Silvana Pampanini
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.
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Full filmography
- Domenica In (1976) as Self
- Roman Tales (1955) as Maria
- Koenigsmark (1953) as La grande-duchesse Aurore de Lautenburg
- Miracolo a Viggiù (1951) as Pinuccia
- Saranno uomini (1957) as Sara
- The Slave of Sin (1954) as Mara Gualtieri
- Il matrimonio (1954) as Elena Ivanovna Popova, la vedova
- The Cheerful Squadron (1954) as Albertina
- Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) as La "marchettara"
- Experts on the Football Field (1956) as Silvana Pampanini
- Il tassinaro (1983) as Silvana Pampanini
- It's Him!... Yes! Yes! (1951) as Self
- Law of the Streets (1956) as Wanda
- The City Stands Trial (1952) as Liliana Ferrara
- Beauties on bicycles (1951) as Silvana
- Tower of Lust (1955) as Marguerite de Bourgogne
- O.K. Nero (1951) as Empress Poppea
- Orient Express (1954) as Beatrice Landi
- La paura fa 90 (1951) as Luisa Bonneur
- Thirst for Love (1959) as Maria
- A Husband for Anna (1953) as Anna Zaccheo
- Il barone Carlo Mazza (1948) as Rosa Pezza
- Noi cannibali (1953) as Virginia
- Girls Marked Danger (1952) as Lucia