Silvana Mangano

Acting · Born 1930-04-21 in 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 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,…

Filmography

• Dune as Reverend Mother Ramallo
• Ludwig as Cosima von Bülow
• Theorem as Lucia, the Mother
• Bitter Rice as Silvana
• Death in Venice as Tadzio's Mother
• Barabbas as Rachel
• The Witches as Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
• Oedipus Rex as Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
• Ulysses as Circe / Penelope
• Black Magic as (uncredited)