfully transitioned to films in mid-1950s. Known for her voluptuous figure, she is best known for playing Sylvia in La Dolce Vita (1960), with its iconic scene where she cavorts in a fountain.
Best known work
La Dolce Vita
1960
War and Peace
1956
Boccaccio '70
1962
Artists and Models
1955
The Clowns
1970
Intervista
1987
Killer Nun
1979
The Oscars
1953
Hollywood or Bust
1956
Bambola
1996Filmography
2025
Being Bo Widerbergas Self (archive footage)
2022
Becoming Marilynas (archive footage)
2022
Rat Packas Self (archive footage)
2021
The Girl in the Fountainas Self (archive footage)
2021
Dov'era lei a quell'oraas Anita Ekberg
2021
Ciao Anitaas Self
2020
Beautiful Like a Poemas Self (archive footage)
2014
Becoming Anita Ekbergas Self (archive footage)
2011
The Sweet Algorithmas Sylvia
2010
1960as Self (archive footage)
2009
2007
2006
Fellini dice...as Self
2003
2002
Heart of the Festivalas Self (archive footage)
2002
The Magic of Fellinias Self
2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiographyas Self (archive footage)
1998
The Red Dwarfas Paola Bendoni
1997
1996
Bambolaas Mamma Greta
1994
1992
Ambrogioas Clarice
1992
Bad Girlsas Milli
1991
Il Conte Maxas Marika
1987
Intervistaas Anita Ekberg