Sylva Koscina
Sylva Koscina (born as Silvija Košćina, Split, Dalmatia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Republic of Croatia); 22 August 1933 — 26 December 1994, Rome, Italy) was an Italian actress.
Biography
She was born "Silvija Košćina" (Σύλβα Κοσκινά, Sylva Koskina in Greek) to a Greek father, who had a hotel in the "West Coast" section of Split, Dalmatia, and a Polish mother. She may be 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).
As a teenager, she moved to Italy to live with her sister, who had married an Italian citizen.
Koscina had an extensive film career there. She also starred in the 1967 comedy caper Three Bites of the Apple with David McCallum, and Deadlier Than the Male (1967), in which Elke Sommer and she portrayed 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 Hornets' Nest with Rock Hudson.
