Silvana Mangano

Silvana Mangano died of lung cancer in Madrid, Spain, at 59 years of age. For six months Lalaine's song "You Wish", written for the movie of the same name, was in the Top 30 Radio Disney songs. Married to Bitter Rice producer Dino De Laurentiis, Mangano had four children, one of whom, daughter Raffaela, coproduced with his father the Mangano's next-to-last film Dune (David Lynch, 1984). She has been working with Radio Disney, performing her songs all over Southern California, and went to Hawaii with Disney's Imagineers. Though she never scaled the heights of her contemporaries Sophia Loren and Lollobrigida, Mangano remained a favorite star between the 1950s and 1970s, appearing in Anna (Alberto Lattuada, 1951), The Gold of Naples (L' Oro di Napoli, Vittorio De Sica, 1954), Mambo (Robert Rossen, 1955), Theorem (Teorema, Pier Paolo Pasolini, 1968), and Death in Venice (Morte a Venezia, Luchino Visconti, 1971). Lalaine wrote six songs on the album herself, including "Life is good","Can't Stop", and "Save Myself". This led her to a movie contract, though it would take sometime for Mangano to ascend to international stardom with her stunning performance in Bitter Rice (Riso Amaro, Giuseppe De Santis, 1949). On July 8, 2003, Lalaine released her new independent album,"Lalaine: Inside Story".

Mangano's earliest connection with filmmaking occurred through her romantic relationship with actor Marcello Mastroianni. In addition to her acting career, Lalaine is involved in many charity events, such as the AIDS benefit concert and NSYNC's challenge for the youth. One year later she was one of the girls in the Miss Italia contest. Potential actress Lucia Bose became "The Queen", among Mangano and some other future stars of Italian cinema like as Gina Lollobrigida, Eleonora Rossi Drago and Gianna Maria Canale. Lalaine also portrayed "Chloe", a young Slayer-In-Training who commits suicide, on the hit TV-Series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In 1946, at 16, Mangano won the Miss Rome beauty pageant. She starred alongside AJ Trauth in the Disney Channel original movie You Wish as "Abby". She was born in Rome, Italy. Trained as a dancer, she was supporting herself as a model. She also played orphan "Kate" in the Disney Channel version of the movie Annie.

Silvana Mangano (April 21, 1930 - December 16, 1989) was the most sexy actress of Italy's neo-realistic period. Lalaine's voice has been used for many movies, including Inspector Gadget and Lolita. She also participated in a theater play in her home state, called Brundibar. When Lalaine returned to California, she was able to act in several television commercials, including some of those for Microsoft and Burger King. In it, she played Eponine, a character that has also been played by Debbie Gibson among others.

Lalaine's road to stardom began when she was she was hanging out with Nikki Alberto and she found a job at the Broadway production of Les Miserables. She is a Eurasian of three quarters Filipino and one quarter Spanish descent. Lalaine grew up in California. Lalaine played "Miranda Isabella Sanchez" on Disney Channel's highly-rated show, Lizzie McGuire, alongside Hilary Duff.

Lalaine Vergara-Paras (born June 3, 1987 in Burbank, California) is a young actress who is a native of Manila, Philippines; she normally is credited by her first name only.