Sylva Koscina

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1933-08-22 (61 years old)

Deathday

1994-12-26

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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sylva Koscina, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1964

Hot Enough for June

as Vlasta Simoneva

1977

Casanova & Co.

as The Prefect's Wife

1973

Lisa and the Devil

as Sophia Lehar

1967

1968

The Secret War of Harry Frigg

as Countess Francesca De Montefiore

1967

Three Bites of the Apple

as Carla Moretti

1962

The Swordsman of Siena

as Orietta Arconti

1972

The Crimes of the Black Cat

as Françoise Ballais

1960

1972

The Italian Connection

as Lucia Canali

1981

Ace

as Enrichetta

1957

Oh! Sabella

as Lucia

1958

1964

1958

Toto in Paris

as Juliette Marchand

1965

Made in Italy

as Diana (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 3") (as Silva Koscina)

1958

Hercules

as Iole, Daugher of Pelias

1959

Hercules Unchained

as Iole, bride of Ercole

1958

He Thief, She Thief

as Cesira De Angelis

1969

1958

Love on the Riviera

as Renata Morandi

1984

Cinderella '80

as Mafalda Gherardeschi

1958

1983

Magic Touch

as Contessa Irene

1964

Let's Talk About Women

as Reluctant Girl

1963

Judex

as Daisy

1974

Witness to Murder

as Sonja Dorigny

1959

La cambiale

as Odette Mercury

1965

The Dictator's Guns

as Rae Osborne

1956

The Railroad Man

as Giulia Marcocci

1962

The Iron Mask

as Marion

1983

This and That

as Dora, madre di Daniela

1956

Michael Strogoff

as Sangarine

1968

A Lovely Way to Die

as Rena Westabrook

1970

Hornets' Nest

as Bianca

1959

The Woman's Confidant

as Maria Bonifati

1957

1962

The Masseuses

as Marisa

1972

So Sweet, So Dead

as Barbara Capuana

1963

1964

Love in Four Dimensions

as Irma, la moglie (segment "Amore e vita")

1960

Trapped by Fear

as Arabelle

1964

Cyrano and d'Artagnan

as Ninon de Lenclos

1962

The Four Truths

as Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")

1958

1972

1966

Funny Money

as Lucile

1957

Guendalina

as Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina

1968

The Fight for Rome

as Empress Theodora

1960

Le pillole di Ercole

as Silvia Pasqui

1964

Corpse for the Lady

as Laura Guglielmetti

1961

Blood Feud

as Carla

1969

Marquis de Sade: Justine

as Marquise de Bressac

1975

The House of Exorcism

as Sophia Lehar (archive footage)

1971

Sex of the Devil

as Sylvia, the Assistant

1971

1966

Four Queens for an Ace

as Dolores Arrabal, Fashion Designer

1969

1957

The Mighty Crusaders

as Clorinda (as Silva Koscina)

1963

1971

African Story

as Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina)

1971

Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?

as La moglie del presentatore

1963

The Scapegoat

as Clemenza, Barbo's Wife

1959

1968

1964

The Circular Triangle

as Alexandra Fonseca

1967

Johnny Banco

as Laureen Moore

1984

Die Nacht der vier Monde

as (special guest)

1960

1980

Sunday Lovers

as Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")

1992

Ricky & Barabba

as Cristina Bonelli

1972

To Kill in Silence

as Valeria's mother

1960

1970

1962

La salamandre d'or

as (uncredited)

1964

Love and Marriage

as (segment "Sabato 18 luglio")

1971

Les Jambes en l'air

as Favouille Grandblaise

1973

My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure

as La moglie del tintore

1962

Jessica

as Nunzia Tuffi

1965

Money

as Leda

1965

Il morbidone

as Irene

1972

1987

Rimini Rimini

as sorella dell'ingegnere

1965

Thrilling

as Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole")

1958

1991

The Odyssey

as Minerva

1957

1965

The Double Bed

as Giulietta / Peggy

1960

Ravishing

as Evelyne Cotteret

1955

Are We Men or Corporals?

as The aspiring actress

1963

Rampage

as Stewardess

1974

The Author's Crime

as Milena Gottardi

1959

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