Silvia Dionisio
Actor
Born 28 September 1951 in Rome, daughter of a pediatrician, Silvia Dionisio made her debut in the world of cinema when she was 14 years old in the movie Darling (1965, John Schlesinger).
In 1967 she won the beauty contest Miss Teenager. After a few "musicarelli" movies, where she met director Ruggero Deodato (whom she married december 5, 1971), she got her first main role in the 1970 movie "A Girl Called Jules" (La ragazza di nome Giulio). She had a son (Saverio Deodato Dionisio, later actor), then divorced in 1979.
In 1975 she was the star of the movie "Ondata di piacere" (directed by her husband Deodato) which turned her in one of the most beautiful and elegant erotic icons of the period. In late 1970s she played in several action ("polizieschi") movies. She ended her cinematographic career in 1981 with the thriller "Murder Obsession".
In 1983 she married the Roman surgeon Roberto Mazzarella, with whom he had a daughter.
Her last public appearance was ... Show more...
Born 28 September 1951 in Rome, daughter of a pediatrician, Silvia Dionisio made her debut in the world of cinema when she was 14 years old in the movie Darling (1965, John Schlesinger).
In 1967 she won the beauty contest Miss Teenager. After a few "musicarelli" movies, where she met director Ruggero Deodato (whom she married december 5, 1971), she got her first main role in the 1970 movie "A Girl Called Jules" (La ragazza di nome Giulio). She had a son (Saverio Deodato Dionisio, later actor), then divorced in 1979.
In 1975 she was the star of the movie "Ondata di piacere" (directed by her husband Deodato) which turned her in one of the most beautiful and elegant erotic icons of the period. In late 1970s she played in several action ("polizieschi") movies. She ended her cinematographic career in 1981 with the thriller "Murder Obsession".
In 1983 she married the Roman surgeon Roberto Mazzarella, with whom he had a daughter.
Her last public appearance was in a 1984 Campari advertising directed by Federico Fellini. Show less...
Filmography - Acting
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Delirium (1981)
As: Deborah
Michael is a successful actor, but he has a scandal in his past: at a tender age he knifed his father to death. He and his girlfriend Deborah go to his mother's for the weekend, and are joined by the director and others from a recent film project, who are given a rather cool reception by the superstitious housekeeper Oliver. Soon rude things begin happening to some of the guests, and Michael fears a repeat ...
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Riccardo Freda
Stars: Martine Brochard | Henri Garcin | John Richardson | Laura Gemser | Stefano Patrizi
Der Landvogt von Greifensee (1980)
Runtime: 105 min.
Directed by: Wilfried Bolliger
Stars: Silvia Dionisio | Christian Kohlund | Adelheid Arndt | Christian Quadflieg | Brigitta Furgler
Terror Express (1980)
As: Juliette
Three thugs commandeer a couple of cars on a moving train and spread terror among the passengers.
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Ferdinando Baldi
Stars: Carlo De Mejo | Silvia Dionisio | Werner Pochath | Gianluigi Chirizzi | Zora Kerova
Riavanti... Marsch! (1979)
As: Marina
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Luciano Salce
Stars: Aldo Maccione | Venantino Venantini | Alberto Lionello | Stefano Satta Flores | Adriana Russo
Lobster for Breakfast (1979)
As: Matilde Tucci
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Giorgio Capitani
Stars: Enrico Montesano | Claude Brasseur | Silvia Dionisio | Claudine Auger | Janet Ågren
Street War (1978)
As: Laura Masoni
The film focuses on Murri; the token maverick cop. He is called in after a bunch of criminals pull off a successful prison break and spend the night picking off various informers and people they don't like. Murri investigates; hooking up with one of the criminal's nieces along the way. He uses his own methods; which mostly involve breaking all the rules, and thus comes under a lot of scrutiny ...
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Giuseppe Rosati
Stars: Raymond Pellegrin | James Mason | Maurizio Merli | Silvia Dionisio | Fausto Tozzi
L'inquilina del piano di sopra (1978)
As: Aurora Traboccetti
Directed by: Ferdinando Baldi
Stars: Maria Cumani Quasimodo | Lino Toffolo | Silvia Dionisio | Pino Ferrara | Pippo Franco
Il... Belpaese (1977)
As: Mia
Dopo otto anni trascorsi su una piattaforma petrolifera Guido Berardinelli (Paolo Villaggio) torna in Italia, trovandola immersa nel caos dei terribili anni di piombo. Con i suoi risparmi apre un negozio di orologi che non ha però il successo sperato. Inoltre è spesso bersaglio di furti e attacchi malavitosi. È proprio durante una di queste occasioni che incontra una giovane contestatrice di cui ...
Runtime: 109 min.
