1930-04-21 Rome, Latium, Italy
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.
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Noi siamo cinema | Self (archive footage) | 2021-12-16 |
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Världens vackraste pojke | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2021-07-30 |
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Luchino Visconti, entre vérité et passion | Self (archive footage) | 2016-11-15 |
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Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel | Self (archive footage) | 2008-12-31 |
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Luchino Visconti | Self (archive footage) | 2002-06-23 |
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Очи черные | Elisa | 1987-02-01 |
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Dune | Reverend Mother Ramallo | 1984-12-14 |
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Gruppo di Famiglia in un Interno | Marquess Bianca Brumonti | 1974-12-20 |
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Ludwig | Cosima von Bülow | 1973-03-07 |
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Lo scopone scientifico | Antonia | 1972-08-28 |
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D'amore si muore | Elena | 1972-01-01 |
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Il Decameron | The Madonna (uncredited) | 1971-08-25 |
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Morte a Venezia | Tadzio's Mother | 1971-03-05 |
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Scipione detto anche l'Africano | Emilia | 1971-03-03 |
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Capriccio all'italiana | Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina | 1968-04-13 |
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Teorema | Lucia, the Mother | 1968-09-07 |
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Le streghe | Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna | 1967-02-22 |
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Edipo re | Giocasta | 1967-09-07 |
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La Terra vista dalla Luna | Assurdina Caì | 1967-02-22 |
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Io, io, io... e gli altri | Silvia | 1966-02-16 |
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Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? | Emanuela | 1966-12-23 |
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Il disco volante | Vittoria | 1964-12-23 |
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La mia signora | The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana") | 1964-10-29 |
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Il processo di Verona | Edda Ciano | 1963-03-02 |
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Barabbas | Rachel | 1961-12-23 |
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Il giudizio universale | Signora Matteoni | 1961-10-26 |
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Una vita difficile | Self (uncredited) | 1961-12-19 |
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Crimen | Marina | 1960-12-13 |
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Five Branded Women | Jovanka | 1960-03-15 |
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La grande guerra | Costantina | 1959-10-28 |
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La tempesta | Masha | 1958-12-01 |
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This Angry Age | Suzanne Dufresne | 1957-10-31 |
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Uomini e lupi | Teresa | 1957-02-08 |
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Mambo | Giovanna Masetti | 1954-09-18 |
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Ulisse | Circe / Penelope | 1954-10-06 |
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L'oro di Napoli | Teresa (segment "Teresa") | 1954-12-03 |
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Anna | Anna | 1951-12-20 |
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Il brigante Musolino | Mara | 1950-12-06 |
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Riso amaro | Silvana | 1949-09-30 |
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Il lupo della Sila | Rosaria Campolo | 1949-12-27 |
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Black Magic | (uncredited) | 1949-08-19 |
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L'elisir d'amore | Adina's girlfriend (uncredited) | 1947-01-31 |
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Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo | Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited) | 1947-09-27 |
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Le Jugement dernier | 1945-12-08 |