Anita Ekberg

Biography

Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (29 September 1931 - 11 January 2015), known as Anita Ekberg, was a Swedish actress who worked in European and American films. She started work as a fashion model and successfully transitioned to films in mid-1950s. Known for her voluptuous figure, she is best known for playing Sylvia in La Dolce Vita (1960), with its iconic scene where she cavorts in a fountain.

Known For

Champs-Elysées

What's My Line?

The Oscars

The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

Bambola

All Movies (82)

• Being Bo Widerberg2025 · as Self (archive footage)
• Becoming Marilyn2022
• Rat Pack2022 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Girl in the Fountain2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dov'era lei a quell'ora2021 · as Anita Ekberg
• Ciao Anita2021 · as Self
• Beautiful Like a Poem2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Becoming Anita Ekberg2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Sweet Algorithm2011 · as Sylvia
• 19602010 · as Self (archive footage)
• Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France2009
• Anita of Sweden2007
• Fellini dice...2006 · as Self
• Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others2003 · as Self
• Heart of the Festival2002 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Magic of Fellini2002 · as Self
• Federico Fellini's Autobiography2000 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Red Dwarf1998 · as Paola Bendoni
• La villa dei misteri1997
• Bambola1996 · as Mamma Greta
• In morte di Federico Fellini1994
• Ambrogio1992 · as Clarice
• Bad Girls1992 · as Milli
• Il Conte Max1991 · as Marika
• Intervista1987 · as Anita Ekberg
• The Seduction of Angela1986 · as Signora Rocchi
• Fellini nel cestino1983 · as Self
• Fatty Girl Goes to New York1982 · as baronessa Judith von Kemp
• S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert1980 · as Dr. Else Biebling
• Killer Nun1979 · as Sister Gertrude
• Gold of the Amazon Women1979 · as Queen Na-Eela
• Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti1977 · as Self - Zenobia, Queen of Palmira (archive footage)
• Bob Hope's World of Comedy1976 · as Self (archive footage)
• Northeast of Seoul1974 · as Katherine
• Deadly Trackers1972 · as Jane
• The French Sex Murders1972 · as Madame Colette
• Teatro 111972 · as Self
• The Clowns1970 · as Anita Ekberg
• The Conjugal Debt1970 · as Ines
• The Divorce1970 · as Flavia
• Death Knocks Twice1969 · as Sophia Ferretti
• A Candidate for a Killing1969 · as Jacqueline Monnard
• Fangs of the Living Dead1969 · as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka
• If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium1969 · as Performer
• Night of Hate1968 · as Bessie
• Woman Times Seven1967 · as Claudie
• The Glass Sphinx1967 · as Paulette
• The Cobra1967 · as Lou
• Pardon, Are You for or Against?1966 · as Olga, la baronessa
• Way... Way Out1966 · as Anna Soblova
• How I Learned to Love Women1966 · as Margaret Joyce
• The Alphabet Murders1965 · as Amanda Beatrice Cross
• Das Liebeskarussell1965 · as Lolita Young
• Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa1964 · as Alberchiaria
• 4 for Texas1963 · as Elya Carlson
• Call Me Bwana1963 · as Luba
• Lykke og krone1962
• Boccaccio '701962 · as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
• The Temptation of Dr. Antonio1962 · as Anita
• The Mongols1961 · as Hulina
• A porte chiuse1961 · as Olga Duvovich
• Little Girls and High Finance1960 · as Jeanne
• Three Etc.'s and the Colonel1960 · as Georgina
• The Dam on the Yellow River1960 · as Dorothy Simmons
• La Dolce Vita1960 · as Sylvia
• Zwischen Glück und Krone1959
• Sign of the Gladiator1959 · as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
• The Man Inside1958 · as Trudie Hall
• Screaming Mimi1958 · as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
• Paris Holiday1958 · as Zara
• Valerie1957 · as Valerie Horvat
• Interpol1957 · as Gina Broger
• Man in the Vault1956 · as Flo Randall
• Hollywood or Bust1956 · as Actress Anita
• Zarak1956 · as Salma
• Back from Eternity1956 · as Rena
• War and Peace1956 · as Helene Kuragina
• Artists and Models1955 · as Anita
• Blood Alley1955 · as Wei Ling
• The Golden Blade1953 · as Handmaid
• Abbott and Costello Go to Mars1953 · as Venusian Guard
• Terras fönster 51951

All TV Shows (9)

• Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
• Der goldene Schuß1964 · as Self
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Guest
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Snow White
• The Steve Allen Show1956 · as Self - Singer
• Casablanca1955 · as Katrina Jorgenson
• The Oscars1953 · as Self
• The Colgate Comedy Hour1950 · as Self
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self