Silvana Mangano
Silvana Mangano | |
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Born | Rome, Kingdom of Italy | 21 April 1930
Died | 16 December 1989 Madrid, Spain | (aged 59)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1945–1987 |
Spouse | |
Children | 4, including Veronica and Raffaella |
Awards | David di Donatello for Best Actress 1963: The Verona Trial 1967: The Witches 1972: The Scientific Cardplayer Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress 1972: Death in Venice |
Silvana Mangano (Italian pronunciation: [silˈvaːna ˈmaŋɡano]; 21 April 1930[1] – 16 December 1989[2]) 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.[3] 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.
Early life
Born in Rome to an Italian father and an English mother (Ivy Webb from Croydon), Mangano lived in poverty during World War II. Trained for seven years as a dancer, she supported herself as a model.
In 1946, at age 16, Mangano won the Miss Rome beauty pageant, and through this, she obtained a role in a Mario Costa film.
Career
Mangano's earliest connection with filmmaking occurred through her romantic relationship with actor Marcello Mastroianni. This led her to a film contract, though it took some time for Mangano to ascend to international stardom with her performance in Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, Giuseppe De Santis, 1949). She signed a contract with Lux Film in 1949, and later married producer Dino De Laurentiis.[1]
Although she never had an international career to match her contemporaries
Over the course of her career, Mangano won the David di Donatello for Best Actress three times and the Nastro d'Argento for Best Actress twice. Her final film role was in Nikita Mikhalkov for Dark Eyes, for which received a Nastro d'Argento nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Although it was sung by Flo Sandon's, Silvana Mangano was credited on the record label of "El Negro Zumbón", which is from the soundtrack of the film Anna (1951) and was a hit song in 1953. A clip of the opening of this performance is featured in the film Cinema Paradiso (1988).
Personal life
It is claimed that she had an affair with
Death
Following surgery on 4 December 1989 that left her in a coma, Mangano died of lung cancer in Madrid, Spain on 16 December 1989.[1]
Legacy
In 2000, the city of Rome named a street in the Vallerano district after Mangano.[6]
Filmography
References
- ^ a b c "Mort de Silvana Mangano La magicienne". Le Monde. 18 December 1989. p. 10.
- ^ New York Times.
- ^ "The Erotic Spectacle and Female Beauty Representing a Nation by Katie Suarez". College Film & Media Studies. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ISBN 0-471-26517-9.
- ^ Obituary: Dino De Laurentiis, Daily Telegraph, 11 November 2010
- ^ "Via Silvana Mangano, Roma (Municipio Roma IX, Zona XXV Vallerano)". vie.openalfa.it (in Italian). Retrieved 18 February 2022.