Directed by: Luciano Salce
Stars: Paolo Villaggio | Anna Mazzamauro | Gigi Reder | Pino Caruso | Silvia Dionisio
Il marito in collegio (1977)
As: Carlotta
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Maurizio Lucidi
Stars: Enrico Montesano | Mario Carotenuto | Silvia Dionisio | Stefania Careddu | Anna Proclemer
Crimebusters (1976)
As: Anna
Major Paolo Altieri of the Paratroopers Corps foils the kidnapping of child, but becomes the victim himself of a violent assault by the bandits. He realises that the criminals have used an experimental machine gun that's used only in his own Corps. Altieri begins to take part in police raids on criminal activities, and ultimately discovers a conspiracy to overthrow the democratic government.
Runtime: 94 min.
Directed by: Michele Massimo Tarantini
Stars: Henry Silva | Rosario Borelli | Ettore Manni | Silvia Dionisio | Antonio Sabàto
Milano Violenta (1976)
As: Leila
A gang of thieves decides to hit the headquarters of Aspex. The police intervened and only two of the robbers managed to escape with the loot, while the other two are forced to take hostages to escape. The police started investigations but also the gang leader, the Cat, will be hunting the first two escaped with the loot to get money, and revenge for their escape.
Runtime: 91 min.
Directed by: Mario Caiano
Stars: John Steiner | Silvia Dionisio | Elio Zamuto | Vittorio Mezzogiorno
I prosseneti (1976)
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Brunello Rondi
Stars: Juliette Mayniel | Luciano Salce | Stefania Casini | Alain Cuny | José Quaglio
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man (1976)
As: Sonia
Fred and Tony are members of an elite 'special squad' of police in Rome, Italy who are licensed-to-kill, undercover cops and who love to live dangerously.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
Stars: Renato Salvatori | Ray Lovelock | Silvia Dionisio | Adolfo Celi | Marc Porel
Il comune senso del pudore (1976)
As: Orchidea
A three novels about an ordinary people discovering erotic movies.
Runtime: 123 min.
Directed by: Alberto Sordi
Stars: Claudia Cardinale | Philippe Noiret | Florinda Bolkan | Alberto Sordi | Giò Stajano
Holiday Hookers (1976)
As: Rosana
Madame is running a high class escort (and prostitution) service. She wants to quit the business as soon as she makes enough money to make her dreams come true. However, the relationship with her girls is deteriorating.
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Armando Nannuzzi
Stars: Ernest Borgnine | Robert Alda | Corinne Cléry | Silvia Dionisio | Françoise Fabian
Waves of Lust (1975)
As: Barbara
A young couple become embroiled with the personal problems of another couple on a yacht moored off Sicily during a turbulent weekend of fun, games, sex games, betrayal, spouse abuse, and murder.
Runtime: 88 min.
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
Stars: John Steiner | Al Cliver | Silvia Dionisio | Elizabeth Turner | Saverio Deodato
My Friends (1975)
As: Titti
Like in many other Monicelli movies, the main theme of Amici miei is friendship, seen from a rather bitter point of view. It tells the story of four middle-aged friends in Florence who organize together idle pranks (called zingarate, "gypsy shenanigans") in a continuous attempt to prolong childhood during their adult life.
Runtime: 140 min.
Directed by: Mario Monicelli
Stars: Philippe Noiret | Duilio Del Prete | Ugo Tognazzi | Gastone Moschin | Adolfo Celi
Blood for Dracula (1974)
As: Perla
Deathly ill Count Dracula and his slimy underling, Anton, travel to Italy in search of a virgin's blood. They're welcomed at the crumbling estate of indebted Marchese Di Fiore, who's desperate to marry off his daughters to rich suitors. But there, instead of pure women, the count encounters incestuous lesbians with vile blood and Marxist manservant Mario, who's suspicious of the aristocratic Dracula.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Paul Morrissey
Stars: Udo Kier | Joe Dallesandro | Vittorio De Sica | Maxime McKendry | Arno Juerging
L'erotomane (1974)
As: Claretta
Rodolfo Persichetti has reached the maximum of his career and at the same time the minimum of his sexual capacities. A famous psychiatrist helps him in regaining his lost virility by mean of a new therapy.
Runtime: 100 min.
Directed by: Marco Vicario
Stars: Milena Vukotic | Gastone Moschin | Janet Ågren | Isabella Biagini | Neda Arnerić
Sgarro alla camorra (1973)
As: Gisella Gargiulo
Andrea leaves the prison in advance through Cecere who wants to use him for his shady dealings. Tidied a boat, would be given to the fishing with his friend Peter, but first must do justice.
Directed by: Ettore Maria Fizzarotti
Stars: Enzo Cannavale | Dada Gallotti | Pietro De Vico | Mario Merola | Franco Acampora
The Sicilian Checkmate (1972)
As: Giacalone's daughter
Taking place almost entirely during a murder trial, the film details in significant detail the deep roots sunk by organised crime into the business and political life of Sicily.
Runtime: 90 min.
