ACTOR

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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Silvana Mangano has received more than 1,107,355 page views. Her biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 46 in 2019). Silvana Mangano is the 274th most popular actor (down from 175th in 2019), the 633rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 453rd in 2019) and the 17th most popular Italian Actor.

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

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  • 66.77

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  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 7.21

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Silvana Mangano ranks 274 out of 13,578. Before her are Nancy Reagan, Benny Hill, Virna Lisi, David Carradine, George Lazenby, and Kathy Bates. After her are Michael Landon, Glenn Close, Demi Moore, Liza Minnelli, Vittorio Gassman, and Kurt Russell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Silvana Mangano ranks 30. Before her are Richard Harris, Ion Iliescu, Maximilian Schell, Carlos Menem, Claude Chabrol, and Niki de Saint Phalle. After her are Harold Pinter, Johan Galtung, Immanuel Wallerstein, Hugh Everett III, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, and Zhores Alferov. Among people deceased in 1989, Silvana Mangano ranks 27. Before her are Graham Chapman, Sándor Márai, Andrei Gromyko, Thomas Bernhard, Hu Yaobang, and Ferdinand Marcos. After her are Sugar Ray Robinson, Emilio Segrè, George Beadle, Daphne du Maurier, Franz Joseph II, Prince of Liechtenstein, and John Hicks.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Silvana Mangano ranks 633 out of 5,161. Before her are Pope Stephen II (715), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Virna Lisi (1936), Lazzaro Spallanzani (1729), and Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072). After her are Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (1479), Pope Boniface II (470), Libius Severus (420), Marozia (890), Benozzo Gozzoli (1420), and Vittorio Gassman (1922).

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Among ACTORS In Italy

Among actors born in Italy, Silvana Mangano ranks 17. Before her are Franco Nero (1941), Monica Vitti (1931), Anna Magnani (1908), Raffaella Carrà (1943), Giuliano Gemma (1938), and Virna Lisi (1936). After her are Vittorio Gassman (1922), Rudolph Valentino (1895), Lino Ventura (1919), Giancarlo Giannini (1942), Gian Maria Volonté (1933), and Michele Placido (1946).

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Television and Movie Roles

Oedipus Rex
Giocasta
In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be killed. He is rescued, given the name Edipo (Oedipus), and brought up by the King and Queen of Corinth as their son. One day an oracle informs Edipo that he is destined to kill his father and marry his mother. Horrified, he flees Corinth and his supposed parents - only to get into a fight and kill an older man on the road…
Sep 7o 19676.774 / 10
Dune
Reverend Mother Ramallo
In the year 10,191, the most precious substance in the universe is the spice Melange. The spice extends life. The spice expands consciousness. The spice is vital to space travel. The spice exists on only one planet in the entire universe, the vast desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune. Its native inhabitants, the Fremen, have long held a prophecy that a man would come, a messiah who would lead them to true freedom.
Dec 14o 19846.197 / 10
Theorem
Lucia, the Mother
A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.
Sep 7o 19687.1 / 10