Portrait of Silvana Pampanini

Silvana Pampanini

Acting

Biography

Pampanini became one of the most popular movie actresses in her country and was considered a sex symbol in the 1950s. In 1955 she visited New York, Denver and Hollywood but rejected job offers because she could not speak English properly and had some problems with the tax office.[citation needed] She was well-liked in France, where they nicknamed her Ninì Pampan, Spain, where she appeared in Tirma, South America, especially in Mexico, where she starred in Sed de Amor with Pedro Armendáriz, and Egypt. She worked with other internationally important actors and directors such as Buster Keaton, Vittorio Gassman, Marcello Mastroianni,Alberto Sordi, Totò, Jean Gabin, Henri Vidal, Abel Gance, Vittorio De Sica. The film O.K. Nero, in which Pampanini starred, was banned in certain places because of scenes that were considered indecent.

Born: September 26, 1925

Place of Birth: Roma, Italy

Filmography

1996
Tiburzi

as Il Destino

1983
Il tassinaro

as Silvana Pampanini

1976
1964
Il gaucho

as Luciana

1959
1958
The Year Long Road

as Giuseppina Pancrazi (Katarina)

1957
1956
1956
Experts on the Football Field

as Silvana Pampanini

1955
Roman Tales

as Maria

1955
1955
Tower of Lust

as Marguerite de Bourgogne

1954
The Island Princess

as Guayarmina

1954
1954
Orient Express

as Beatrice Landi

1954
The Slave of Sin

as Mara Gualtieri

1954
Il matrimonio

as Elena Ivanovna Popova, la vedova

1954
1954
1953
Noi cannibali

as Virginia

1953
Vortice

as Elena Fanti

1953
Cavalcade of Song

as La dattilografa

1953
A Husband for Anna

as Anna Zaccheo

1953
L'Incantevole nemica

as Silvia Albertini, la fille de M. Albertini

1953
Storms

as Daisy Parnell

1953
Koenigsmark

as La grande-duchesse Aurore de Lautenburg

1953
Viva il cinema

as herself

1952
Mademoiselle Gobete

as Gobette, la soubrette

1952
The City Stands Trial

as Liliana Ferrara

1951
O.K. Nero

as Empress Poppea

1951
La paura fa 90

as Luisa Bonneur

1951
1951
Io sono il capataz

as Rosa de Fuego

1951
1950
47 Talking Corpses

as Madame Bonbon, la canzonettista

1950
The Knight is Here

as Carla Colombo

1950
La bisarca

as Mirella

1950
1950
1949
Marechiaro

as Silvana Di Gennaro

1949
Anthony of Padua

as Anita - madre di Ferdinando

1948
1948
1947
When Love Calls

as Anna Tancredi