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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.
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As actor
Proust Palimpsesto: Pastiches e Misturas
We Are Cinema
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
Luchino Visconti: Between Truth and Passion
Luchino Visconti: Life as in a Novel
Luchino Visconti
Dark Eyes
Dune
Conversation Piece
Ludwig
The Scopone Game
For Love One Dies
Death in Venice
The Decameron
Scipio the African
Theorem
Caprice Italian Style
The Witches
Oedipus Rex
The Earth As Seen from the Moon
Me, Me, Me... and the Others
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
My Wife
The Flying Saucer
The Verona Trial
Barabbas
A Difficult Life
The Last Judgment
Five Branded Women
...And Suddenly It's Murder!