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Acting
Born
1933-08-22
Place of Birth
Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia)
Sylva Koscina
Biography
Sylva Koscina (Italian pronunciation: [ˈsilva ˈkɔʃʃina]; born Silvija Košćina, pronounced [sǐlʋija kǒʃtɕina]; 22 August 1933 – 26 December 1994) was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress, maybe best remembered for her role as Iole, the bride of Hercules (Steve Reeves) in Hercules (1958) and Hercules Unchained (1960). She also played Paul Newman's romantic interest in The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968).
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Acting History
1992
Ricky & Barabba as Cristina Bonelli
1991L'odissea as Minerva
1987Rimini Rimini as sorella dell'ingegnere
1984...e la vita continua as Evelina
1984Die Nacht der vier Monde as (special guest)
1984Cinderella '80 as Mafalda Gherardeschi
1983This and That as Dora, madre di Daniela
1983Magic Touch as Contessa Irene
1981Ace as Enrichetta
1980Sunday Lovers as Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")
1977Casanova & Co. as The Prefect's Wife
1975Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza as Mariù
1975The House of Exorcism as Sophia Lehar (archive footage)
1974Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau as Zoraida
1974Witness to Murder as Sonja Dorigny
1974The Author's Crime as Milena Gottardi
1973Lisa and the Devil as Sophia Lehar
1973My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure as La moglie del tintore
1972The Italian Connection as Lucia Canali
1972Blessed Are the Rich as Contessa
1972The Crimes of the Black Cat as Françoise Ballais
1972So Sweet, So Dead as Barbara Capuana
1972Nights of Boccaccio as Fiammetta
1972To Kill in Silence as Valeria's mother
1971You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife as Susana
1971African Story as Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina)
1971Homo Eroticus as Carla
1971Les Jambes en l'air as Favouille Grandblaise
1971The Great Swindle as Lola
1971Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? as La moglie del presentatore
1971Sex of the Devil as Sylvia, the Assistant
1970Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move as La baronessa di Valdarno
1970Hornets' Nest as Bianca
1970Vertigo For A Killer as Sylvie
1970The Modification as Cécile
1970The Dove Must Not Fly as Anne
1969The Battle of Neretva as Danica
1969He and She as She
1969I See Naked as Self
1969Marquis de Sade: Justine as Marquise de Bressac
1969The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal as Theodora
1968The Fight for Rome as Empress Theodora
1968The Protagonists as Nancy
1968A Lovely Way to Die as Rena Westabrook
1968The Secret War of Harry Frigg as Countess Francesca De Montefiore
1967Johnny Banco as Laureen Moore
1967Three Bites of the Apple as Carla Moretti
1967Deadlier Than the Male as Penelope
1967Italy's in Season as Self
1966Four Queens for an Ace as Dolores Arrabal, Fashion Designer
1966Funny Money as Lucile
1966Me, Me, Me... and the Others as The 'Star'
1966Agent X-77 Orders to Kill as Mania
1965Made in Italy as Diana (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 3") (as Silva Koscina)
1965Money as Leda
1965Juliet of the Spirits as Sylva
1965Thrilling as Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
1965Il morbidone as Irene
1965That Man in Istanbul as Kenny
1965The Double Bed as Giulietta / Peggy
1965The Dictator's Guns as Rae Osborne
1964The Circular Triangle as Alexandra Fonseca
1964Cyrano and d'Artagnan as Ninon de Lenclos
1964Love and Marriage as (segment "Sabato 18 luglio")
1964Corpse for the Lady as Laura Guglielmetti
1964Let's Talk About Women as Reluctant Girl
1964Love in Four Dimensions as Irma, la moglie (segment "Amore e vita")
1964Una storia di notte as Maddalena
1964Hot Enough for June as Vlasta Simoneva
1963Girl's Apartment as Eléna
1963Judex as Daisy
1963Rampage as Stewardess
1963The Little Nuns as Elena
1963The Scapegoat as Clemenza, Barbo's Wife
1963The Shortest Day
1962La salamandre d'or as (uncredited)
1962The Four Truths as Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
1962Copacabana Palace as Ines
1962The Iron Mask as Marion
1962The Swordsman of Siena as Orietta Arconti
1962The Masseuses as Marisa
1962Jessica as Nunzia Tuffi
1961Destination Fury
1961Blood Feud as Carla
1960Love, the Italian Way as Luciana
1960Ravishing as Evelyne Cotteret
1960...And Suddenly It's Murder! as Carolina
1960Mariti in pericolo as Silvana
1960The Traffic Policeman as Herself
1960Trapped by Fear as Arabelle
1960Le pillole di Ercole as Silvia Pasqui
1960I piaceri dello scapolo as Eby
1960Siege of Syracuse as Clio
1960Genitori in blue-jeans as Elena
1959The Surprises of Love as Marianna
1959La cambiale as Odette Mercury
1959Uncle Was a Vampire as Carla
1959The Woman's Confidant as Maria Bonifati
1959Poor Millionaires as Alice
1959Hercules Unchained as Iole, bride of Ercole
1958Totò in the Moon as Lidia
1958Love on the Riviera as Renata Morandi
1958Dangerous Women as Tosca
1958La nipote Sabella as Lucia
1958Toto in Paris as Juliette Marchand
1958Quando gli angeli piangono as Marta
1958Young Husbands as Mara
1958He Thief, She Thief as Cesira De Angelis
1958Hercules as Iole, Daugher of Pelias
1957The Mighty Crusaders as Clorinda (as Silva Koscina)
1957Non sono più guaglione as Carolina
1957The Innocent with Forty Children as Gina Lantois
1957Female Three Times as Sonia
1957Oh! Sabella as Lucia
1957Engaged to Death as Lucia
1957Guendalina as Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina
1956Michael Strogoff as Sangarine
1956The Railroad Man as Giulia Marcocci
1955Are We Men or Corporals? as The aspiring actress
1954Reflets de Cannes as Self
1951Sanremo Music Festival as Self - Host
—Cinderella '87 as Mafalda Gherardeschi