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
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Sylvia
Bambola
(1996)
Mamma Greta
War and Peace
(1956)
Helene Kuragina
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
The Clowns
(1970)
Anita Ekberg
Artists and Models
(1955)
Anita
Intervista
(1987)
Anita Ekberg
4 for Texas
(1963)
Elya Carlson
The Mongols
(1961)
Hulina
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
Screaming Mimi
(1958)
Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
Fangs of the Living Dead
(1969)
Malenka / Sylvia Morel
Blood Alley
(1955)
Wei Ling
Killer Nun
(1979)
Sister Gertrude
Rat Pack
(2022)
Self (archive footage)
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
(1969)
Performer
Full Filmography
Acting
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars
(1953)
Venusian Guard
The Golden Blade
(1953)
Handmaid
Artists and Models
(1955)
Anita
Blood Alley
(1955)
Wei Ling
War and Peace
(1956)
Helene Kuragina
Zarak
(1956)
Salma
Back from Eternity
(1956)
Rena
Hollywood or Bust
(1956)
Actress Anita
Man in the Vault
(1956)
Flo Randall
Valerie
(1957)
Valerie Horvat
Interpol
(1957)
Gina Broger
The Man Inside
(1958)
Trudie Hall
Paris Holiday
(1958)
Zara
Screaming Mimi
(1958)
Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
Sign of the Gladiator
(1959)
Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel
(1960)
Georgina
Little Girls and High Finance
(1960)
The Dam on the Yellow River
(1960)
Dorothy Simmons
La Dolce Vita
(1960)
Sylvia
A porte chiuse
(1961)
Olga Duvovich
The Mongols
(1961)
Hulina
Boccaccio '70
(1962)
Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
Call Me Bwana
(1963)
Luba
4 for Texas
(1963)
Elya Carlson
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa
(1964)
Alberchiaria
Das Liebeskarussell
(1965)
Lolita Young
The Love Goddesses
(1965)
(archive footage)
The Alphabet Murders
(1965)
Amanda Beatrice Cross
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
The Cobra
(1967)
Lou
Woman Times Seven
(1967)
Claudie
The Glass Sphinx
(1967)
Paulette
Night of Hate
(1968)
Bessie
Fangs of the Living Dead
(1969)
Malenka / Sylvia Morel
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium
(1969)
Performer
A Candidate for a Killing
(1969)
Jacqueline Monnard
Death Knocks Twice
(1969)
Sophia Ferretti
Il divorzio
(1970)
Flavia
The Conjugal Debt
(1970)
Ines
The Clowns
(1970)
Anita Ekberg
Deadly Trackers
(1972)
Jane
The French Sex Murders
(1972)
Madame Colette
Teatro 11
(1972)
Self
Northeast of Seoul
(1974)
Katherine
Gold of the Amazon Women
(1979)
Queen Na-Eela
Killer Nun
(1979)
Sister Gertrude
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
Anita of Sweden
(2007)
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)