Silvana Mangano 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 in the 1950s and 1960s 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 dArgento 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 Lynchs 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 Description above from the Wikipedia article Silvana Mangano licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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