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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. 47 Talking Corpses (1950) — Madame Bonbon, la canzonettista
2. Il tassinaro (1983) — Silvana Pampanini
3. A Day in Court (1954) — Luisa
4. Il gaucho (1964) — Luciana
5. Roman Tales (1955) — Maria
6. The Firemen of Viggiù (1949) — Fiamma
7. Mid-Century Loves (1954) — Susanna (segment "Dopoguerra 1920")
8. Tower of Lust (1955) — Marguerite de Bourgogne
9. La bella di Roma (1955) — Nannina
10. A Husband for Anna (1953) — Anna Zaccheo
11. Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? (1971) — La "marchettara"
12. Girls Marked Danger (1952) — Lucia
13. Mademoiselle Gobete (1952) — Gobette, la soubrette
14. The City Stands Trial (1952) — Liliana Ferrara
15. Storms (1953) — Daisy Parnell
16. The Cheerful Squadron (1954) — Albertina
17. The Year Long Road (1958) — Giuseppina Pancrazi (Katarina)
18. It's Him!... Yes! Yes! (1951) — Self
19. Il matrimonio (1954) — Elena Ivanovna Popova, la vedova
20. Snow White and the Seven Thieves (1949) — Eleonora
21. Beauties on bicycles (1951) — Silvana
22. La paura fa 90 (1951) — Luisa Bonneur
23. The Slave of Sin (1954) — Mara Gualtieri
24. Law of the Streets (1956) — Wanda
25. Lo sparviero del Nilo (1950) — Leila 
26. Thirst for Love (1959) — Maria
27. Saranno uomini (1957) — Sara
28. L'Incantevole nemica (1953) — Silvia Albertini
29. The Island Princess (1954) — Guayarmina
30. Tres mil kilómetros de amor (1967) — Marcela
31. Orient Express (1954) — Beatrice Landi
32. Una bruna indiavolata! (1951) — Chiara
33. Guns of the Black Witch (1961) — Delores
34. L'inafferrabile 12 (1950) — Clara
35. O.K. Nero (1951) — Empress Poppea
36. Napoleoncito (1964) — Silvana Montejo
37. The Knight is Here (1950) — Carla Colombo
38. Don Juan's Night of Love (1952) — Rosetta
39. Viva il cinema (1953) — herself
40. Vortice (1953) — Elena Fanti