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.

Filmography

• 1992Ricky & Barabba — Cristina Bonelli
• L'odissea — Minerva
• Cinderella '87 — Mafalda Gherardeschi
• 1987Rimini Rimini — sorella dell'ingegnere
• ...e la vita continua — Evelina
• 1984Cinderella '80 — Mafalda Gherardeschi
• 1984Die Nacht der vier Monde — (special guest)
• 1983Magic Touch — Contessa Irene
• 1983This and That — Dora, madre di Daniela
• 1981Ace — Enrichetta
• 1980Sunday Lovers — Zaira (segment "Armando's Notebook")
• 1977Casanova & Co. — The Prefect's Wife
• 1975Il cav. Costante Nicosia demoniaco, ovvero Dracula in Brianza — Mariù
• 1975The House of Exorcism — Sophia Lehar (archive footage)
• 1974Las correrías del Vizconde Arnau — Zoraida
• 1974Lisa and the Devil — Sophia Lehar
• 1974The Author's Crime — Milena Gottardi
• 1974Witness to Murder — Sonja Dorigny
• 1973My Pleasure Is Your Pleasure — La moglie del tintore
• 1972Blessed Are the Rich — Contessa
• 1972Nights of Boccaccio — Fiammetta
• 1972So Sweet, So Dead — Barbara Capuana
• 1972The Crimes of the Black Cat — Françoise Ballais
• 1972The Italian Connection — Lucia Canali
• 1972To Kill in Silence — Valeria's mother
• 1971African Story — Barbara Hayland (as Silva Koscina)
• 1971Homo Eroticus — Carla
• 1971Les Jambes en l'air — Favouille Grandblaise
• 1971Mazzabubù... quante corna stanno quaggiù? — La moglie del presentatore
• 1971Sex of the Devil — Sylvia, the Assistant
• 1971The Great Swindle — Lola
• 1971You Shall Not Covet Your Neighbor's Wife — Susana
• 1970Hornets' Nest — Bianca
• 1970Ninì Tirabusciò: The Woman Who Invented the Move — La baronessa di Valdarno
• 1970The Dove Must Not Fly — Anne
• 1970The Modification — Cécile
• 1970Vertigo for a Killer — Sylvie
• 1969He and She — She
• 1969Marquis de Sade: Justine — Marquise de Bressac
• 1969The Battle of Neretva — Danica
• 1969The Fight for Rome II - The Betrayal — Theodora
• 1968A Lovely Way to Die — Rena Westabrook
• 1968The Fight for Rome — Empress Theodora
• 1968The Protagonists — Nancy
• 1968The Secret War of Harry Frigg — Countess Francesca De Montefiore
• 1967Deadlier Than the Male — Penelope
• 1967Johnny Banco — Laureen Moore
• 1967Three Bites of the Apple — Carla Moretti
• 1966Agent X-77 Orders to Kill — Mania
• 1966Four Queens for an Ace — Dolores Arrabal, Fashion Designer
• 1966Funny Money — Lucile
• 1966Me, Me, Me... and the Others — The 'Star'
• 1965Il morbidone — Irene
• 1965Juliet of the Spirits — Sylva
• 1965Made in Italy — Diana (segment "3 'La Donna', episode 3") (as Silva Koscina)
• 1965Money — Leda
• 1965That Man in Istanbul — Kenny
• 1965The Dictator's Guns — Rae Osborne
• 1965The Double Bed — Giulietta / Peggy
• 1965Thrilling — Paola (segment "L'autostrada del sole")
• 1964Corpse for the Lady — Laura Guglielmetti
• 1964Cyrano and d'Artagnan — Ninon de Lenclos
• 1964Hot Enough for June — Vlasta Simoneva
• 1964Let's Talk About Women — Reluctant Girl
• 1964Love and Marriage — (segment "Sabato 18 luglio")
• 1964Love in Four Dimensions — Irma, la moglie (segment "Amore e vita")
• 1964The Circular Triangle — Alexandra Fonseca
• 1964Una storia di notte — Maddalena
• 1963Girl's Apartment — Eléna
• 1963Judex — Daisy
• 1963Rampage — Stewardess
• 1963The Little Nuns — Elena
• 1963The Scapegoat — Clemenza, Barbo's Wife
• 1963The Shortest Day
• 1962Copacabana Palace — Ines
• 1962Jessica — Nunzia Tuffi
• 1962La salamandre d'or — (uncredited)
• 1962The Four Truths — Mia (segment "Le lièvre et le tortue")
• 1962The Iron Mask — Marion
• 1962The Masseuses — Marisa
• 1962The Swordsman of Siena — Orietta Arconti
• 1961Blood Feud — Carla
• 1961Destination Fury
• 1960...And Suddenly It's Murder! — Carolina
• 1960Genitori in blue-jeans — Elena
• 1960I piaceri dello scapolo — Eby
• 1960Le pillole di Ercole — Silvia Pasqui
• 1960Love, the Italian Way — Luciana
• 1960Mariti in pericolo — Silvana
• 1960Ravishing — Evelyne Cotteret
• 1960Siege of Syracuse — Clio
• 1960Trapped by Fear — Arabelle
• 1959Hercules Unchained — Iole, bride of Ercole
• 1959La cambiale — Odette Mercury
• 1959Poor Millionaires — Alice
• 1959The Surprises of Love — Marianna
• 1959The Woman's Confidant — Maria Bonifati
• 1959Uncle Was a Vampire — Carla
• 1958Dangerous Women — Tosca
• 1958He Thief, She Thief — Cesira De Angelis
• 1958Hercules — Iole, Daugher of Pelias
• 1958La nipote Sabella — Lucia
• 1958Love on the Riviera — Renata Morandi
• 1958Quando gli angeli piangono — Marta
• 1958Toto in Paris — Juliette Marchand
• 1958Totò in the Moon — Lidia
• 1958Young Husbands — Mara
• 1957Engaged to Death — Lucia
• 1957Female Three Times — Sonia
• 1957Guendalina — Francesca Redaelli, madre di Guendalina
• 1957Non sono più guaglione — Carolina
• 1957Oh! Sabella — Lucia
• 1957The Innocent with Forty Children — Gina Lantois
• 1957The Mighty Crusaders — Clorinda (as Silva Koscina)
• 1956Michael Strogoff — Sangarine
• 1956The Railroad Man — Giulia Marcocci
• 1955Are We Men or Corporals? — The aspiring actress

Appearances as themselves (6)

• 1977Kolossal - The Magnificent Macisti — Self - Clorinda (archive footage)
• 1969I See Naked — Self
• 1967Italy's in Season — Self
• 1960The Traffic Policeman — Herself
• Reflets de Cannes — Self
• Sanremo Music Festival — Self - Host