Sylva Koscina

from Zagreb, Croatia, Yugoslavia (now Zagreb, Croatia)

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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).

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Timeline

1992Aged 59

  • Poster for Ricky & Barabba

    Cristina Bonelli

1987Aged 54

  • Poster for Rimini Rimini

    sorella dell'ingegnere

1984Aged 51

  • Poster for Cinderella '80

    Mafalda Gherardeschi

  • Poster for Die Nacht der vier Monde

    (special guest)

1983Aged 50

  • Poster for Magic Touch

    Contessa Irene

  • Poster for This and That

    Dora, madre di Daniela

1981Aged 48

  • Poster for Ace

    Enrichetta

1980Aged 47

  • Poster for Sunday Lovers

    Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")

1977Aged 44

  • Poster for Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti

    Self - Clorinda (archive footage)

  • Poster for Casanova & Co.

    The Prefect's Wife

1975Aged 42

  • Poster for The House of Exorcism

    Sophia Lehar (archive footage)

  • Poster for Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza

    Mariù

1974Aged 41

  • Poster for The Author's Crime

    Milena Gottardi

  • Poster for Witness to Murder

    Sonja Dorigny

  • Poster for Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau

    Zoraida

1973Aged 40

  • Poster for My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure

    La moglie del tintore

  • Poster for Lisa and the Devil

    Sophia Lehar

1972Aged 39

  • Poster for To Kill in Silence

    Valeria's mother

  • Poster for Nights of Boccaccio

    Fiammetta

  • Poster for So Sweet, So Dead

    Barbara Capuana

  • Poster for The Crimes of the Black Cat

    Françoise Ballais

  • Poster for Blessed Are the Rich

    Contessa

  • Poster for The Italian Connection

    Lucia Canali

1971Aged 38

  • Poster for Sex of the Devil

    Sylvia, the Assistant

  • Poster for Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù?

    La moglie del presentatore

  • Poster for The Great Swindle

    Lola

  • Poster for Les Jambes en l'air

    Favouille Grandblaise

  • Poster for Homo Eroticus

    Carla

  • Poster for African Story

    Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina)

  • Poster for You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife

    Susana

1970Aged 37

  • Poster for The Dove Must Not Fly

    Anne

  • Poster for The Modification

    Cécile

  • Poster for Vertigo for a Killer

    Sylvie

  • Poster for Hornets' Nest

    Bianca

  • Poster for Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move

    La baronessa di Valdarno

1969Aged 36

  • Poster for The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal

    Theodora

  • Poster for Marquis de Sade: Justine

    Marquise de Bressac

  • Poster for I See Naked

    Self

  • Poster for He and She

    She

  • Poster for The Battle of Neretva

    Danica

1968Aged 35

  • Poster for The Secret War of Harry Frigg

    Countess Francesca De Montefiore

  • Poster for A Lovely Way to Die

    Rena Westabrook

  • Poster for The Protagonists

    Nancy

  • Poster for The Fight for Rome

    Empress Theodora

1967Aged 34

  • Poster for Italy's in Season

    Self

  • Poster for Deadlier Than the Male

    Penelope

  • Poster for Three Bites of the Apple

    Carla Moretti

  • Poster for Johnny Banco

    Laureen Moore

1966Aged 33

  • Poster for Agent X-77 Orders to Kill

    Mania

  • Poster for Me, Me, Me... and the Others

    The 'Star'

  • Poster for Funny Money

    Lucile

  • Poster for Four Queens for an Ace

    Dolores Arrabal, Fashion Designer

1965Aged 32

  • Poster for The Dictator's Guns

    Rae Osborne

  • Poster for The Double Bed

    Giulietta / Peggy

  • Poster for That Man in Istanbul

    Kenny

  • Poster for Il morbidone

    Irene

  • Poster for Thrilling

    Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole")

  • Poster for Juliet of the Spirits

    Sylva

  • Money

    Leda

  • Poster for Made in Italy

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

1964Aged 31

  • Poster for Una storia di notte

    Maddalena

  • Poster for Hot Enough for June

    Vlasta Simoneva

  • Poster for Love in Four Dimensions

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

  • Poster for Let's Talk About Women

    Reluctant Girl

  • Poster for Corpse for the Lady

    Laura Guglielmetti

  • Poster for Love and Marriage

    (segment "Sabato 18 luglio")

  • Poster for Cyrano and d'Artagnan

    Ninon de Lenclos

  • Poster for The Circular Triangle

    Alexandra Fonseca

1963Aged 30

  • Poster for The Shortest Day

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for The Scapegoat

    Clemenza, Barbo's Wife

  • Poster for The Little Nuns

    Elena

  • Poster for Rampage

    Stewardess

  • Poster for Girl's Apartment

    Eléna

  • Poster for Judex

    Daisy

1962Aged 29

  • Poster for Jessica

    Nunzia Tuffi

  • Poster for The Masseuses

    Marisa

  • Poster for The Swordsman of Siena

    Orietta Arconti

  • Poster for The Iron Mask

    Marion

  • Poster for Copacabana Palace

    Ines

  • Poster for The Four Truths

    Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")

  • Poster for La salamandre d'or

    (uncredited)

1961Aged 28

  • Poster for Blood Feud

    Carla

  • Poster for Destination Fury

    (Unknown)

1960Aged 27

  • Poster for Genitori in blue-jeans

    Elena

  • Poster for Siege of Syracuse

    Clio

  • Poster for I piaceri dello scapolo

    Eby

  • Poster for Le pillole di Ercole

    Silvia Pasqui

  • Poster for Trapped by Fear

    Arabelle

  • Poster for The Traffic Policeman

    Herself

  • Poster for Mariti in pericolo

    Silvana

  • Poster for ...And Suddenly It's Murder!

    Carolina

  • Poster for Ravishing

    Evelyne Cotteret

  • Poster for Love, the Italian Way

    Luciana

1959Aged 26

  • Poster for Hercules Unchained

    Iole, bride of Ercole

  • Poster for Poor Millionaires

    Alice

  • Poster for The Woman's Confidant

    Maria Bonifati

  • Poster for Uncle Was a Vampire

    Carla

  • Poster for La cambiale

    Odette Mercury

  • Poster for The Surprises of Love

    Marianna

1958Aged 25

  • Poster for Hercules

    Iole, Daugher of Pelias

  • Poster for He Thief, She Thief

    Cesira De Angelis

  • Poster for Young Husbands

    Mara

  • Poster for Quando gli angeli piangono

    Marta

  • Poster for Toto in Paris

    Juliette Marchand

  • Poster for La nipote Sabella

    Lucia

  • Poster for Dangerous Women

    Tosca

  • Poster for Love on the Riviera

    Renata Morandi

  • Poster for Totò in the Moon

    Lidia

1957Aged 24

  • Poster for Guendalina

    Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina

  • Poster for Engaged to Death

    Lucia

  • Poster for Oh! Sabella

    Lucia

  • Poster for Female Three Times

    Sonia

  • Poster for The Innocent with Forty Children

    Gina Lantois

  • Poster for Non sono più guaglione

    Carolina

  • Poster for The Mighty Crusaders

    Clorinda (as Silva Koscina)

1956Aged 23

  • Poster for The Railroad Man

    Giulia Marcocci

  • Poster for Michael Strogoff

    Sangarine

1955Aged 22

  • Poster for Are We Men or Corporals?

    The aspiring actress

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