Cast & creator
Silvana Mangano
Best known for What's My Line?, Dune, Ulysses
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.
Also known as: 실바나 망가노, 실바나 만가노, Сильвана Мангано
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1945–2026 · acting roles
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Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (47)
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What's My Line?
Self
1950
Dune
Reverend Mother Ramallo
1984
Ulysses
Circe / Penelope
1954
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2021
The Decameron
The Madonna (uncredited)
1971
Barabbas
Rachel
1961
Death in Venice
Tadzio's Mother
1971
The Gold of Naples
Teresa (segment "Teresa")
1954
Conversation Piece
Marquess Bianca Brumonti
1974
Ludwig
Cosima von Bülow
1973
Oedipus Rex
Jocasta, Queen of Thebes (and unnamed Italian young mother)
1967
Black Magic
(uncredited)
1949
Theorem
Lucia, the Mother
1968
Luchino Visconti
Self (archive footage)
2002
Bitter Rice
Silvana
1949
The Great War
Costantina
1959
Dark Eyes
Elisa
1987
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
Penelope (archive footage) (uncredited)
2026
Mambo
Giovanna Masetti
1954
The Witches
Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna
1967
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Marina
1960
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
Ludwig
Cosima Von Bülow
1981
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
Emanuela
1966
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Silvia
1966Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Self (archive footage)
2008
Caprice Italian Style
Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina
1968
A Difficult Life
Self
1961
The Scopone Game
Antonia
1972
For Love One Dies
Elena
1972
The Verona Trial
Edda Ciano
1963
Five Branded Women
Jovanka
1960
Tempest
Masha
1958
Scipio the African
Emilia
1971
Lure of the Sila
Rosaria Campolo
1949
Flesh Will Surrender
Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited)
1947
Anna
Anna
1951
This Angry Age
Suzanne Dufresne
1957
The Last Judgment
Signora Matteoni
1961
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Assurdina Caì
1967
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Self (archive footage)
2016
My Wife
The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana")
1964
This Wine of Love
Adina's girlfriend (uncredited)
1947
Outlaw Girl
Mara
1950
The Flying Saucer
Vittoria
1964
The Last Judgment
1945
Men and Wolves
Teresa
1957