Silvana Mangano
Acting
Born April 21, 1930 · 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 le…
Known For · 40 titles
What's My Line?
Dune
Ulysses
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
The Decameron
Barabbas
Death in Venice
Theorem
Oedipus Rex
The Great War
The Witches
Ludwig
Conversation Piece
Black Magic
The Last Judgment
Ludwig
My Wife
Bitter Rice
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Mambo
We Are Cinema
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
The Last Judgment
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
The Scopone Game
A Difficult Life
Caprice Italian Style
Dark Eyes
For Love One Dies
The Gold of Naples
Five Branded Women
The Flying Saucer
Outlaw Girl
Tempest
Flesh Will Surrender
Anna
Men and Wolves
Luchino Visconti
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion