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Silvana Mangano

1930 - 1989

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Silvana Mangano is the 215th most popular actor (up from 274th in 2019), the 583rd most popular biography from Italy (up from 633rd in 2019) and the 12th most popular Italian Actor.

Silvana Mangano is most famous for her role in the 1954 film "The Barefoot Contessa."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Silvana Mangano ranks 215 out of 13,578. Before her are Anita Ekberg, David Prowse, Faye Dunaway, John Saxon, Fred Astaire, and Eddie Fisher. After her are Gene Kelly, Melina Mercouri, Maximilian Schell, Daniel Day-Lewis, Jessica Lange, and John Lithgow.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Silvana Mangano ranks 31. Before her are Ed White, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Tu Youyou, Salvatore Riina, Ion Iliescu, and Frank Lucas. After her are Maximilian Schell, Philippe Noiret, Yves Chauvin, Thomas P. Stafford, George E. Smith, and Leon Cooper. Among people deceased in 1989, Silvana Mangano ranks 25. Before her are Lee Van Cleef, Bette Davis, Emilio Segrè, Laurence Olivier, Osamu Tezuka, and Dolores Ibárruri. After her are Vladimir Horowitz, Hu Yaobang, Sándor Márai, Thomas Bernhard, Abdullah Yusuf Azzam, and Michel Aflaq.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Silvana Mangano ranks 583 out of 5,161. Before her are Louis II of Italy (825), Bohemond I of Antioch (1054), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Galeazzo Ciano (1903), Paolo Maldini (1968), and Gentile Bellini (1429). After her are Piero the Unfortunate (1472), Marcus Claudius Marcellus (-42), Patrizia Reggiani (1948), Pope Marcellinus (250), Pope Boniface II (470), and Marie Thérèse Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Silvana Mangano ranks 12. Before her are Yves Montand (1921), Roberto Benigni (1952), Monica Bellucci (1964), Anna Magnani (1908), Giulietta Masina (1921), and Ornella Muti (1955). After her are Giuliano Gemma (1938), Monica Vitti (1931), Franco Nero (1941), Raffaella Carrà (1943), Virna Lisi (1936), and Rudolph Valentino (1895).

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