Name
Silvana Mangano
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1930-04-21
Deathday
1989-12-16 (59 years old)
Place of Birth
Rome, Latium, Italy
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 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.
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Known For
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In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti pr...
- 1984 Dune as Reverend Mother Ramallo
- 1973 Ludwig as Cosima von Bülow
- 1968 Theorem as Lucia, the Mother
- 1949 Bitter Rice as Silvana
- 1971 Death in Venice as Tadzio's Mother
- 1961 Barabbas as Rachel
- 1967 The Witches as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
- 1967 Oedipus Rex as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
- 1954 Ulysses as Circe / Penelope
- 1949 Black Magic as (uncredited)
- 1954 The Gold of Naples as Teresa (segment "Teresa")
- 1974 Conversation Piece as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
- 1961 A Difficult Life as Self
- 1972 The Scopone Game as Antonia
- 1945 The Last Judgment
- 1961 The Last Judgment as Signora Matteoni
- 1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others as Silvia
- 1963 The Verona Trial as Edda Ciano
- 1960 Five Branded Women as Jovanka
- 1960 ...And Suddenly It's Murder! as Marina
- 1951 Anna as Anna
- 1964 My Wife as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
- 1957 Men and Wolves as Teresa
- 1949 Lure of the Sila as Rosaria Campolo
- 1950 Outlaw Girl as Mara
- 1958 Tempest as Masha
- 1957 This Angry Age as Suzanne Dufresne
- 1968 Caprice Italian Style as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
- 1971 The Decameron as The Madonna (uncredited)
- 1971 Scipio the African as Emilia
- 1972 For Love One Dies as Elena
- 1954 Mambo as Giovanna Masetti
- 2002 Luchino Visconti as Self (archive footage)
- 1947 Flesh Will Surrender as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
- 2016 Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 The Most Beautiful Boy in the World as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1964 The Flying Saucer as Vittoria
- 1959 The Great War as Costantina
- 1967 The Earth As Seen from the Moon as Assurdina Caì
- 2008 Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel as Self (archive footage)
- 1966 Pardon, Are You for or Against? as Emanuela
- 1987 Dark Eyes as Elisa
- 1947 This Wine of Love as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
- 2026 Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas as Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 1981 Ludwig ( 5 episodes ) as Cosima Von Bülow
- 1950 What's My Line? ( 1 episode ) as Self
