Portrait of Anita Ekberg

Anita Ekberg

Acting

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.

Born: September 29, 1931

Place of Birth: Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden

Filmography

2022
Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)

2021
The Girl in the Fountain

as Self (archive footage)

2021
2021
Ciao Anita

as Self

2014
Becoming Anita Ekberg

as Self (archive footage)

2011
2010
1960

as Self (archive footage)

2006
2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)

1998
The Red Dwarf

as Paola Bendoni

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

1982
Fatty Girl Goes to New York

as baronessa Judith von Kemp

1982
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
1972
The French Sex Murders

as Madame Colette

1972
Teatro 11

as Self

1970
The Clowns

as Anita Ekberg

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

1968
Night of Hate

as Bessie

1967
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
1965
The Alphabet Murders

as Amanda Beatrice Cross

1965
Das Liebeskarussell

as Lolita Young

1964
1963
4 for Texas

as Elya Carlson

1963
1962
Boccaccio '70

as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")

1961
The Mongols

as Hulina

1961
A porte chiuse

as Olga Duvovich

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
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 Khan

as Salma

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
1955
Blood Alley

as Wei Ling

1955
Casablanca

as Katrina Jorgenson

1953
The Golden Blade

as Handmaid

1953
1953
The Oscars

as Self

1950