Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

Gender

Female

Birthday

1931-09-29

Deathday

2015-01-11 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden

Also Known As

Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg
Anita Kersten
Ms. Anita Ekberg
Anita Edberg
Anita Eckberg
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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

8.1%

La Dolce Vita

Feb 5, 1960

6.7%

War and Peace

Aug 21, 1956

6.9%

Boccaccio '70

Feb 23, 1962

6.7%

Artists and Models

Nov 7, 1955

6.9%

The Clowns

Dec 27, 1970

6.9%

Intervista

Sep 28, 1987

4.8%

Killer Nun

May 9, 1979

6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

6.1%

Hollywood or Bust

Dec 6, 1956

5.1%

4 for Texas

Dec 21, 1963

4.3%

Bambola

Sep 1, 1996

5.5%

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Apr 6, 1953

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Acting

2022

Rat Pack as Self (archive footage)

2021		The Girl in the Fountain as Self (archive footage)
2021		Dov'era lei a quell'ora as Anita Ekberg
2021		Ciao Anita as Self

2014

Becoming Anita Ekberg as Self (archive footage)

2011

The Sweet Algorithm as Sylvia

2010

1960 as Self (archive footage)

2007

Anita of Sweden

2006

Fellini dice... as Self

2003

Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others as Self

2002

The Magic of Fellini as Self

2000		Federico Fellini's Autobiography as Self (archive footage)
2000		Abendschau as Self

1998

The Red Dwarf as Paola Bendoni

1997

La villa dei misteri

1996

Bambola as Mamma Greta

1992		Ambrogio as Clarice
1992		Bad Girls as Milli

1991

Il Conte Max as Marika

1987

Intervista as Anita Ekberg

1986

The Seduction of Angela as Signora Rocchi

1983

Fellini nel cestino as Self

1982		Fatty Girl Goes to New York as baronessa Judith von Kemp
1982		Champs-Elysées as Self

1980

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert as Dr. Else Biebling

1979		Killer Nun as Sister Gertrude
1979		Gold of the Amazon Women as Queen Na-Eela

1974

Northeast of Seoul as Katherine

1972		Deadly Trackers as Jane
1972		The French Sex Murders as Madame Colette
1972		Teatro 11 as Self

1970		The Clowns as Anita Ekberg
1970		The Conjugal Debt as Ines
1970		Il divorzio as Flavia

1969		Death Knocks Twice as Sophia Ferretti
1969		A Candidate for a Killing as Jacqueline Monnard
1969		Fangs of the Living Dead as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka
1969		If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium as Performer

1968

Night of Hate as Bessie

1967		Woman Times Seven as Claudie
1967		The Glass Sphinx as Paulette
1967		The Cobra as Lou

1966		Pardon, Are You for or Against? as Olga, la baronessa
1966		Way... Way Out as Anna Soblova
1966		How I Learned to Love Women as Margaret Joyce

1965		The Alphabet Murders as Amanda Beatrice Cross
1965		Das Liebeskarussell as Lolita Young

1964		Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa as Alberchiaria
1964		Der goldene Schuß as Self

1963		4 for Texas as Elya Carlson
1963		Call Me Bwana as Luba

1962		Boccaccio '70 as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
1962		The Temptation of Dr. Antonio as Anita

1961		The Mongols as Hulina
1961		A porte chiuse as Olga Duvovich

1960		Little Girls and High Finance
1960		Three Etc.'s and the Colonel as Georgina
1960		The Dam on the Yellow River as Dorothy Simmons
1960		La Dolce Vita as Sylvia

1959

Sign of the Gladiator as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira

1958		The Man Inside as Trudie Hall
1958		Screaming Mimi as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
1958		Paris Holiday as Zara

1957		Valerie as Valerie Horvat
1957		Interpol as Gina Broger

1956		Man in the Vault as Flo Randall
1956		Hollywood or Bust as Actress Anita
1956		Zarak as Salma
1956		Back from Eternity as Rena
1956		War and Peace as Helene Kuragina
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Guest
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Snow White
1956		The Steve Allen Show as Self - Singer

1955		Artists and Models as Anita
1955		Blood Alley as Wei Ling
1955		Casablanca as Katrina Jorgenson

1953		The Golden Blade as Handmaid
1953		Abbott and Costello Go to Mars as Venusian Guard
1953		The Oscars as Self

1951

Terras fönster 5

1950		The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest