Silvana Mangano

Actor

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Birth Place

Italy

Born

April 21, 1930

Died

December 16, 1989

Cause of Death

Heart Attack During Cancer Surgery

Biography

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Beautiful leading lady who came to international prominence as a struggling, scantily-clad peasant in Giuseppe De Santis' neorealist drama, "Bitter Rice" (1949). Mangano later proved her ability in films by such directors as Vittorio De Sica ("Gold of Naples" 1954), Pier Paolo Pasolini ("Teorema" 1968) and Luchino Visconti ("Death in Venice" 1971). She married producer Dino DeLaurentiis ...

Filmography

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Italy After the War (1994)

Oedipus Rex (1990)

Dark Eyes (1987)

Conversation Piece (1974)

Countess Bianca Brumonti

Cosima Von Bulow

Photos & Videos

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Death In Venice (1971) -- (Movie Clip) The Artists Are Rather Like Hunters

Gold Of Naples (1954) -- (Movie Clip) I Have The Right To Ask

Family & Companions

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Dino DeLaurentiis

Husband

Producer. Married in 1949; separated in 1983; began divorce proceedings 1988.

Anthony Franciosa

Companion

Actor.

Biography

Beautiful leading lady who came to international prominence as a struggling, scantily-clad peasant in Giuseppe De Santis' neorealist drama, "Bitter Rice" (1949). Mangano later proved her ability in films by such directors as Vittorio De Sica ("Gold of Naples" 1954), Pier Paolo Pasolini ("Teorema" 1968) and Luchino Visconti ("Death in Venice" 1971). She married producer Dino DeLaurentiis in 1949 and appeared in a number of his films, as well as one--"Dune" (1985)--produced by their daughter Raffaella DeLaurentiis.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Italy After the War (1994)

Oedipus Rex (1990)

Dark Eyes (1987)

Conversation Piece (1974)

Countess Bianca Brumonti

Cosima Von Bulow

For Love One Dies (1972)

Lo Scopone Scientifico (1972)

Death in Venice (1971)

Tadzio's mother

The Decameron (1971)

The Witches (1968)

The Witches (1968)

The Witches (1968)

The Witches (1968)

The Witches (1968)

The Witches (1967)

... And Suddenly It's Murder! (1964)

Marina Capretti

Barabbas (1962)

The Great War (1961)

Five Branded Women (1960)

This Angry Age (1958)

Suzanne Dufresne

The Gold of Naples (1957)

Giovanna Masetti

Lupo della sila, Il (1949)

Riso Amaro (1949)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Italy After the War (1994)

Life Events

1946

Voted Miss Rome

Photo Collections

Bitter Rice - Movie Poster

Here is an original Italian movie poster for Bitter Rice (aka Riso Amaro, 1949), directed by Giuseppe De Santis.

Videos

Death In Venice (1971) -- (Movie Clip) The Artists Are Rather Like Hunters Convalescing composer von Aschenbach (Dirk Bogarde) grows more fascinated with the Polish boy (Bjorn Andresen) then reflects once more on conversation with his student Alfried (Mark Burns), Luchino Visconti directing, from the Thomas Mann novella, in Death In Venice, 1971.

Gold Of Naples (1954) -- (Movie Clip) I Have The Right To Ask Top-billed Silvana Mangano is the title character of the vignette called Teresa, whom, we infer, is a prostitute, being hired by an intermediary (Ubaldo Maestri) to marry an eligible merchant (Erno Crisa), for reasons not apparent to her, in Vittorio De Sica’s Gold Of Naples, 1954.

Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro) -- (Movie Clip) Call Me Argentina Veteran Silvana (Mangano) and rookie Francesca (Doris Dowling) arrive with fellow rice workers (Anna Maestri, Dody Ristori, Maria Grazia Francia, et al) bumping soldiers from the barracks, and meeting sergeant Marco (Raf Vallone), in Riso Amaro, a.k.a. Bitter Rice, 1949.

Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro) -- (Movie Clip) Only Women Can Do It Location shots by Otello Martelli in the Po river valley, Lamberto Maggiorani, star of The Bicycle Thief as a radio announcer, serious Neo-Realist credentials, opening critic-turned-director Giuseppe de Santis' Riso Amaro, a.k.a. Bitter Rice, 1949.

Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro) -- (Movie Clip) That's How They Betray Us Musical labor clash in the Po valley rice fields, the contract girls led by Silvana (Mangano), resenting the speedy "illegals," led by her friend Francesca (Doris Dowling), in Giuseppe de Santis' Riso Amaro, a.k.a. Bitter Rice, 1949.

Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro) -- (Movie Clip) Opposites Attract Friends again, in lingerie in their barracks, Francesca (Doris Dowling) telling Silvana (Mangano) about her fugitive boyfriend, Gabriella (Maria Grazia Francia) suffering from work in the rice paddies, in Riso Amaro, a.k.a. Bitter Rice, 1949.

Barabbas -- (Original Trailer) Anthony Quinn plays Barabbas (1962), the thief given freedom while Jesus was crucified.

Family

Amedeo Mangano

Father

Railroad worker.

Ivy Webb

Mother

English.

Patrizia Mangano

Sister

Actor. Appeared in "Anna" (1951) together.

Francesca DeLaurentiis

Daughter

Raffaella DeLaurentiis

Daughter

Producer.

Veronica DeLaurentiis

Daughter

Federico DeLaurentiis

Son

Producer. Died in 1981 plane crash.

Companions

Dino DeLaurentiis

Husband

Producer. Married in 1949; separated in 1983; began divorce proceedings 1988.

Anthony Franciosa

Companion

Actor.

Bibliography

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