Anita Ekberg

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

September 29, 1931

died

January 11, 2015

place of birth

Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden

also known as

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

total credits

50 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Bambola
4.4

Bambola

1996as Mamma Greta
La Dolce Vita
8.0

La Dolce Vita

1960as Sylvia
Boccaccio '70
6.9

Boccaccio '70

1962as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
How I Learned to Love Women
4.4

How I Learned to Love Women

1966as Margaret Joyce
War and Peace
6.7

War and Peace

1956as Helene Kuragina
Artists and Models
6.7

Artists and Models

1955as Anita
Rat Pack
9.0

Rat Pack

2022as Self (archive footage)
Blood Alley
5.9

Blood Alley

1955as Wei Ling
Woman Times Seven
6.3

Woman Times Seven

1967as Claudie
The Alphabet Murders
5.9

The Alphabet Murders

1965as Amanda Beatrice Cross
4 for Texas
5.1

4 for Texas

1963as Elya Carlson
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
5.9

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

1969as Performer
Killer Nun
4.8

Killer Nun

1979as Sister Gertrude
The Mongols
5.2

The Mongols

1961as Hulina
Interpol
6.4

Interpol

1957as Gina Broger
The Golden Blade
6.7

The Golden Blade

1953as Handmaid
Hollywood or Bust
6.2

Hollywood or Bust

1956as Actress Anita
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
5.4

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

1953as Venusian Guard
Back from Eternity
6.7

Back from Eternity

1956as Rena
Call Me Bwana
5.8

Call Me Bwana

1963as Luba
Valerie
4.5

Valerie

1957as Valerie Horvat
Becoming Marilyn
7.6

Becoming Marilyn

2022
Intervista
6.8

Intervista

1987as Anita Ekberg
Sign of the Gladiator
4.6

Sign of the Gladiator

1959as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
The Clowns
6.9

The Clowns

1970as Anita Ekberg
Way... Way Out
5.9

Way... Way Out

1966as Anna Soblova
The French Sex Murders
4.9

The French Sex Murders

1972as Madame Colette
Man in the Vault
5.6

Man in the Vault

1956as Flo Randall
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
6.1

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

1966as Olga, la baronessa
The Seduction of Angela
5.7

The Seduction of Angela

1986as Signora Rocchi
Zarak
5.4

Zarak

1956as Salma
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
4.5

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

1980as Dr. Else Biebling
Heart of the Festival
6.5

Heart of the Festival

2002as Self (archive footage)
Gold of the Amazon Women
3.7

Gold of the Amazon Women

1979as Queen Na-Eela
Fangs of the Living Dead
4.4

Fangs of the Living Dead

1969as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka
Paris Holiday
5.6

Paris Holiday

1958as Zara
The Man Inside
6.1

The Man Inside

1958as Trudie Hall
Screaming Mimi
5.0

Screaming Mimi

1958as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
The Glass Sphinx
7.0

The Glass Sphinx

1967as Paulette
Beautiful Like a Poem

Beautiful Like a Poem

2020as Self (archive footage)
The Girl in the Fountain
6.7

The Girl in the Fountain

2021as Self (archive footage)
Being Bo Widerberg
8.0

Being Bo Widerberg

2025as Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
7.0

Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

2003as Self
The Magic of Fellini
3.5

The Magic of Fellini

2002as Self
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
9.0

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

1977as Self - Zenobia, Queen of Palmira (archive footage)
1960
5.2

1960

2010as Self (archive footage)
A porte chiuse
6.5

A porte chiuse

1961as Olga Duvovich
Bad Girls
4.0

Bad Girls

1992as Milli
Zwischen Glück und Krone
10.0

Zwischen Glück und Krone

1959
Death Knocks Twice
4.2

Death Knocks Twice

1969as Sophia Ferretti