Silvana Pampanini is an Italian actress. She was Miss Italy in 1946 and the following year she started her movie career.

Born in Rome, she became one of the most popular actresses in her country and was considered a sex symbol

Sex symbol

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 in the 1950s. In 1955 she visited New York

New York

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, Denver and Hollywood where she rejected movie offers, because she found English too difficult and because she had some problems about tax office.

She was famous in France, where she was named Ninì Pampan, Spain, where she starred in Tirma, la principessa delle Canarie, South America, especially in Mexico

Mexico

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, where she starred in Sete d'amore with Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro Armendáriz

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, and Egypt

Egypt

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. She worked with other important actors and directors internationally as Buster Keaton

Buster Keaton

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, Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman Knight Grand Cross OMRI , popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian theatre and film actor and director...

, Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni, Knight Grand Cross was an Italian film actor. His honours included British Film Academy Awards, Best Actor awards at the Cannes Film Festival and two Golden Globe Awards.- Personal life :...

, Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

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, Totò

Totò

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, Jean Gabin

Jean Gabin

-Biography:Born Jean-Alexis Moncorgé in Paris, he grew up in the village of Mériel in the Seine-et-Oise département, about 22 mi north of Paris. The son of cabaret entertainers, he attended the Lycée Janson de Sailly...

, Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

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, Abel Gance

Abel Gance

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, Vittorio De Sica

Vittorio de Sica

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. She preceded more famous Italian hollywood divas as Sophia Loren

Sophia Loren

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 and Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

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. In the opinion of the press, she filtered with personalities as Tyrone Power

Tyrone Power

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, William Holden

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, Orson Welles

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, Omar Sharif

Omar Sharif

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, George DeWitt

George DeWitt

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, Jimenez

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 and Fidel Castro

Fidel Castro

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; despite of this she never married.

But her success wasn't very lasting; in fact in the 1960s she left movies to take care her parents, preferring to appear in television; additionally, she is Rosetta Pampanini

Rosetta Pampanini

Rosetta Pampanini was an Italian soprano, particularly associated with Puccini roles, especially Madama Butterfly....

's niece, an Italian soprano; in fact before she became famous in the world, she wanted to become an opera singer.

Actress

• Il segreto di Don Giovanni (1947)
• Arrivederci papà (1948)
• Il barone Carlo Mazza (1948)
• Antonio di Padova (1948)
• I pompieri di Viggiù (1949)
• Marechiaro (1949)
• Biancaneve e i sette ladri (1949)
• Lo sparviero del Nilo (1950)
• Io sono il capataz
  Io sono il capataz
  Io sono il capataz is a 1950 Italian western film directed by Giorgio Simonelli.-Cast:*Renato Rascel ... Uguccione*Silvana Pampanini ... Rosa de Fuego*Luigi Pavese ... Erasmo*Adriano Ambrogi*Oscar Andriani*Dale Arden*Giulio Battiferri...
  
  (1950)
• È arrivato il cavaliere (1950)
• La bisarca (1950)
• Il Richiamo nella tempesta
  Il Richiamo nella tempesta
  Il Richiamo nella tempesta is a 1950 Italian film directed by Oreste Palella.-Cast:*Silvana Pampanini*Renato Baldini*Gabriella Sangro*Barbara Leite ... Anna maria*Elsa Vazzoler*Carlo Ghisini*Gigi Gorda*Renato Malavasi*Gina Matelli*Carlo Mazzoni...
  
  (1950)
• L'inafferrabile 12
  L'inafferrabile 12
  L'inafferrabile 12 is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Mario Mattoli and starring Walter Chiari.-Cast:* Walter Chiari - Carletto Esposito\Brandoletti* Silvana Pampanini - Clara* Isa Barzizza - Teresa* Carlo Campanini - Beppe...
  
  (1950)
• 47 morto che parla
  47 morto che parla
  47 morto che parla is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia. The film stars Totò and Silvana Pampanini.-Cast:* Totò as Il barone Antonio Peletti* Silvana Pampanini as Madame Bonbon, la canzonettista...
  
  (1950)
• Bellezze in bicicletta
  Bellezze in bicicletta
  Bellezze in bicicletta is a 1950 Italian comedy film directed by Carlo Campogalliani. The film stars Silvana Pampanini and Delia Scala.-Cast:*Silvana Pampanini as Silvana*Delia Scala as Delia*Franca Marzi as Maria...
  
  (1951)
• Le Avventure di Mandrin (1951)
• Era lui... sì! sì! (1951)
• Miracolo a Viggiù (1951)
• Una bruna indiavolata
  Una Bruna indiavolata
  Una Bruna indiavolata is a 1951 Italian film directed by Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia....
  
  (1951)
• Ha fatto 13! (1951)
• O.K. Nerone (1951)
• La Paura fa 90 (1951)
• Canzoni di mezzo secolo (1952)
• La presidentessa (1952)
• Processo alla città (1952)
• La Tratta delle bianche
  La Tratta delle bianche
  La Tratta delle bianche is a 1952 Italian film. It was also released in the United States in 1954 under the title Girls Marked Danger.-Cast:...
  
  (1952)
• La Donna che inventò l'amore
  La Donna che inventò l'amore
  La Donna che inventò l'amore is a 1952 Italian film written and directed by Ferruccio Cerio.-Cast:*Silvana Pampanini as Antonella*Rossano Brazzi as Conte Grilli...
  
  (1952)
• Viva il cinema! (1952)
• La Peccatrice dell'isola
  La Peccatrice dell'isola
  La Peccatrice dell'isola is a 1952 Italian film....
  
  (1952)
• Bufere (1953)
• Canzoni, canzoni, canzoni (1953)
• Un giorno in pretura
  Un giorno in pretura
  Un giorno in pretura is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Steno. It was shown as part of a retrospective on Italian comedy at the 67th Venice International Film Festival.-Cast:* Peppino De Filippo - Judge Salomone Lorusso* Silvana Pampanini - Luisa...
  
  (1953)
• L'incantevole nemica (1953)
• Koenigsmark (1953)
• Un marito per Anna Zaccheo (1953)
• Noi cannibali (1953)
• L'allegro squadrone (1954)
• Amori di mezzo secolo (1954)
• Il matrimonio (1954)
• Schiava del peccato
  Schiava del peccato
  Schiava del peccato is a 1954 Italian comedy film directed by Raffaello Matarazzo.-Cast:* Miranda Campa* Giorgio Capecchi* Olinto Cristina* Adriana Danieli* Mirella Di Lauri* Franca Dominici* Checco Durante* Franco Fabrizi - Carlo...
  
  (1954)
• Vortice (1954)
• The Island Princess
  The Island Princess
  The Island Princess is a late Jacobean tragicomedy by John Fletcher, initially published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647.-The play:...
  
  (1955)
• La torre di Nesle (1955)
• La bella di Roma (1955)
• Racconti romani (1955)
• Canzoni di tutta Italia (1956)
• La legge della strada (1956)
• La Loi des rues
  La Loi des rues
  La Loi des rues , is a French drama film from 1956, directed by Ralph Habib, written by Jean Ferry, starring Raymond Pellegrin and Louis de Funès...
  
  (1956)
• Saranno uomini (1957)
• La strada lunga un anno (1958)
• Sete d'amore (1959)
• Il terrore dei mari (1961)
• Mariti a congresso (1961)
• La spada dell'Islam (1962)
• Napoleoncito (1964)
• Il Gaucho (1964)
• Mondo pazzo, gente matta (1965)
• Tres mil kilometros de amor (1966)
• Mazzabubù...quante corna stanno laggiù (1971)
• Il tassinaro (1983)

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