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
Bambola
(1996)
Mamma Greta
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Sylvia
War and Peace
(1956)
Helene Kuragina
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Artists and Models
(1955)
Anita
Blood Alley
(1955)
Wei Ling
4 for Texas
(1963)
Elya Carlson
The Clowns
(1970)
Anita Ekberg
Killer Nun
(1979)
Sister Gertrude
Intervista
(1987)
Anita Ekberg
Woman Times Seven
(1967)
Claudie
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Hollywood or Bust
(1956)
Actress Anita
Full Filmography
Acting
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
(1953)
Venusian Guard
The Golden Blade
(1953)
Handmaid
Blood Alley
(1955)
Wei Ling
Artists and Models
(1955)
Anita
War and Peace
(1956)
Helene Kuragina
Hollywood or Bust
(1956)
Actress Anita
Back from Eternity
(1956)
Rena
Man in the Vault
(1956)
Flo Randall
Zarak
(1956)
Salma
Interpol
(1957)
Gina Broger
Valerie
(1957)
Valerie Horvat
Paris Holiday
(1958)
Zara
Screaming Mimi
(1958)
Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
The Man Inside
(1958)
Trudie Hall
Sign of the Gladiator
(1959)
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
Little Girls and High Finance
(1960)
The Dam on the Yellow River
(1960)
Dorothy Simmons
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
(1960)
Georgina
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Sylvia
The Mongols
(1961)
Hulina
A porte chiuse
(1961)
Olga Duvovich
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
4 for Texas
(1963)
Elya Carlson
Call Me Bwana
(1963)
Luba
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa
(1964)
Alberchiaria
The Alphabet Murders
(1965)
Amanda Beatrice Cross
Das Liebeskarussell
(1965)
Lolita Young
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Way... Way Out
(1966)
Anna Soblova
How I Learned to Love Women
(1966)
Margaret Joyce
Pardon, Are You for or Against?
(1966)
Olga, la baronessa
Woman Times Seven
(1967)
Claudie
The Cobra
(1967)
Lou
The Glass Sphinx
(1967)
Paulette
Night of Hate
(1968)
Bessie
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
(1969)
Performer
Fangs of the Living Dead
(1969)
Malenka / Sylvia Morel
A Candidate for a Killing
(1969)
Jacqueline Monnard
Death Knocks Twice
(1969)
Sophia Ferretti
The Clowns
(1970)
Anita Ekberg
The Conjugal Debt
(1970)
Ines
Il divorzio
(1970)
Flavia
The French Sex Murders
(1972)
Madame Colette
Deadly Trackers
(1972)
Jane
Teatro 11
(1972)
Self
Northeast of Seoul
(1974)
Katherine
Killer Nun
(1979)
Sister Gertrude
Gold of the Amazon Women
(1979)
Queen Na-Eela
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert
(1980)
Dr. Else Biebling
Cicciabomba
(1982)
baronessa Judith von Kemp
Fellini nel cestino
(1983)
Self
The Seduction of Angela
(1986)
Signora Rocchi
Intervista
(1987)
Anita Ekberg
Il conte Max
(1991)
Marika
Bad Girls
(1992)
Milli
Ambrogio
(1992)
Clarice
Bambola
(1996)
Mamma Greta
La villa dei misteri
(1997)
The Red Dwarf
(1998)
Paola Bendoni
Federico Fellini's Autobiography
(2000)
Self (archive footage)
The Magic of Fellini
(2002)
Self
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others
(2003)
Self
1960
(2010)
Self (archive footage)
The Sweet Algorithm
(2011)
Sylvia
Becoming Anita Ekberg
(2014)
Self (archive footage)
Ciao Anita
(2021)
Self
The Girl in the Fountain
(2021)
Self (archive footage)
Dov'era lei a quell'ora
(2021)
Anita Ekberg
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)