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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
August 22, 1933
Place of Birth:
Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia)
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Sylva Koscina
Biography
Sylva Koscina (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilva ˈkɔʃʃina]; born Silvija Košćina, pronounced [sǐlʋija kǒʃtɕina]; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968).
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Ricky & Barabba | Cristina Bonelli |
| 1991 | The Odyssey | Minerva |
| 1987 | Rimini Rimini | sorella dell'ingegnere |
| 1984 | Cinderella '80 | Mafalda Gherardeschi |
| 1984 | Die Nacht der vier Monde | (special guest) |
| 1983 | Magic Touch | Contessa Irene |
| 1983 | This and That | Dora, madre di Daniela |
| 1981 | Ace | Enrichetta |
| 1980 | Sunday Lovers | Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook") |
| 1977 | Casanova & Co. | The Prefect's Wife |
| 1975 | The House of Exorcism | Sophia Lehar (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza | Mariù |
| 1974 | Witness to Murder | Sonja Dorigny |
| 1974 | Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau | Zoraida |
| 1974 | The Author's Crime | Milena Gottardi |
| 1973 | Lisa and the Devil | Sophia Lehar |
| 1973 | My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure | La moglie del tintore |
| 1972 | The Crimes of the Black Cat | Françoise Ballais |
| 1972 | The Italian Connection | Lucia Canali |
| 1972 | So Sweet, So Dead | Barbara Capuana |
| 1972 | Blessed Are the Rich | Contessa |
| 1972 | To Kill in Silence | Valeria's mother |
| 1972 | Nights of Boccaccio | Fiammetta |
| 1971 | The Great Swindle | Lola |
| 1971 | Sex of the Devil | Sylvia, the Assistant |
| 1971 | Homo Eroticus | Carla |
| 1971 | African Story | Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina) |
| 1971 | Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? | La moglie del presentatore |
| 1971 | You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife | Susana |
| 1971 | Les Jambes en l'air | Favouille Grandblaise |
| 1970 | Hornets' Nest | Bianca |
| 1970 | The Dove Must Not Fly | Anne |
| 1970 | Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move | La baronessa di Valdarno |
| 1970 | Vertigo For A Killer | Sylvie |
| 1970 | The Modification | Cécile |
| 1969 | I See Naked | Self |
| 1969 | The Battle of Neretva | Danica |
| 1969 | Marquis de Sade: Justine | Marquise de Bressac |
| 1969 | He and She | She |
| 1969 | The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal | Theodora |
| 1968 | The Secret War of Harry Frigg | Countess Francesca De Montefiore |
| 1968 | A Lovely Way to Die | Rena Westabrook |
| 1968 | The Fight for Rome | Empress Theodora |
| 1968 | The Protagonists | Nancy |
| 1967 | Deadlier Than the Male | Penelope |
| 1967 | Three Bites of the Apple | Carla Moretti |
| 1967 | Johnny Banco | Laureen Moore |
| 1967 | Italy's in Season | Self |
| 1966 | Funny Money | Lucile |
| 1966 | Four Queens for an Ace | Dolores Arrabal, Fashion Designer |
| 1966 | Agent X-77 Orders to Kill | Mania |
| 1966 | Me, Me, Me... and the Others | The 'Star' |
| 1965 | That Man in Istanbul | Kenny |
| 1965 | Made in Italy | Diana (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 3") (as Silva Koscina) |
| 1965 | The Dictator's Guns | Rae Osborne |
| 1965 | Juliet of the Spirits | Sylva |
| 1965 | Money | Leda |
| 1965 | Il morbidone | Irene |
| 1965 | Thrilling | Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole") |
| 1965 | The Double Bed | Giulietta / Peggy |
| 1964 | Hot Enough for June | Vlasta Simoneva |
| 1964 | Una storia di notte | Maddalena |
| 1964 | Let's Talk About Women | Reluctant Girl |
| 1964 | Love in Four Dimensions | Irma, la moglie (segment "Amore e vita") |
| 1964 | Cyrano and d'Artagnan | Ninon de Lenclos |
| 1964 | Corpse for the Lady | Laura Guglielmetti |
| 1964 | The Circular Triangle | Alexandra Fonseca |
| 1964 | Love and Marriage | (segment "Sabato 18 luglio") |
| 1963 | Judex | Daisy |
| 1963 | Girl's Apartment | Eléna |
| 1963 | The Little Nuns | Elena |
| 1963 | The Scapegoat | Clemenza, Barbo's Wife |
| 1963 | Rampage | Stewardess |
| 1963 | The Shortest Day | |
| 1962 | The Swordsman of Siena | Orietta Arconti |
| 1962 | The Iron Mask | Marion |
| 1962 | The Masseuses | Marisa |
| 1962 | The Four Truths | Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue") |
| 1962 | La salamandre d'or | (uncredited) |
| 1962 | Copacabana Palace | Ines |
| 1962 | Jessica | Nunzia Tuffi |
| 1961 | Blood Feud | Carla |
| 1961 | Destination Fury | |
| 1960 | The Traffic Policeman | Herself |
| 1960 | Siege of Syracuse | Clio |
| 1960 | ...And Suddenly It's Murder! | Carolina |
| 1960 | Trapped by Fear | Arabelle |
| 1960 | Le pillole di Ercole | Silvia Pasqui |
| 1960 | Mariti in pericolo | Silvana |
| 1960 | Love, the Italian Way | Luciana |
| 1960 | I piaceri dello scapolo | Eby |
| 1960 | Ravishing | Evelyne Cotteret |
| 1960 | Genitori in blue-jeans | Elena |
| 1959 | Hercules Unchained | Iole, bride of Ercole |
| 1959 | La cambiale | Odette Mercury |
| 1959 | The Woman's Confidant | Maria Bonifati |
| 1959 | Uncle Was a Vampire | Carla |
| 1959 | Poor Millionaires | Alice |
| 1959 | The Surprises of Love | Marianna |
| 1958 | La nipote Sabella | Lucia |
| 1958 | Toto in Paris | Juliette Marchand |
| 1958 | Hercules | Iole, Daugher of Pelias |
| 1958 | He Thief, She Thief | Cesira De Angelis |
| 1958 | Love on the Riviera | Renata Morandi |
| 1958 | Totò in the Moon | Lidia |
| 1958 | Dangerous Women | Tosca |
| 1958 | Quando gli angeli piangono | Marta |
| 1958 | Young Husbands | Mara |
| 1957 | Oh! Sabella | Lucia |
| 1957 | Female Three Times | Sonia |
| 1957 | Guendalina | Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina |
| 1957 | The Mighty Crusaders | Clorinda (as Silva Koscina) |
| 1957 | The Innocent with Forty Children | Gina Lantois |
| 1957 | Engaged to Death | Lucia |
| 1957 | Non sono più guaglione | Carolina |
| 1956 | The Railroad Man | Giulia Marcocci |
| 1956 | Michael Strogoff | Sangarine |
| 1955 | Are We Men or Corporals? | The aspiring actress |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | ...e la vita continua | Evelina |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1951 | Sanremo Music Festival | Self - Host |
| Cinderella '87 | Mafalda Gherardeschi |