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Silvana Mangano

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Italian actress (1930–1989)

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Silvana Mangano was an Italian female artist whose professional career spanned from 1945 to 1987. Born in 1930, she passed away in 1989. During her life, she had four children. Her work has been associated with tags such as 50s, latin, spanish, Soundtrack, and female vocalists.

Mangano is credited with five works in one database and one work in another, with "Witches" listed as a top work. Her official website is silvanamangano.it. She has been referenced by 266 other encyclopedia articles.

Synthesized by Vinony from 22 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1930
Died
1989
Works
1

Top works

  • Witches

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Origin
Italy
Active from
1930-04-21
Active to
1989-12-16

Discography

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
9,304
Total plays
36,432

Tags

50slatinspanishSoundtrackfemale vocalists

Silvana Mangano (April 21,[1] 1930 – December 16, 1989) was an Italian actress. Known for her appearance, at a young age she won a Miss Rome beauty pagent, which led her to cinema. The movie that brought her to stardom was Bitter Rice and she continued to have success in cinema without ever surpassing Sophia Loren or Gina Lollobrigida's level of stardom. Born in Rome to an Italian father and an English mother, Mangano lived in poor times caused by the war. Trained for seven years as a dancer,

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Key facts

Born
( 1930-04-21 ) 21 April 1930, Rome , Kingdom of Italy
Died
16 December 1989 (1989-12-16) (aged 59), Madrid , Spain
Occupation
Actress
Years active
1945–1987
Spouse
Dino De Laurentiis ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1949 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1988 ) ​
Children
4, including Veronica , Raffaella , and Federico
Awards
David di Donatello for Best Actress , 1963: The Verona Trial , 1967: The Witches , 1972: The Scientific Cardplayer Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress , 1955: The Gold of Naples , 1964: The Verona Trial Nastro d'Argento for Best Supporting Actress , 1972: Death in Venice

via Wikipedia infobox

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Encyclopedic overview

Silvana Mangano ( Italian pronunciation: [silˈvaːna ˈmaŋɡano]; 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 for the 1950s and '60s. She won the David di Donatello for Best Actress three times – for The Verona Trial (1963), The Witches (1967), and The Scientific Cardplayer (1972) – 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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Silvana Mangano” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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