
Silvana Mangano
Acting
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.

We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Self (archive footage)

Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)

Dark Eyes
Elisa

Dune
Reverend Mother Ramallo

Conversation Piece
Marquess Bianca Brumonti

Ludwig
Cosima von Bülow

The Scopone Game
Antonia

For Love One Dies
Elena

The Decameron
The Madonna (uncredited)

Death in Venice
Tadzio's Mother

Scipio the African
Emilia

Theorem
Lucia, the Mother

Caprice Italian Style
Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina

Oedipus Rex
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)

The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Assurdina Caì

The Witches
Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna

Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Emanuela

Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Silvia

The Flying Saucer
Vittoria

My Wife
The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")

The Verona Trial
Edda Ciano

Barabbas
Rachel

A Difficult Life
Self

The Last Judgment
Signora Matteoni

...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Marina

Five Branded Women
Jovanka

The Great War
Costantina

Tempest
Masha

This Angry Age
Suzanne Dufresne

Men and Wolves
Teresa

The Gold of Naples
Teresa (segment "Teresa")

Ulysses
Circe / Penelope

Mambo
Giovanna Masetti

Anna
Anna

Outlaw Girl
Mara

Lure of the Sila
Rosaria Campolo

Bitter Rice
Silvana

Black Magic
(uncredited)

Flesh Will Surrender
Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)

This Wine of Love
Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)

The Last Judgment







