Silvia Dionisio
Actor
Biography
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.
Filmography
The Exchange Student
as Vacationer with the dog 1967
Blood for Dracula
as Perla 1974
Darling
as Prince Cesare della Romita's Daughter (uncredited) 1965
Live Like a Cop, Die Like a Man
as Sonia 1976
Murder Obsession
as Deborah 1981
Naked You Die
as Margaret 1968
Terror Express
as Juliette 1980
Police Chief Pepe
as Silvia 1969
A Common Sense of Modesty
as Orchidea 1976
Waves of Lust
as Barbara 1975
Giacomo Casanova: Childhood and Adolescence
as Mariolina 1969
Lobster for Breakfast
as Matilde Tucci 1979
Il... Belpaese
as Mia 1977
Detective Belli
as Gabriella (uncredited) 1969
The Women of Quiet Country
as Gloria 1980
A Girl Called Jules
as Julien 1970