Silvana Mangano
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.
Dune
(Reverend Mother Ramallo)
Ludwig
(Cosima von Bülow)
Theorem
(Lucia, the Mother)
Bitter Rice
(Silvana)
Death in Venice
(Tadzio's Mother)
Barabbas
(Rachel)
The Witches
(Gloria / Lady in a Hurry / Assurdina Caì / Nunzia / Giovanna)
Oedipus Rex
(Giocasta)
Ulysses
(Circe / Penelope)
Black Magic
((uncredited))
The Gold of Naples
(Teresa (segment "Teresa"))
Conversation Piece
(Marquess Bianca Brumonti)
A Difficult Life
(Self (uncredited))
The Scopone Game
(Antonia)
The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
(Signora Matteoni)
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
(Silvia)
The Verona Trial
(Edda Ciano)
Five Branded Women
(Jovanka)
...And Suddenly It's Murder!
(Marina)
Anna
(Anna)
My Wife
(The wife (segments "L'uccellino", "L'automobile") / Clara (segment "I miei cari") / Eritrea (segment "Eritrea") / Luciana (segment "Luciana"))
Men and Wolves
(Teresa)
Outlaw Girl
(Mara)
Lure of the Sila
(Rosaria Campolo)
This Angry Age
(Suzanne Dufresne)
Tempest
(Masha)
Caprice Italian Style
(Bambinaia / Moglie dell'Automobilista / La Regina)
The Decameron
(The Madonna (uncredited))
Scipio the African
(Emilia)
For Love One Dies
(Elena)
Mambo
(Giovanna Masetti)
Flesh Will Surrender
(Ballerina alla festa di capodanno (uncredited))
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
(Self (archive footage))
Luchino Visconti
(Self)
We Are Cinema
(Self (archive footage))
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
(Self (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Flying Saucer
(Vittoria)
The Great War
(Costantina)
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
(Assurdina Caì)
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
(Self (archive footage))
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
(Emanuela)
Dark Eyes
(Elisa)
L'elisir d'amore
(Adina's girlfriend (uncredited))
Ludwig
(Cosima Von Bülow)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)