Daughter of a Sicilian train conductor and an English woman.
Grandmother of Giada De Laurentiis - star of the Food Network -, Dino De Laurentiis, Eloisa De Laurentiis and Igor De Laurentiis.
Her most famous role, the earthy Bitter Rice (1949), had her out toiling ever so sexily in the rice fields. Lucille Ball did a hilarious spoof on this movie on her "I Love Lucy" (1951) show. Lucy is spotted by a famous Italian movie director and chosen to play a part in his new movie, "Bitter Grapes," that ends up with her toiling in her now famous grape-stomping vat scene.
In 1981 her son, Federico, was killed in an Alaskan air crash.
Measurements: 36-25-35 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
Mother of Veronica De Laurentiis, Raffaella De Laurentiis, Federico De Laurentiis and Francesca DeLaurentiis.
Not having the same kind of drive as her two other Italian sexpot competitors, Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida, Mangano's career was completely controlled by husband Dino De Laurentiis.
She separated from Dino De Laurentiis in 1983 and abandoned her career to live in Paris and Madrid, where she made tapestries. They had not divorced by the time she died of lung cancer in 1989.
Sister of Roy Mangano.
Sister of one-time actresses Patrizia Mangano and Natascia Mangano.