Actor
Anita Ekberg
Born 29 September 1931 · Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden — died 11 January 2015
Anita Ekberg (1931–2015) was a Swedish model and actress who worked in Hollywood and later in Italy. She is remembered as Sylvia in Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita, whose Trevi Fountain scene became one of cinema's most famous images. She worked with Fellini several times.
Key films
La Dolce Vita (1960)On Cinespective
Her role as Sylvia in Fellini's film, including the Trevi Fountain scene, made her an enduring screen icon.
War and Peace (1956)
She played Hélène in this big-budget adaptation of Tolstoy, a prominent role in her Hollywood-era career.
Artists and Models (1955)
A Martin and Lewis comedy that showcased her in a major Hollywood studio production.
Boccaccio '70 (1962)
She starred in Fellini's segment of this Italian anthology film, reuniting with him after La Dolce Vita.
Intervista (1987)
Fellini's late semi-documentary film, in which she appeared with Marcello Mastroianni, revisiting La Dolce Vita.
Key awards
- 1956 Golden Globe Award, New Star of the Year – Actress
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 82
- 1951Terras fönster 5Actor
- 1953Abbott and Costello Go to Mars · as Venusian GuardActor
- 1953The Golden Blade · as HandmaidActor
- 1955Artists and Models · as AnitaActor
- 1955Blood Alley · as Wei LingActor
- 1956War and Peace · as Helene KuraginaActor
- 1956Hollywood or Bust · as Actress AnitaActor
- 1956Back from Eternity · as RenaActor
- 1956Man in the Vault · as Flo RandallActor
- 1956Zarak · as SalmaActor
- 1957Interpol · as Gina BrogerActor
- 1957Valerie · as Valerie HorvatActor
- 1958Screaming Mimi · as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda LangeActor
- 1958Paris Holiday · as ZaraActor
- 1958The Man Inside · as Trudie HallActor
- 1959Sign of the Gladiator · as Zenobia, Queen of PalmiraActor
- 1959Zwischen Glück und Krone · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 1960La Dolce Vita · as SylviaActor
- 1960Little Girls and High Finance · as JeanneActor
- 1960The Dam on the Yellow River · as Dorothy SimmonsActor
- 1960Three Etc.'s and the Colonel · as GeorginaActor
- 1961The Mongols · as HulinaActor
- 1961A porte chiuse · as Olga DuvovichActor
- 1962Boccaccio '70 · as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")Actor
- 1962The Temptation of Dr. Antonio · as AnitaActor
- 1962Lykke og krone · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)Actor
- 19634 for Texas · as Elya CarlsonActor
- 1963Call Me Bwana · as LubaActor
- 1964Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa · as AlberchiariaActor
- 1965The Alphabet Murders · as Amanda Beatrice CrossActor
- 1965Das Liebeskarussell · as Lolita YoungActor
- 1966Pardon, Are You for or Against? · as Olga, la baronessaActor
- 1966Way... Way Out · as Anna SoblovaActor
- 1966How I Learned to Love Women · as Margaret JoyceActor
- 1967Woman Times Seven · as ClaudieActor
- 1967The Glass Sphinx · as PauletteActor
- 1967The Cobra · as LouActor
- 1968Night of Hate · as BessieActor
- 1969If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium · as PerformerActor
- 1969Fangs of the Living Dead · as Sylvia De Morel / MalenkaActor
- 1969Death Knocks Twice · as Sophia FerrettiActor
- 1969A Candidate for a Killing · as Jacqueline MonnardActor
- 1970The Clowns · as Anita EkbergActor
- 1970The Conjugal Debt · as InesActor
- 1970The Divorce · as FlaviaActor
- 1972The French Sex Murders · as Madame ColetteActor
- 1972Deadly Trackers · as JaneActor
- 1972Teatro 11 · as SelfActor
- 1974Northeast of Seoul · as KatherineActor
- 1976Bob Hope's World of Comedy · as (archive footage)Actor
- 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti · as Self - Zenobia, Queen of Palmira (archive footage)Actor
- 1979Killer Nun · as Sister GertrudeActor
- 1979Gold of the Amazon Women · as Queen Na-EelaActor
- 1980S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert · as Dr. Else BieblingActor
- 1982Fatty Girl Goes to New York · as baronessa Judith von KempActor
- 1983Fellini nel cestino · as SelfActor
- 1986The Seduction of Angela · as Signora RocchiActor
- 1987Intervista · as Anita EkbergActor
- 1991Il Conte Max · as MarikaActor
- 1992Bad Girls · as MilliActor
- 1992Ambrogio · as ClariceActor
- 1994In morte di Federico FelliniActor
- 1996Bambola · as Mamma GretaActor
- 1997La villa dei misteriActor
- 1998The Red Dwarf · as Paola BendoniActor
- 2000Federico Fellini's Autobiography · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2002The Magic of Fellini · as SelfActor
- 2002Heart of the Festival · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2003Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others · as SelfActor
- 2006Fellini dice... · as SelfActor
- 2007Anita of SwedenActor
- 2009Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of FranceActor
- 20101960 · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2011The Sweet Algorithm · as SylviaActor
- 2014Becoming Anita Ekberg · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2020Beautiful Like a Poem · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021The Girl in the Fountain · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2021Dov'era lei a quell'ora · as Anita EkbergActor
- 2021Ciao Anita · as SelfActor
- 2022Becoming Marilyn · as (archive footage)Actor
- 2022Rat Pack · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2025Being Bo Widerberg · as Self (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.