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Silvana Mangano
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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 car…
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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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BODY OF WORK
Silvana Mangano's Filmography
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Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
as Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
as Self (archive footage)
Luchino Visconti
as Self (archive footage)
Dark Eyes
as Elisa
Dune
as Reverend Mother Ramallo
Conversation Piece
as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
Ludwig
as Cosima von Bülow
The Scopone Game
as Antonia
For Love One Dies
as Elena
The Decameron
as The Madonna (uncredited)
Death in Venice
as Tadzio's Mother
Scipio the African
as Emilia
Theorem
as Lucia, the Mother
Caprice Italian Style
as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
Oedipus Rex
as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
The Witches
as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
as Assurdina Caì
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Emanuela
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
as Silvia
The Flying Saucer
as Vittoria
My Wife
as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
The Verona Trial
as Edda Ciano
Barabbas
as Rachel
A Difficult Life
as Self
The Last Judgment
as Signora Matteoni
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
as Marina
Five Branded Women
as Jovanka
The Great War
as Costantina
Tempest
as Masha
This Angry Age
as Suzanne Dufresne
Men and Wolves
as Teresa
The Gold of Naples
as Teresa (segment "Teresa")
Ulysses
as Circe / Penelope
Mambo
as Giovanna Masetti
Anna
as Anna
Outlaw Girl
as Mara
Lure of the Sila
as Rosaria Campolo
Bitter Rice
as Silvana
Black Magic
as (uncredited)
Flesh Will Surrender
as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
This Wine of Love
as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
