Anita Ekberg
Acting
Biography
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg (29 September 1931 - 11 January 2015), known as Anita Ekberg, was a Swedish actress who worked in European and American films. She started work as a fashion model and successfully transitioned to films in mid-1950s. Known for her voluptuous figure, she is best known for playing Sylvia in La Dolce Vita (1960), with its iconic scene where she cavorts in a fountain.
Born: September 29, 1931
Place of Birth: Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden
Known For
Casablanca
This was the first attempt by Warner Brothers to make the movie classic into a series. It was part of a revolving group of shows that included Kings Row on a show called Warner Brothers Presents.
Rat Pack
In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Joey Bishop and Peter Lawford together form the "rat pack": they sing the most popular hits of the moment, star in the most profitable Hollywood films and are already making a splash on television . This documentary, produced by a recognized specialist in the history of Hollywood, recounts the exceptional destiny of this informal group which flirted with the greats of this world, notably through Sinatra, personal friend of American President Kennedy.
La Dolce Vita
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
The Cobra
A disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to destroy the free world by flooding the market with opium and turning everyone into addicts. Along the way he manages to bed junkie Lou, get into various fights and destroy the refinery that is ending out the drugs.
The Oscars
An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The various category winners are awarded a copy of a statuette, officially the Academy Award of Merit, that is better known by its nickname Oscar.
The Temptation of Dr. Antonio
Dr. Antonio Mazzuolo obsessively fights against what he perceives as immorality in Rome, only to be driven mad by a seductive billboard of Anita Ekberg that haunts him with hallucinations.
What's My Line?
Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
Boccaccio '70
An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy: frothy young love and office politics in the big city; milk advertisements that begin to haunt an aging prude; a trophy wife enduring her husband's very public affairs; a lucky ticket-holder at a small town fair.
The Clowns
Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling a childhood experience when the circus arrives nearby his home. Then he joins his crew and travel from Italy to Paris chasing the last greatest European clowns still live in these countries. He also meets Anita Ekberg trying to buy a panther in a circus.
Intervista
Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Anita Ekberg
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Sylvia
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self (archive footage)
as Paola Bendoni
as Mamma Greta
as Clarice
as Milli
as Marika
as Anita Ekberg
as Signora Rocchi
as baronessa Judith von Kemp
as Self
as Dr. Else Biebling
as Sister Gertrude
as Queen Na-Eela
as Katherine
as Jane
as Madame Colette
as Self
as Anita Ekberg
as Ines
as Flavia
as Sophia Ferretti
as Jacqueline Monnard
as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka
as Performer
as Bessie
as Claudie
as Paulette
as Lou
as Olga, la baronessa
as Anna Soblova
as Margaret Joyce
as Amanda Beatrice Cross
as Lolita Young
as Alberchiaria
as Elya Carlson
as Luba
as Anita
as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
as Hulina
as Olga Duvovich
as Jeanne
as Georgina
as Dorothy Simmons
as Sylvia
as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
as Trudie Hall
as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
as Zara
as Valerie Horvat
as Gina Broger
as Flo Randall
as Actress Anita
as Salma
as Rena
as Helene Kuragina
as Self - Guest
as Self - Snow White
as Self - Singer
as Anita
as Wei Ling
as Katrina Jorgenson
as Handmaid
as Venusian Guard
as Self
as Self
as Self