Silvia Monti

Silvia Monti, born Silvia Cornacchia, was an Italian actress who worked in films until 1974. She became known for the female lead in The Brain, the 1969 caper film by Gérard Oury. Silvia Monti nude scenes come from Master Of Love, and she also appears in Blackie The Pirate (1971). She was born on January 23, 1946, in Strá, Venice, Italy. In The Brain she played Sofia Scannapieco, sister of the mafioso Frankie Scannapieco. Her best known scene shows her climbing down from a balcony on a rope to Caterina Caselli's song Cento Giorni. She left acting in 1974 and was married to Carlo De Benedetti. She died in Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland, on August 11, 2026, at the age of 80.