Anita Ekberg

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Anita Ekberg

Acting September 29, 1931

Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden

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…

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What's My Line?

What's My Line?

7.0 1950 TV Show
La Dolce Vita

La Dolce Vita

8.0 1960 Movie
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

6.8 1982 TV Show
The Oscars

The Oscars

7.0 1953 TV Show
War and Peace

War and Peace

6.6 1956 Movie
The Colgate Comedy Hour

The Colgate Comedy Hour

6.9 1950 TV Show
The Steve Allen Show

The Steve Allen Show

6.2 1956 TV Show
Boccaccio '70

Boccaccio '70

6.9 1962 Movie
Artists and Models

Artists and Models

6.6 1955 Movie
The Clowns

The Clowns

6.8 1970 Movie
Intervista

Intervista

6.8 1987 Movie
Bambola

Bambola

4.5 1996 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2025
    Being Bo Widerberg

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 2022
    Becoming Marilyn

    Movie (archive footage)

  3. 2022
    Rat Pack

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2021
    The Girl in the Fountain

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  5. 2021
    Dov'era lei a quell'ora

    Movie Anita Ekberg

  6. 2021
    Ciao Anita

    Movie Self

  7. 2020
    Beautiful Like a Poem

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2014
    Becoming Anita Ekberg

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  9. 2011
    The Sweet Algorithm

    Movie Sylvia

  10. 2010
    1960

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 2009
    Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France

    Movie

  12. 2007
    Anita of Sweden

    Movie

  13. 2006
    Fellini dice...

    Movie Self

  14. 2003
    Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

    Movie Self

  15. 2002
    Heart of the Festival

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  16. 2002
    The Magic of Fellini

    Movie Self

More credits
  1. 2000
    Federico Fellini's Autobiography

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  2. 1998
    The Red Dwarf

    Movie Paola Bendoni

  3. 1997
    La villa dei misteri

    Movie

  4. 1996
    Bambola

    Movie Mamma Greta

  5. 1994
    In morte di Federico Fellini

    Movie

  6. 1992
    Ambrogio

    Movie Clarice

  7. 1992
    Bad Girls

    Movie Milli

  8. 1991
    Il Conte Max

    Movie Marika

  9. 1987
    Intervista

    Movie Anita Ekberg

  10. 1986
    The Seduction of Angela

    Movie Signora Rocchi

  11. 1983
    Fellini nel cestino

    Movie Self

  12. 1982
    Fatty Girl Goes to New York

    Movie baronessa Judith von Kemp

  13. 1982
    Champs-Elysées

    TV show Self

  14. 1980
    S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

    Movie Dr. Else Biebling

  15. 1979
    Killer Nun

    Movie Sister Gertrude

  16. 1979
    Gold of the Amazon Women

    Movie Queen Na-Eela

  17. 1977
    Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

    Movie Self - Zenobia, Queen of Palmira (archive footage)

  18. 1976
    Bob Hope's World of Comedy

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  19. 1974
    Northeast of Seoul

    Movie Katherine

  20. 1972
    Deadly Trackers

    Movie Jane

  21. 1972
    The French Sex Murders

    Movie Madame Colette

  22. 1972
    Teatro 11

    Movie Self

  23. 1970
    The Clowns

    Movie Anita Ekberg

  24. 1970
    The Conjugal Debt

    Movie Ines