Anita Ekberg
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 29, 1931
- Died
- January 11, 2015
- Birthplace
- Malmö - Skåne län - Sweden
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.
Filmography
Being Bo Widerberg 2025
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Marilyn 2022
as (archive footage)
Rat Pack 2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Girl in the Fountain 2021
as Self (archive footage)
Dov'era lei a quell'ora 2021
as Anita Ekberg
Ciao Anita 2021
as Self
Beautiful Like a Poem 2020
as Self (archive footage)
Becoming Anita Ekberg 2014
as Self (archive footage)
The Sweet Algorithm 2011
as Sylvia
1960 2010
as Self (archive footage)
Cameraman: The Life and Work of Jack Cardiff 2010
as photo archive
Brigitte Bardot: The Icon of France 2009
Actor
- Anita of Sweden
Anita of Sweden 2007
Actor
Fellini dice... 2006
as Self
Federico Fellini - Through the Eyes of Others 2003
as Self
Heart of the Festival 2002
as Self (archive footage)
The Magic of Fellini 2002
as Self
Federico Fellini's Autobiography 2000
as Self (archive footage)
The Red Dwarf 1998
as Paola Bendoni
La villa dei misteri 1997
Actor
Bambola 1996
as Mamma Greta
In morte di Federico Fellini 1994
Actor
Ambrogio 1992
as Clarice
Bad Girls 1992
as Milli
Il Conte Max 1991
as Marika
Intervista 1987
as Anita Ekberg
The Seduction of Angela 1986
as Signora Rocchi
- Fellini nel cestino
Fellini nel cestino 1983
as Self
Fatty Girl Goes to New York 1982
as baronessa Judith von Kemp
S+H+E: Security Hazards Expert 1980
as Dr. Else Biebling
Killer Nun 1979
as Sister Gertrude
Gold of the Amazon Women 1979
as Queen Na-Eela
Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti 1977
as Self - Zenobia, Queen of Palmira (archive footage)
- Bob Hope's World of Comedy
Bob Hope's World of Comedy 1976
as (archive footage)
Northeast of Seoul 1974
as Katherine
Deadly Trackers 1972
as Jane
The French Sex Murders 1972
as Madame Colette
Teatro 11 1972
as Self
The Clowns 1970
as Anita Ekberg
The Conjugal Debt 1970
as Ines
The Divorce 1970
as Flavia
Death Knocks Twice 1969
as Sophia Ferretti
A Candidate for a Killing 1969
as Jacqueline Monnard
Fangs of the Living Dead 1969
as Sylvia De Morel / Malenka
If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium 1969
as Performer
Night of Hate 1968
as Bessie
Woman Times Seven 1967
as Claudie
The Glass Sphinx 1967
as Paulette
The Cobra 1967
as Lou
Pardon, Are You for or Against? 1966
as Olga, la baronessa
Way... Way Out 1966
as Anna Soblova
How I Learned to Love Women 1966
as Margaret Joyce
The Alphabet Murders 1965
as Amanda Beatrice Cross
Das Liebeskarussell 1965
as Lolita Young
Bianco, rosso, giallo, rosa 1964
as Alberchiaria
4 for Texas 1963
as Elya Carlson
Call Me Bwana 1963
as Luba
Lykke og krone 1962
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Temptation of Dr. Antonio 1962
as Anita
Boccaccio '70 1962
as Anita (segment "Le tentazioni del dottor Antonio")
The Mongols 1961
as Hulina
A porte chiuse 1961
as Olga Duvovich
Little Girls and High Finance 1960
as Jeanne
Three Etc.'s and the Colonel 1960
as Georgina
The Dam on the Yellow River 1960
as Dorothy Simmons
La Dolce Vita 1960
as Sylvia
Zwischen Glück und Krone 1959
as Self (archive footage)
Sign of the Gladiator 1959
as Zenobia, Queen of Palmira
The Man Inside 1958
as Trudie Hall
Screaming Mimi 1958
as Virginia Wilson / Yolanda Lange
Paris Holiday 1958
as Zara
Valerie 1957
as Valerie Horvat
Interpol 1957
as Gina Broger
Man in the Vault 1956
as Flo Randall
Hollywood or Bust 1956
as Actress Anita
Zarak 1956
as Salma
Back from Eternity 1956
as Rena
War and Peace 1956
as Helene Kuragina
Artists and Models 1955
as Anita
Blood Alley 1955
as Wei Ling
The Golden Blade 1953
as Handmaid
Abbott and Costello Go to Mars 1953
as Venusian Guard
- Terras fönster 5
Terras fönster 5 1951
Actor
Credits from TMDB.