Sylva Koscina
Biography
Sylva Koscina was a Yugoslav-born Italian actress who became a lead player in popular Italian comedies. She broke through as Giulia in Pietro Germi's The Railroad Man, then took roles in Guendalina and such comedies as Oh! Sabella and Poor Millionaires (1959). She moved between vamp and ingenue characters and played Hercules's bride Iole in Hercules and Hercules Unchained, the part for which she was best known. In the 1960s she appeared in Juliet of the Spirits (1965), Three Fables of Love, and the comedy caper Three Bites of the Apple, and she later played a German doctor in Hornets' Nest (1970) and a partisan soldier in The Battle of Neretva (1969). Her other credits included Deadlier Than the Male (1967), The Secret War of Harry Frigg (1968), Lisa and the Devil (1973), and Marquis de Sade: Justine. She also worked on television variety shows and in theater, including La commedia del Decamerone.
61years old at death
- Born Zagreb
- Died Rome
- Star sign: LeoLast day of the sign, on the Virgo cusp
- Also credited as Silvija Košćina, Σύλβα Κοσκινού and Sýlva Koskinoú
Movie Career
- Films
- 18
- Career span
- 33 years1959 to 1992
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First role
A 1954 photo of Koscina kissing a Giro d'Italia stage winner, taken when she was Miss di Tappa, was published in newspapers across Europe.
A change of course
In Italy, an officer let Koscina off without a traffic ticket. She thanked him on a television program, which got him in trouble with the police department and inspired Il vigile (The Traffic Policeman, 1960), where she played herself.
Sylva Koscina movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
- The Secret War of Harry Frigg1968 Comedy, Waras Countess Francesca De Montefiore
IMDb rating 6.32.0K votes
Most often with
Ralph Thomas directed two of these films, Dino Risi two. Ten actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Ralph ThomasDirector, 2 films, 1964 to 1967
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Dino RisiDirector, 2 films, 1959 to 1980
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- Giacomo Rossi StuartThe Crimes of the Black Cat (1972) and Hornets' Nest (1970)
- Andrea BosicHornets' Nest (1970) and La cambiale (1959)
- Francesca Romana ColuzziDracula in the Provinces (1975) and The Italian Connection (1972)
- Imelde MaraniThe Crimes of the Black Cat (1972) and The Italian Connection (1972)
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