Anita Ekberg

Born: 1931-09-29

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.


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La Dolce Vita

as Sylvia
Released: 1960-02-05

Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn...

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War and Peace

as Helene Kuragina
Released: 1956-08-21

Napoleon's tumultuous relations with Russia including his disastrous 1812 invasion serve as the...

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Bambola

as Mamma Greta
Released: 1996-09-01

Her name is Mina, but she is called Bambola (doll). Upon the death of her mother, she and her...

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Artists and Models

as Anita
Released: 1955-11-07

A struggling painter begins taking inspiration from the dreams of his friend and roommate, a...

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4 for Texas

as Elya Carlson
Released: 1963-12-21

In the 1870s, two rival businessmen, Zack Thomas and Joe Jarrett, on a stagecoach heading to...

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The Clowns

as Anita Ekberg
Released: 1970-03-05

Fellini exposes his great attraction for the clowns and the world of the circus first recalling...

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If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

as Performer
Released: 1969-04-24

A group of travelers from the United States race through seven European countries in 18 days.

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Boccaccio '70

as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Released: 1962-02-23

An anthology of four comic moral tales about the hypocrisies surrounding sex in 1960s Italy:...

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Killer Nun

as Sister Gertrude
Released: 1979-05-09

A demented nun sliding through morphine addiction into madness, while presiding over a regime of...

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The Love Goddesses

as (archive footage)
Released: 1965-03-03

This insightful documentary features some of the major and most beautiful actresses to grace the...

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Blood Alley

as Wei Ling
Released: 1955-10-01

A merchant marine captain, rescued from the Chinese Communists by local visitors, is...

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The Alphabet Murders

as Amanda Beatrice Cross
Released: 1965-12-26

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the...

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Woman Times Seven

as Claudie
Released: 1967-09-29

Seven mini-stories of adultery: "Funeral Possession," a wayward widow at her husband's funeral;...

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Hollywood or Bust

as Actress Anita
Released: 1956-12-06

The last movie with Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin together, is a satire of the life in Hollywood....

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Intervista

as Anita Ekberg
Released: 1987-09-28

Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in...

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The French Sex Murders

as Madame Colette
Released: 1972-06-15

After a French prostitute is found dead, one of her regular clients is tried and convicted for...

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Pardon, Are You for or Against?

as Olga, la baronessa
Released: 1966-12-23

A successful fifty-year-old entrepreneur, Tullio Conforti, opposed to divorce for religious...

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How I Learned to Love Women

as Margaret Joyce
Released: 1966-10-02

An erotic comedy about the many affairs of a young man with different women.

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Sign of the Gladiator

as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
Released: 1959-03-05

Zenobia, Queen of Palmira, revolts against Rome and defeats the Roman troops, but she makes a...

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Back from Eternity

as Rena
Released: 1956-09-07

A South American plane loaded with an assortment of characters crash lands in a remote jungle...

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Rat Pack

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2022-01-11

In the 1950s, a small group of artists monopolized the attention of the cameras and the public....

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Way... Way Out

as Anna Soblova
Released: 1966-10-26

A platonically wed American couple run a lunar weather station near an unwed Soviet couple.

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The Mongols

as Hulina
Released: 1961-08-31

During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his...

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Call Me Bwana

as Luba
Released: 1963-06-14

A returning moon capsule goes off course and lands in Africa where a little-known tribe finds...

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Paris Holiday

as Zara
Released: 1958-04-05

Comedian Bob Hunter is aided by his French counterpart Fernydel and two beautiful blondes when...

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The Golden Blade

as Handmaid
Released: 1953-08-12

Basra merchant Harun Al-Rashid avenges his father's murder in this adventure set in ancient...

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Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

as Venusian Guard
Released: 1953-04-06

Lester and Orville accidentally launch a rocket which is supposed to fly to Mars. Instead it...

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The Magic of Fellini

as Self
Released: 2002-01-27

Documentary with interviews and clips of Fellini's movies.

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Valerie

as Valerie Horvat
Released: 1957-08-01

After the American Civil War, former Union Major John Garth marries pretty settler Valerie but...

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Screaming Mimi

as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
Released: 1958-06-25

A blonde night club dancer is being stalked. Will anyone believe her?

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Gold of the Amazon Women

as Queen Na-Eela
Released: 1979-03-06

An adventurer searches for the fabled Golden Cities of El Dorado and allies himself with a tribe...

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Fangs of the Living Dead

as Malenka / Sylvia Morel
Released: 1969-07-23

A beautiful virgin inherits a castle, but when she arrives at it, she finds that the inhabitants...

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Deadly Trackers

as Jane
Released: 1972-09-02

Jeff sets out to murder each one of the five outlaws who robbed, raped and killed his poor...

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Federico Fellini's Autobiography

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2000-09-05

Federico Fellini was one of the most individual and thought provoking directors who based most...

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Zarak

as Salma
Released: 1956-12-01

A notorious bandit develops a grudging respect for the English military man assigned to capture him.

