Acting

Anita Ekberg

Born 1931-09-29 · Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden

Died 2015-01-11

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.

Credits

Newest first

Being Bo Widerberg
as Self (archive footage)
2025
Becoming Marilyn
as (archive footage)
2022
Rat Pack
as Self (archive footage)
2022
The Girl in the Fountain
as Self (archive footage)
2021
Dov'era lei a quell'ora
as Anita Ekberg
2021
Ciao Anita
as Self
2021
Beautiful Like a Poem
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Becoming Anita Ekberg
as Self (archive footage)
2014
The Sweet Algorithm
as Sylvia
2011
1960
as Self (archive footage)
2010
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France
2009
Anita of Sweden
2007
Fellini dice...
as Self
2006
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
as Self
2003
Heart of the Festival
as Self (archive footage)
2002
The Magic of Fellini
as Self
2002
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
as Self (archive footage)
2000
The Red Dwarf
as Paola Bendoni
1998
La villa dei misteri
1997
Bambola
as Mamma Greta
1996
In morte di Federico Fellini
1994
Ambrogio
as Clarice
1992
Bad Girls
as Milli
1992
Il Conte Max
as Marika
1991
Intervista
as Anita Ekberg
1987
The Seduction of Angela
as Signora Rocchi
1986
Fellini nel cestino
as Self
1983
Fatty Girl Goes to New York
as baronessa Judith von Kemp
1982
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
as Dr. Else Biebling
1980
Killer Nun
as Sister Gertrude
1979
Gold of the Amazon Women
as Queen Na-Eela
1979
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti
as Self - Zenobia, Queen of Palmira (archive footage)
1977
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
as (archive footage)
1976
Northeast of Seoul
as Katherine
1974
Deadly Trackers
as Jane
1972
The French Sex Murders
as Madame Colette
1972
Teatro 11
as Self
1972
The Clowns
as Anita Ekberg
1970
The Conjugal Debt
as Ines
1970
The Divorce
as Flavia
1970
Death Knocks Twice
as Sophia Ferretti
1969
A Candidate for a Killing
as Jacqueline Monnard
1969
Fangs of the Living Dead
as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka
1969
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
as Performer
1969
Night of Hate
as Bessie
1968
Woman Times Seven
as Claudie
1967
The Glass Sphinx
as Paulette
1967
The Cobra
as Lou
1967
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
as Olga, la baronessa
1966
Way... Way Out
as Anna Soblova
1966
How I Learned to Love Women
as Margaret Joyce
1966
The Alphabet Murders
as Amanda Beatrice Cross
1965
Das Liebeskarussell
as Lolita Young
1965
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa
as Alberchiaria
1964
Der goldene Schuß
as Self
1964
4 for Texas
as Elya Carlson
1963
Call Me Bwana
as Luba
1963
Lykke og krone
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
1962
Boccaccio '70
as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
1962
The Temptation of Dr. Antonio
as Anita
1962
The Mongols
as Hulina
1961
A porte chiuse
as Olga Duvovich
1961
Little Girls and High Finance
as Jeanne
1960
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
as Georgina
1960
The Dam on the Yellow River
as Dorothy Simmons
1960
La Dolce Vita
as Sylvia
1960
Zwischen Glück und Krone
as Self (archive footage)
1959
Sign of the Gladiator
as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
1959
The Man Inside
as Trudie Hall
1958
Screaming Mimi
as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
1958
Paris Holiday
as Zara
1958
Valerie
as Valerie Horvat
1957
Interpol
as Gina Broger
1957
Man in the Vault
as Flo Randall
1956
Hollywood or Bust
as Actress Anita
1956
Zarak
as Salma
1956
Back from Eternity
as Rena
1956
War and Peace
as Helene Kuragina
1956
The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Guest
1956