ANITA EKBERG, THE UNFORGETTABLE ICON OF THE DOLCE VITA, HAS DIED - ACTUALITY

Anita Ekberg is dead

Anita Ekberg, the Swedish actress who immediately became an icon of Italian cinema thanks to the film, died The sweet life by Federico Fellini. She was 83 years old, and had been hospitalized for some time in the San Raffaele clinic in Rocca di Papa, in the province of Rome.

She had started working as an actress in Hollywood, mainly in comedies with the couple Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin. After a part in War and peace by King Vidor, she moved to Italy and made a few films, before arriving at what "would have made her an" immortal icon of cinema and the quintessential symbol of the Dolce Vita, Federico Fellini's 1960 film.

Laura Antonelli, sexy and unfortunate diva, is dead

It remains in everyone's memory the scene in which, dressed in a splendid and provocative black dress, she enters the Trevi Fountain attracting her companion, Marcello Mastroianni, saying "Marcello, come here! It" s wonderful! ". A historical scene, which unfortunately would never be repeated in the career of the actress, who has experienced ups and downs since then. He worked again with Federico Fellini, in the episode The temptations of Doctor Antonio in the collective film Boccaccio "70, where she was a provocative model who advertised milk by tempting the poor moralist Doctor Antonio, played by Peppino De Filippo.

He has worked with other important Italian directors, such as Dino Risi, for Behind closed doors, and Vittorio De Sica for Seven times a woman, but his career no longer had the exploit of Sweet life. Back to work with Fellini in films The clowns And Interview, she then moved on to character roles, like in the movies Count Max by Christian De Sica e Doll by Bigas Luna, with Valeria Marini. He also took part in Italian fiction The beauty of women 2.