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The Man Inside

as Trudie Hall
Released: 1958-09-07

A detective tracking a stolen gem begins to suspect there's more to the case than just theft.

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Interpol

as Gina Broger
Released: 1957-04-02

Spurred on by the death of his drug-addicted sister at the hands of ruthless narcotics kingpin...

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Il conte Max

as Marika
Released: 1991-09-26

Alfredo is a crude Roman motorcycle repairman who is a friend of Count Max, a gentleman and...

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1960

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2010-09-05

By presenting archive footage along with his own life story, filmmaker Gabriele Salvatores...

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A Candidate for a Killing

as Jacqueline Monnard
Released: 1969-08-22

A traveler becomes a target for various crime syndicates when it turns out he's a dead ringer...

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Il divorzio

as Flavia
Released: 1970-04-20

Middle-aged man leaves his wife to devote himself to a carefree life.

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Death Knocks Twice

as Sophia Ferretti
Released: 1969-11-25

When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever...

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S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

as Dr. Else Biebling
Released: 1980-02-23

Lavinia Kean, a brilliant American espionage agent, combats the wiles of international criminal...

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Ambrogio

as Clarice
Released: 1992-12-30

A woman wants to graduate to the Italian Naval Academy in the 60s. She has to fight her family,...

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Das Liebeskarussell

as Lolita Young
Released: 1965-09-30

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so...

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A porte chiuse

as Olga Duvovich
Released: 1961-03-22

The movie is about the celebrated trial of Olga Duvovich, very beautiful woman accused of...

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The Conjugal Debt

as Ines
Released: 1970-09-28

Romolo, a man lazy and devoid of any interest, has been married for ten years with Ines, the...

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Little Girls and High Finance

as uncredited
Released: 1960-10-30

A low level official and a prostitute both try to commit suicide and fail, afterwards he becomes...

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Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa

as Alberchiaria
Released: 1964-12-29

A whimsical commedia all'italiana divided into four episodes.

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The Girl in the Fountain

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2021-11-29

Alternating archive footage of Anita Ekberg with the story of a quintessential diva as Monica...

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The Glass Sphinx

as Paulette
Released: 1967-05-31

An archaeologist is in danger because of his discoveries.

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Man in the Vault

as Flo Randall
Released: 1956-12-12

A locksmith is pressured into crime when the mob makes him perform an elaborate bank robbery.

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The Cobra

as Lou
Released: 1967-03-25

A disgraced treasury agent Mike Rand, who teams with his boss to halt a Red Chinese plot to...

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Cicciabomba

as baronessa Judith von Kemp
Released: 1982-11-28

An overweight high school student is relentlessly bullied due to weight. Out of the blue, she...

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Bad Girls

as Milli
Released: 1992-01-01

The Italian erotic thriller Cattive ragazze (Bad Girls) was directed by gossip columnist Marina...

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Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

as Georgina
Released: 1960-08-26

In Spain, during the Napoleonic rule, the French Governor of Andalusia is besieged by the locals...

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Night of Hate

as Bessie
Released: 1968-03-08

Fulgencio and Scott fled the place where they have just committed a robbery. As Fulgencio...

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Northeast of Seoul

as Katherine
Released: 1974-04-05

Three adventurers--at times competing with each other, at other times allied with each...

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The Red Dwarf

as Paola Bendoni
Released: 1998-12-23

Lucien is a dwarf, who works hard in a large legal office. His only friend is trapeze circus...

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Dov'era lei a quell'ora

as Anita Ekberg
Released: 2021-11-27

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The Dam on the Yellow River

as Dorothy Simmons
Released: 1960-03-25

Anti-Communist propaganda film, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army...

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The Seduction of Angela

as Signora Rocchi
Released: 1986-12-18

Naive, orphaned maiden Angela leaves her small town for 19th- century London, where she quickly...

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The Sweet Algorithm

as Sylvia
Released: 2011-01-01

As digital multiples and shuffles of Anita Ekberg and Marcello Mastroianni wade through the...

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Ciao Anita

as Self
Released: 2021-09-29

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Becoming Anita Ekberg

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 2014-05-07

BECOMING ANITA EKBERG is an exploration of how the construct of "Anita Ekberg" became an...

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La villa dei misteri

as uncredited
Released: 1997-05-01

Young woman falsely suspected of murder, flees, adopts an alternate identity and tries to find...

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Teatro 11

as Self
Released: 1972-05-18

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Guest
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Snow White
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Steve Allen Show

as Self - Singer
First aired: 1956-06-24

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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Champs-Elysées

as Self
First aired: 1982-01-16

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The Oscars

as Self
First aired: 1953-03-19

An annual American awards ceremony honoring cinematic achievements in the film industry. The...

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Casablanca

as Katrina Jorgenson
First aired: 1955-09-27

This was the first attempt by Warner Brothers to make the movie classic into a series. It was...

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