Directed by: Florestano Vancini
Stars: Mario Adorf | Riccardo Cucciolla | Enrico Maria Salerno | Ciccio Ingrassia | Gastone Moschin
L'arciere di fuoco (1971)
As: Lady Marianne di Manson
This bunch is none other than the Merry Men of Sherwood Forest and their feisty leader, Robin Hood. This is a '70s release of the often-played Robin Hood story.
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Giorgio Ferroni
Stars: Mario Adorf | Daniele Dublino | Giuliano Gemma | Silvia Dionisio | Mark Damon
Trasplante de un cerebro (1970)
As: Mariela
An affluent judge with an incurable brain disease with only months to live decides to become the guinea pig for a new brain transplant technique. The operation is a success, but the unfortunate brain donor was a young man with unfinished business, and soon the memories and desires of this young man overwhelm the judge.
Runtime: 85 min.
Directed by: Juan Logar
Stars: Simón Andreu | Eduardo Fajardo | Ángel del Pozo | Silvia Dionisio | Frank Wolff
Lacrime d'amore (1970)
Runtime: 103 min.
Directed by: Mario Amendola
Stars: Carlo Delle Piane | Silvia Dionisio | Francesco Mulè | Ferruccio Amendola | Mal
A Girl Called Jules (1970)
As: Jules
After his Western triumphs, Valerii stepped out of the shadow of Sergio Leone with this distinctly Bergmanesque sexual melodrama.Dionisio is perfect in the title role and this remains her best film, Valerii turns up along the way too. Just when the film hits a period of auto pilot John Steiner turns up in the final reel for a climax that is quite unforgettable. A bit difficult to trace but well worth the ...
Runtime: 106 min.
Directed by: Tonino Valerii
Stars: John Steiner | Silvia Dionisio | Maurizio Degli Esposti | Gianni Macchia | Esmeralda Ruspoli
Pensiero d'amore (1969)
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Mario Amendola
Stars: Carlo Delle Piane | Silvia Dionisio | Pippo Franco | Francesco Mulè | Mal
Il commissario Pepe (1969)
As: Silvia
A police commissioner in a little town in the Italian Venetian province investigates a prostitution ring run by two pensioners; during his investigations he also learns that a former manicurist shacks up with ten students, the prefect's daughter prostitutes to keep her pimp, a famous doctor has sex with his young patients, a headmaster has his eyes on the pupils, a noblewoman organizes orgies in her villa, ...
Runtime: 107 min.
Directed by: Ettore Scola
Stars: Tano Cimarosa | Silvia Dionisio | Ugo Tognazzi | Giuseppe Maffioli | Marianne Comtell
Lisa dagli occhi blu (1969)
As: Lisa Prandi
Runtime: 92 min.
Directed by: Bruno Corbucci
Stars: Silvia Dionisio | Mario Tessuto
Vacation on the Esmeralda Coast (1968)
As: Gianna, Grassu's daughter
A hotel owner, in competition with a rival owner, finds a cache of lost treasure on the bottom of the bay after trying to drown himself which turns his life upside down.
Runtime: 96 min.
Directed by: Ruggero Deodato
Stars: Silvia Dionisio | Aldo Puglisi | Little Tony | Francesco Mulè | Ferruccio Amendola
Naked You Die (1968)
As: Margaret
The corpses are piling up at St. Hilda’s School for Girls, leaving top cop Michael Rennie (The Day the Earth Stood Still) with more than the usual suspects. Is the killer playboy riding instructor Mark Damon (House of Usher)? Peeping tom Luciano Pigozzi (Baron Blood)? Or how about hulking swim teacher Giovanni Di Benedetto (The Bird With The Crystal Plumage), whose wetsuit and dive mask ...
Runtime: 98 min.
Directed by: Antonio Margheriti
Stars: Patrizia Valturri | Michael Rennie | Eleonora Brown | Sally Smith | Ludmila Lvova
Eat It (1968)
As: Daughter of Farmer #1
An industrialist tries to find an advertising gimmick for his canned meat product "Eat it!". In the fields he finds a savage individual who has reduced himself to two functions only: eating huge amounts of food and making love. So he uses this savage man for his advertising purposes by making the public believe that his meat is an aphrodisiac. Some time later the strange being loses his ...
Runtime: 84 min.
Directed by: Francesco Casaretti
Stars: Paolo Villaggio | Giampiero Albertini | Silvia Dionisio | Frank Wolff | Monica Herfert
Pronto... c'è una certa Giuliana per te (1967)
Runtime: 97 min.
Directed by: Massimo Franciosa
Stars: Anna Mazzamauro | Silvia Dionisio | Marina Malfatti | Gianni Dei | Mita Medici
Rita la zanzara (1966)
Rita, a vivacious co-ed is in love with her music teacher, a man who leads a double life - bespectacled professor by day and composer of rock songs by night. Will Rita win his heart?
Runtime: 110 min.
Directed by: Lina Wertmüller
Stars: Giancarlo Giannini | Rita Pavone | Peppino De Filippo | Nino Taranto | Bice Valori