Anita Ekberg

Anita Ekberg

Known for
Acting
Born
September 29, 1931
Died
January 11, 2015 (aged 83)
Birthplace
Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden

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.

Known For

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Filmography

2025
Being Bo Widerberg poster

Being Bo Widerberg

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Rat Pack poster

Rat Pack

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2022
Becoming Marilyn poster

Becoming Marilyn

Movie · as (archive footage)

2021
Ciao Anita poster

Ciao Anita

Movie · as Self

2021
The Girl in the Fountain poster

The Girl in the Fountain

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Dov'era lei a quell'ora poster

Dov'era lei a quell'ora

Movie · as Anita Ekberg

2020
Beautiful Like a Poem poster

Beautiful Like a Poem

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Becoming Anita Ekberg poster

Becoming Anita Ekberg

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2014
Elsa & Fred poster

Elsa & Fred

Movie · as Sylvia

2011
The Sweet Algorithm poster

The Sweet Algorithm

Movie · as Sylvia

2010
1960 poster

1960

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2010
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff poster

Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff

Movie · as photo archive

2009
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France poster

Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France

Movie

2007
Anita of Sweden

Anita of Sweden

Movie

2006
Fellini dice... poster

Fellini dice...

Movie · as Self

2003
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others poster

Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others

Movie · as Self

2002
The Magic of Fellini poster

The Magic of Fellini

Movie · as Self

2002
Heart of the Festival poster

Heart of the Festival

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Federico Fellini's Autobiography poster

Federico Fellini's Autobiography

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1998
The Red Dwarf poster

The Red Dwarf

Movie · as Paola Bendoni

1997
La villa dei misteri poster

La villa dei misteri

Movie

1996
Bambola poster

Bambola

Movie · as Mamma Greta

1994
In morte di Federico Fellini poster

In morte di Federico Fellini

Movie

1992
Bad Girls poster

Bad Girls

Movie · as Milli

1992
Ambrogio poster

Ambrogio

Movie · as Clarice

1991
Il Conte Max poster

Il Conte Max

Movie · as Marika

1987
Intervista poster

Intervista

Movie · as Anita Ekberg

1986
The Seduction of Angela poster

The Seduction of Angela

Movie · as Signora Rocchi

1983
Fellini nel cestino

Fellini nel cestino

Movie · as Self

1982
Fatty Girl Goes to New York poster

Fatty Girl Goes to New York

Movie · as baronessa Judith von Kemp

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert poster

S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert

Movie · as Dr. Else Biebling

1979
Killer Nun poster

Killer Nun

Movie · as Sister Gertrude

1979
Gold of the Amazon Women poster

Gold of the Amazon Women

Movie · as Queen Na-Eela

1977
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti poster

Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

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

1976
Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Bob Hope's World of Comedy

Movie · as (archive footage)

1974
Northeast of Seoul poster

Northeast of Seoul

Movie · as Katherine

1972
Teatro 11 poster

Teatro 11

Movie · as Self

1972
The French Sex Murders poster

The French Sex Murders

Movie · as Madame Colette

1972
Deadly Trackers poster

Deadly Trackers

Movie · as Jane

1970
The Clowns poster

The Clowns

Movie · as Anita Ekberg

1970
The Conjugal Debt poster

The Conjugal Debt

Movie · as Ines

1970
The Divorce poster

The Divorce

Movie · as Flavia

1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium poster

If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium

Movie · as Performer

1969
Fangs of the Living Dead poster

Fangs of the Living Dead

Movie · as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka

1969
Death Knocks Twice poster

Death Knocks Twice

Movie · as Sophia Ferretti

1969
A Candidate for a Killing poster

A Candidate for a Killing

Movie · as Jacqueline Monnard

1968
Night of Hate poster

Night of Hate

Movie · as Bessie

1967
Woman Times Seven poster

Woman Times Seven

Movie · as Claudie

1967
The Cobra poster

The Cobra

Movie · as Lou

1967
The Glass Sphinx poster

The Glass Sphinx

Movie · as Paulette

1966
Way... Way Out poster

Way... Way Out

Movie · as Anna Soblova

1966
How I Learned to Love Women poster

How I Learned to Love Women

Movie · as Margaret Joyce

1966
Pardon, Are You for or Against? poster

Pardon, Are You for or Against?

Movie · as Olga, la baronessa

1965
The Alphabet Murders poster

The Alphabet Murders

Movie · as Amanda Beatrice Cross

1965
Das Liebeskarussell poster

Das Liebeskarussell

Movie · as Lolita Young

1964
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa poster

Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa

Movie · as Alberchiaria

1964
Der goldene Schuß

Der goldene Schuß

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1963
4 for Texas poster

4 for Texas

Movie · as Elya Carlson

1963
Call Me Bwana poster

Call Me Bwana

Movie · as Luba

1962
Boccaccio '70 poster

Boccaccio '70

Movie · as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")

1962
The Temptation of Dr. Antonio poster

The Temptation of Dr. Antonio

Movie · as Anita

1962
Lykke og krone poster

Lykke og krone

Movie · as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

1961
The Mongols poster

The Mongols

Movie · as Hulina

1961
A porte chiuse poster

A porte chiuse

Movie · as Olga Duvovich

1960
The Dam on the Yellow River poster

The Dam on the Yellow River

Movie · as Dorothy Simmons

1960
Little Girls and High Finance poster

Little Girls and High Finance

Movie · as Jeanne

1960
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel poster

Three Etc.'s and the Colonel

Movie · as Georgina

1960
La Dolce Vita poster

La Dolce Vita

Movie · as Sylvia

1959
Sign of the Gladiator poster

Sign of the Gladiator

Movie · as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira

1959
Zwischen Glück und Krone poster

Zwischen Glück und Krone

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1958
Paris Holiday poster

Paris Holiday

Movie · as Zara

1958
Screaming Mimi poster

Screaming Mimi

Movie · as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange

1958
The Man Inside poster

The Man Inside

Movie · as Trudie Hall

1957
Interpol poster

Interpol

Movie · as Gina Broger

1957
Valerie poster

Valerie

Movie · as Valerie Horvat

1956
War and Peace poster

War and Peace

Movie · as Helene Kuragina

1956
Hollywood or Bust poster

Hollywood or Bust

Movie · as Actress Anita

1956
Back from Eternity poster

Back from Eternity

Movie · as Rena

1956
Man in the Vault poster

Man in the Vault

Movie · as Flo Randall

1956
Zarak poster

Zarak

Movie · as Salma

1956
The Steve Allen Show poster

The Steve Allen Show

TV · as Self - Guest, Self - Snow White, Self - Singer · 1 ep

1955
Blood Alley poster

Blood Alley

Movie · as Wei Ling

1955
Artists and Models poster

Artists and Models

Movie · as Anita

1955
Casablanca poster

Casablanca

TV · as Katrina Jorgenson · 10 eps

1953
The Golden Blade poster

The Golden Blade

Movie · as Handmaid

1953
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars poster

Abbott and Costello Go to Mars

Movie · as Venusian Guard

1953
The Oscars poster

The Oscars

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Terras fönster 5

Terras fönster 5

Movie

1950
The Colgate Comedy Hour poster

The Colgate Comedy Hour

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self · 1 ep