Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 29, 1931
Place of Birth:
Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden
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Anita Ekberg
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Rat Pack | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Ciao Anita | Self |
| 2021 | The Girl in the Fountain | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Dov'era lei a quell'ora | Anita Ekberg |
| 2020 | Beautiful Like a Poem | |
| 2014 | Becoming Anita Ekberg | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | The Sweet Algorithm | Sylvia |
| 2010 | 1960 | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Anita of Sweden | |
| 2006 | Fellini dice... | Self |
| 2003 | Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others | Self |
| 2002 | The Magic of Fellini | Self |
| 2000 | Federico Fellini's Autobiography | Self (archive footage) |
| 1998 | The Red Dwarf | Paola Bendoni |
| 1997 | La villa dei misteri | |
| 1996 | Bambola | Mamma Greta |
| 1992 | Bad Girls | Milli |
| 1992 | Ambrogio | Clarice |
| 1991 | Il Conte Max | Marika |
| 1987 | Intervista | Anita Ekberg |
| 1986 | The Seduction of Angela | Signora Rocchi |
| 1983 | Fellini nel cestino | Self |
| 1982 | Fatty Girl Goes to New York | baronessa Judith von Kemp |
| 1980 | S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert | Dr. Else Biebling |
| 1979 | Killer Nun | Sister Gertrude |
| 1979 | Gold of the Amazon Women | Queen Na-Eela |
| 1974 | Northeast of Seoul | Katherine |
| 1972 | Teatro 11 | Self |
| 1972 | The French Sex Murders | Madame Colette |
| 1972 | Deadly Trackers | Jane |
| 1970 | The Clowns | Anita Ekberg |
| 1970 | The Conjugal Debt | Ines |
| 1970 | Il divorzio | Flavia |
| 1969 | If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Performer |
| 1969 | Fangs of the Living Dead | Sylvia De Morel / Malenka |
| 1969 | Death Knocks Twice | Sophia Ferretti |
| 1969 | A Candidate for a Killing | Jacqueline Monnard |
| 1968 | Night of Hate | Bessie |
| 1967 | Woman Times Seven | Claudie |
| 1967 | The Cobra | Lou |
| 1967 | The Glass Sphinx | Paulette |
| 1966 | Way... Way Out | Anna Soblova |
| 1966 | How I Learned to Love Women | Margaret Joyce |
| 1966 | Pardon, Are You for or Against? | Olga, la baronessa |
| 1965 | The Alphabet Murders | Amanda Beatrice Cross |
| 1965 | Das Liebeskarussell | Lolita Young |
| 1964 | Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa | Alberchiaria |
| 1963 | 4 for Texas | Elya Carlson |
| 1963 | Call Me Bwana | Luba |
| 1962 | Boccaccio '70 | Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") |
| 1962 | The Temptation of Dr. Antonio | Anita |
| 1961 | The Mongols | Hulina |
| 1961 | A porte chiuse | Olga Duvovich |
| 1960 | The Dam on the Yellow River | Dorothy Simmons |
| 1960 | Little Girls and High Finance | |
| 1960 | Three Etc.'s and the Colonel | Georgina |
| 1960 | La Dolce Vita | Sylvia |
| 1959 | Sign of the Gladiator | Zenobia, Queen of Palmira |
| 1959 | Zwischen Glück und Krone | Self (archive footage) |
| 1958 | Paris Holiday | Zara |
| 1958 | Screaming Mimi | Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange |
| 1958 | The Man Inside | Trudie Hall |
| 1957 | Interpol | Gina Broger |
| 1957 | Valerie | Valerie Horvat |
| 1956 | War and Peace | Helene Kuragina |
| 1956 | Hollywood or Bust | Actress Anita |
| 1956 | Back from Eternity | Rena |
| 1956 | Man in the Vault | Flo Randall |
| 1956 | Zarak | Salma |
| 1955 | Blood Alley | Wei Ling |
| 1955 | Artists and Models | Anita |
| 1953 | The Golden Blade | Handmaid |
| 1953 | Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Venusian Guard |
| 1951 | Terras fönster 5 |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1964 | Der goldene Schuß | Self |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Snow White |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Singer |
| 1955 | Casablanca | Katrina Jorgenson |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |