Silvana Pampanini

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Silvana Pampanini (1965)

Silvana Pampanini (born September 25, 1925 in Rome ; † January 6, 2016 there ) was an Italian actress .

Life

The daughter of a printer and niece of the singer Rosetta Pampanini received her singing and piano training at the Lyceum Santa Cecilia and achieved immense popularity within a short time by taking part in the first beauty contest for the choice of Miss Italia , held in Stresa in 1946 . In the election, she initially ended up in second place, but received the title after a storm of indignation and the discovery of a small scandal.

Immediately thereafter, the black-haired beauty made her film debut in Rome in flames . In other, mostly adventurous films such as With Sword and Mask , Sweet Rice , Mandrin , Napoleon and The Law of the Road , she was able to prove her skills and, as the predecessor of Gina Lollobrigida and Sophia Loren, became the first post-war diva of Italian cinema. However, Pampanini appeared indiscriminately in numerous works that had no quality requirements, so that the always critical reactions of the professional film journalists are understandable, who said that the actress, who often appeared in sympathetic, feminine aggressive roles, had little acting qualities.

After she was 30, her star began to decline with the audience. So from 1958 Pampanini only appeared sporadically in front of the film camera and found employment mainly in television productions such as the 1999 television series Tre stelle . In the 2002/03 winter season, Silvana Pampanini was an integral part of the cast of the Italian Sunday afternoon television show Domenica In , which was hosted by Mara Venier and broadcast directly on Rai Uno .

Pampanini was awarded the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2003 and published her autobiography, Scandalosamente perbene , in 2004 .

Filmography (selection)

  • 1946: Rome in Flames (L'apocalisse)
  • 1949: Anthony of Padua (Antonio da Padova)
  • 1949: With sword and mask (Lo sparviero del Nilo)
  • 1950: Sweet Rice (L'inafferrabile 12)
  • 1951: Io sono il Capataz
  • 1951: OK Nero (OK Nerone)
  • 1951: The great Juxbaron (47 morto che parla)
  • 1952: The Song of Treason (Processo alla città)
  • 1952: The public nuisance or the judiciary in distress (La presidentessa)
  • 1952: The woman who invented love (La donna che inventò l'amore)
  • 1952: Island of Sin (La peccatrice dell'isola)
  • 1952: Königsmark (Koenigsmark)
  • 1952: Trafficking in girls (La tratta delle bianche)
  • 1952: Mandrin, the king of the rebels (Le avventure di Mandrin)
  • 1953: The meat is weak (Bufere)
  • 1953: Bitter Love (Noi cannibali)
  • 1953: Three sinners (Un giorno in pretura)
  • 1953: Curse of Beauty (Un marito per Anna Zaccheo)
  • 1953: Silvana (Vortice)
  • 1954: Uprising in the island paradise (La principessa delle Canarie)
  • 1954: Tragedy of the Whore (La schiava del peccato)
  • 1954: Hussar pranks (L'allegro squadrone)
  • 1954: Napoleon (Napoleon)
  • 1954: Orient Express
  • 1955: The tower of sinful women (La tour des nesles)
  • 1955: Four hearts in Rome (Racconti romani)
  • 1956: The law of the street (La loi des rues)
  • 1958: Road of Passion (Cesta duga godiun dana)
  • 1961: The Adventures of the Skull Pirates (Il terrore dei mari)
  • 1961: The Huns (La spada dell'islam)

Web links

Commons : Silvana Pampanini  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Addio a Silvana Pampanini, esuberante bellezza. L'attrice aveva 90 anni. In: repubblica.it. La Repubblica , January 6, 2016, accessed January 6, 2016 (Italian).
  2. ^ Enrico Lancia, Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. Le attrici. Rome: Gremese 2003, p. 7 (Italian).
  3. ↑ Silvana Pampanini. In: biografieonline.it. Retrieved January 9, 2016 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Pampanini, Silvana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film actress
DATE OF BIRTH September 25, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Lazio Italy
DATE OF DEATH January 6, 2016
Place of death Rome , Lazio Italy