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Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg was a Swedish actress active in American and European films. She is best known for her role as Sylvia in the Federico Fellini film La Dolce Vita (1960). Ekberg worked primarily in Italy, where she became a permanent resident in 1964.
Birth Name
Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg
Born
Tuesday, 29 September 1931
Died
Sunday, 11 January 2015
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Girl in the Fountain | Herself | 2021 |
| The Velvet Underground | Self | 2021 |
| Ciao Anita | Self | 2021 |
| The Truth About La Dolce Vita | Sylvia | 2020 |
| The Oscars | Self - Actress (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| Elsa & Fred | Sylvia | 2014 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| The Sweet Algorithm | Sylvia | 2011 |
| Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape | Self | 2010 |
| 1960 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Girl in the Fountain | Herself | 2021 |
| The Velvet Underground | Self | 2021 |
| Ciao Anita | Self | 2021 |
| The Truth About La Dolce Vita | Sylvia | 2020 |
| The Oscars | Self - Actress (In Memoriam) | 2015 |
| Elsa & Fred | Sylvia | 2014 |
| Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen | (archive footage) | 2012 |
| The Sweet Algorithm | Sylvia | 2011 |
| Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape | Self | 2010 |
| 1960 | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2010 |
| Noi che abbiamo fatto la dolce vita | Self | 2009 |
| Ban the Sadist Videos! | Self | 2005 |
| Elsa & Fred | Sylvia | 2005 |
| Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others | 2003 | |
| The Magic of Fellini | Self | 2002 |
| Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait | Herself (archive footage) / Self | 2000 |
| The Red Dwarf | Paola Bendoni | 1998 |
| Bámbola | Mamma Greta | 1996 |
| Ambrogio | Clarice | 1993 |
| Bad Girls | Milli | 1992 |
| Dov'era lei a quell'ora? | Anita Ekberg | 1992 |
| Barrymore | Self | 1991 |
| Il conte Max | Marika | 1991 |
| Intervista | Anita Ekberg | 1987 |
| The Seduction of Angela | Signora Rocchi | 1986 |
| Cicciabomba | Baronessa Judith von Kemp | 1982 |
| Sixty Years of Seduction | (archive footage) | 1981 |
| S.H.E: Security Hazards Expert | Dr. Else Biebling | 1980 |
| The Killer Nun | Sister Gertrude | 1979 |
| Gold of the Amazon Women | Queen Na-Eela | 1979 |
| Kolossal - i magnifici Macisti | Zenobia, Queen of Palmira | 1977 |
| Arena | (archive footage) / Herself | 1975 |
| Gäst hos Hagge | Self - Guest | 1975 |
| Das Tal der tanzenden Witwen | (scenes deleted) | 1975 |
| Deadly Trackers | Jane | 1972 |
| The French Sex Murders | Madame Colette | 1972 |
| Northeast of Seoul | Katherine | 1972 |
| The Conjugal Debt | Ines | 1970 |
| The Divorce | Flavia | 1970 |
| The Clowns | Anita Ekberg | 1970 |
| The Blonde Connection | Sophia Ferretti | 1969 |
| A Candidate for a Killing | Jacqueline Monnard | 1969 |
| Fangs of the Living Dead | Sylvia Morel / Malenka / Sylvia De Morel | 1969 |
| If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium | Performer | 1969 |
| Crónica de un atraco | Bessie | 1968 |
| Woman Times Seven | Claudie (segment "Snow") / Claudie | 1967 |
| The Glass Sphinx | Paulette | 1967 |
| The Cobra | Lou | 1967 |
| Scusi, lei è favorevole o contrario? | Olga, la baronessa | 1966 |
| Come imparai ad amare le donne | Margaret Joyce | 1966 |
| Way... Way Out | Anna Soblova | 1966 |
| The Alphabet Murders | Amanda Beatrice Cross | 1965 |
| Das Liebeskarussell | Lolita Young | 1965 |
| The Love Goddesses | Self / (archive footage) | 1965 |
| Love Factory | Alberchiaria | 1964 |
| Der goldene Schuß | Self | 1964 |
| 4 for Texas | Elya Carlson | 1963 |
| Call Me Bwana | Luba | 1963 |
| Boccaccio '70 | Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio") | 1962 |
| Lykke Og Krone | Self | 1962 |
| The Mongols | Hulina | 1961 |
| A porte chiuse | Olga Duvovich | 1961 |
| Little Girls and High Finance | 1960 | |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Le tre eccetera del colonnello | Georgina | 1960 |
| The Dam on the Yellow River | Miss Dorothy Simmons / Dorothy Simmons | 1960 |
| La Dolce Vita | Sylvia | 1960 |
| Sign of the Gladiator | Zenobia, Queen of Palmira / Zenobia - Queen of Palmira | 1959 |
| Zwischen Gluck Und Krone | Self | 1959 |
| The Man Inside | Trudie Hall | 1958 |
| Screaming Mimi | Yolanda Lange / Virginia Wilson | 1958 |
| Paris Holiday | Zara | 1958 |
| Valerie | Valerie Horvat | 1957 |
| Pickup Alley | Gina Broger | 1957 |
| Man in the Vault | Flo Randall | 1956 |
| Hollywood or Bust | Actress Anita / Anita Ekberg | 1956 |
| Zarak | Salma | 1956 |
| Back from Eternity | Rena | 1956 |
| War and Peace | Helene Kuragina | 1956 |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | Self - Snow White / Self - Singer / Self - Guest | 1956 |
| Artists and Models | Anita | 1955 |
| Blood Alley | Wei Ling | 1955 |
| Casablanca | Katrina Jorgenson | 1955 |
| Frankie Laine Time | Self | 1955 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| The Golden Blade | Handmaiden | 1953 |
| Take Me to Town | Dancehall Girl | 1953 |
| Abbott and Costello Go to Mars | Venusian Guard | 1953 |
| Private Secretary | The Hubby Killer | 1953 |
| The Mississippi Gambler | Maid of Honor | 1953 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Actress | 1950 |
| The Bob Hope Show | Self | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1956 | Golden Globe | Most Promising Newcomer - Female | Won |
