Sylva Koscina

Sylva Koscina (born August 22, 1933, Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia - died December 26, 1994, Rome, Italy) was an Italian-based actress of Greek and Polish descent.^[1]

Born as Sylva Koskinon, she may be best-remembered 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).

She moved to Italy as a teenager, during the Second World War,^[2] and had an extensive film career there. Koscina appeared in Deadlier Than the Male (1966), in which she and Elke Sommer portray sophisticated professional killers dueling with Bulldog Drummond. She also played Danica in the Yugoslavian movie, The Battle of Neretva, in 1969. She played a German doctor, Bianca, in "Hornet's Nest" with Rock Hudson. Following is the edited synopsis from Wikipedia: Captain Turner (Rock Hudson) is the American paratrooper who employs Italian children to blow up a strategic dam controlled by the Nazis. He is the only survivor of his unit gunned down during the jump. Rescued by the moppets, he slaps and rapes German medico Bianca (Sylva Koscina) Later she shoots some German solders to portect two of the children. Aldo (Mark Colleano) is the youthful leader who helps Turner carry out the bombing in exchange for an attack on his village. When the Nazis control the small town, their allegiance quickly changes as they fight the Germans they once considered allies because their families are killed by the Germans. ~ Dan Pavlides, All Movie Guide

Death

She died in Rome in 1994 from breast cancer, aged 61.^[3]

References

External links

• Sylva Koscina at the Internet Movie Database
• Biodata

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