Silvana Mangano

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Silvana Mangano, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

What's My Line?

Dune

The Decameron

Ulysses

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

Barabbas

Death in Venice

Theorem

All Movies (45)

• Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas2026 · as Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
• We Are Cinema2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Most Beautiful Boy in the World2021 · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion2016 · as Self (archive footage)
• Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel2008 · as Self (archive footage)
• Luchino Visconti2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dark Eyes1987 · as Elisa
• Dune1984 · as Reverend Mother Ramallo
• Conversation Piece1974 · as Marquess Bianca Brumonti
• Ludwig1973 · as Cosima von Bülow
• The Scopone Game1972 · as Antonia
• For Love One Dies1972 · as Elena
• The Decameron1971 · as The Madonna (uncredited)
• Death in Venice1971 · as Tadzio's Mother
• Scipio the African1971 · as Emilia
• Theorem1968 · as Lucia, the Mother
• Caprice Italian Style1968 · as Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
• Oedipus Rex1967 · as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
• The Witches1967 · as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
• The Earth As Seen from the Moon1967 · as Assurdina Caì
• Pardon, Are You for or Against?1966 · as Emanuela
• Me, Me, Me... and the Others1966 · as Silvia
• The Flying Saucer1964 · as Vittoria
• My Wife1964 · as The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
• The Verona Trial1963 · as Edda Ciano
• Barabbas1961 · as Rachel
• A Difficult Life1961 · as Self
• The Last Judgment1961 · as Signora Matteoni
• ...And Suddenly It's Murder!1960 · as Marina
• Five Branded Women1960 · as Jovanka
• The Great War1959 · as Costantina
• Tempest1958 · as Masha
• This Angry Age1957 · as Suzanne Dufresne
• Men and Wolves1957 · as Teresa
• The Gold of Naples1954 · as Teresa (segment "Teresa")
• Ulysses1954 · as Circe / Penelope
• Mambo1954 · as Giovanna Masetti
• Anna1951 · as Anna
• Outlaw Girl1950 · as Mara
• Lure of the Sila1949 · as Rosaria Campolo
• Bitter Rice1949 · as Silvana
• Black Magic1949 · as (uncredited)
• Flesh Will Surrender1947 · as Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
• This Wine of Love1947 · as Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
• The Last Judgment1945

All TV Shows (2)

• Ludwig1981 · as Cosima Von Bülow
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self