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Sylva Koscina (1933–1994)


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Her family fled Yugoslavia after World War II and re-settled in Italy. Sylva won several beauty contests and worked as a fashion model. She was offered a screen test by Eduardo de Filippo, but failed. Nonetheless, she persevered and went to Rome seeking work as an actress, eventually ending up with several bit parts... See more trivia »

Died:

(age 61) in Rome, Lazio, Italy

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Filmography

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1994 C'è Kim Novak al telefono
Enrico's Mother
 
1992 Ricky e Barabba
Cristina Bonelli
 
1991 L'odissea (TV movie)
Minerva
 
1989 David e David (TV movie)
 
1988 Una grande storia d'amore (TV movie)
Eugenia Dossena
 
1987 Rimini Rimini
Contessa Pedercini
 
1984 ...e la vita continua (TV movie)
Evelina
 
1984 Die Nacht der vier Monde
(special guest)
 
1984 Cenerentola '80
Principessa Mafalda Gherardeschi
 
1983 Questo e quello
Dora (segment "Quello... col basco rosso")
 
1983 Mani di fata
Contessa Irene
 
1981 Ace
Enrichetta
 
1980 Sunday Lovers
Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")
 
1977 Some Like It Cool
The Prefect's Wife
 
1975 Clara and Nora
 
1974 The Student Connection
Sonja
 
1974 Delitto d'autore
Milena Gottardi
 
1974 Lisa and the Devil
Sophia Lehar
 
1973 Il tuo piacere è il mio
La moglie del tintore
 
1972 The Italian Connection
Lucia Canali
 
1972 Beati i ricchi
Contessa
 
1972 The Crimes of the Black Cat
Françoise Ballais
 
1972 So Sweet, So Dead
Barbara Capuana
 
1972 Boccaccio
Fiametta
 
1972 To Kill in Silence
Madre di Valeria
 
1971 No desearás la mujer del vecino
Susana (as Silvia Koscina)
 
1971 The Manipulator
Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina)
 
1971 Homo Eroticus
Carla
 
1971 Les jambes en l'air
Favouille Grandblaise
 
1971 Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?
La moglie del presentatore
 
1971 Trittico
Sylvia, the Assistant
 
1970 Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa
La baronessa di Valdarno
 
1970 Hornets' Nest
Bianca
 
1970 The Modification
Cécile
 
1970 Vertigo for a Killer
Sylvie
 
1969 The Battle of Neretva
Danica
 
1969 Deadly Sanctuary
Marquise de Bressac
 
1969 He and She
She
 
1968 A Lovely Way to Die
Rena Westabrook
 
1968 The Secret War of Harry Frigg
Countess Francesca De Montefiore
 
1968 The Protagonists
Nancy
 
1967 Johnny Banco
Laureen Moore
 
1967 Three Bites of the Apple
Carla Moretti
 
1967 Deadlier Than the Male
Penelope
 
1966 A Ace and Four Queens
Dolores Arrabal
 
1966 Monnaie de singe
Lucile
 
1966 Me, Me, Me... and the Others
The 'Star'
 
1966 Baraka sur X 13
Mania
 
1965 Made in Italy
Diana (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 3")
 
1965 I soldi
Leda
 
1965 Juliet of the Spirits
Sylva
 
1965 Thrilling
Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
 
1965 Il morbidone
Irene
 
1965 That Man in Istanbul
Kenny, FBI Agent
 
1965 The Double Bed
Giulietta/Peggy
 
1965 The Dictator's Guns
Rae Osborne
 
1965 The Little Nuns
Elena
 
1964 Le grain de sable
Alexandra Fonseca
 
1964 Love and Marriage
(segment "Sabato 18 luglio")
 
1964 Se permettete parliamo di donne
Reluctant Girl
 
1964 Corpse for the Lady
Laura Guglielmetti
 
1964 Love in Four Dimensions
Irma, la moglie (segment "Amore e vita")
 
1964 Una storia di notte
Maddalena
 
1963 Judex
Daisy
 
1963 Il fornaretto di Venezia
Clemenza, Barbo's Wife
 
1962 La salamandre d'or (uncredited)
 
1962 Three Fables of Love
Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
 
1962 Swordsman of Siena
Orietta Arconti
 
1962 Copacabana Palace
Ines
 
1962 The Iron Mask
Marion
 
1962 The Masseuses
Marisa
 
1962 Le pillole di Ercole
Silvia, la moglie de Pasqui
 
1962 I giacobini (TV mini-series)
 
1962 Jessica
Nunzia Tuffi
 
1961 Blood Feud
 
1960 Love, the Italian Way
Luciana
 
1960 Ravishing
Evelyne Cotteret
 
1960 ...And Suddenly It's Murder!
Carolina
 
1960 Mariti in pericolo
Berta
 
1960 Trapped by Fear
Arabelle
 
1960 Ladro lui, ladra lei
Cesira De Angelis
 
1960 L'assedio di Siracusa
Clio
 
1960 I genitori in Blue-Jeans
Elena
 
1960 Toto in Paris
Juliette Marchand
 
1959 Le sorprese dell'amore
Marianna
 
1959 Tempi duri per i vampiri
Carla
 
1959 La cambiale
Odette Mercury
 
1959 The Woman's Confidant
Maria Bonifati
 
1959 Hercules Unchained
Iole, bride of Ercole
 
1959 Herod the Great (unconfirmed)
 
1959 Poveri milionari
Alice
 
1958 Totò nella luna
Lidia
 
1958 Mogli pericolose
Tosca (as Silva Koscina)
 
1958 Love on the Riviera
Renata Morandi
 
1958 La Gerusalemme liberata
Clorinda
 
1958 Giovani mariti
Mara Rossi Bandelli
 
1958 Le fatiche di Ercole
Iole, Daugher of Pelias
 
1958 Non sono più Guaglione
Carolina
 
1957 The Innocent with Forty Children
Gina Lantois
 
1957 Female Three Times
Sonia
 
1957 Guendalina
Francesca Redalli, madre di Guendalina
 
1957 I fidanzati della morte
Lucia
 
1956 Il ferroviere
Giulia Marcocci (as Silva)
 
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1959 Hercules Unchained (performer: "Evening Star")
 
Show ShowSelf (8 titles)
1982 Stelle emigranti (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1977 Apropos Film (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode dated 25 April 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1972 Festival di Sanremo (TV series)
Herself - Assistant
 
1970 Rom aktuell (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #1.2 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 Vedo nudo
Herself
 
1967 Italy's in Season (documentary short)
Herself (filming 'Three Bites of the Apple (1967)')
 
1960 Il vigile
Herself
 
1959 Il vedovo
Herself (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1970s) Print ads: "Julia Grappa" alcohol

Publicity Listings:

1 Interview  | 1 Article  | 136 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Silva Koscina | Silvia Koscina | Sylvia Koscina | Silva

Height:

5' 8½" (1.74 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on her infamous love scene in He and She] Of course, if it had not been for the director, I wouldn't have done this film. See more »

Trivia:

Her family fled Yugoslavia after World War II and re-settled in Italy. Sylva won several beauty contests and worked as a fashion model. She was offered a screen test by Eduardo de Filippo, but failed. Nonetheless, she persevered and went to Rome seeking work as an actress, eventually ending up with several bit parts... See more »

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