- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- January 4, 1938
- Place of Birth
- Rimini, Italy
Scilla Gabel
She was born Scilla Gabellini, one of five siblings, in Rimini on the Adriatic coast. Scilla initially studied law at Oxford University, graduating with a doctorate. Her interest in pursuing a legal career waned quickly, however, since her next move was a return to Italy for acting classes at Rome's Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. At the age of seventeen, the voluptuous, blue-eyed Scilla became a body double for Sophia Loren (to whom she bore more than a passing resemblance), notably in the classic Boy on a Dolphin (1957). Two years later, she underwent cosmetic surgery to look less like Sophia in order to forge her own screen image. In 1963, Scilla featured on the cover of several magazines, including Playboy, the Milanese publication Le Ore and Parade (at the time, the most widely read weekly in the U.S.). Though she went on to command leads in a number of films during the 60s,…
Filmography
tvThat Awful Mess on Via Merulana
1983 · Liliana Balducci
tvDov'è Anna?
1976 · Paola Silvestri
tvVino e pane
1973 · Annina
movieBastard, Go and Kill
1971 · Susanna
movieThe Odyssey
1969 · Elen
Johnny Belinda
movieJohnny Belinda
1969 · Belinda
tvThe Odyssey
1968 · Elena
movieTender Sharks
1967 · Zeezee
movieHow to Seduce a Playboy?
1966 · Anita Bionda
movieTarget for Killing
1966 · La Tigra
movieDjurado
1966 · Barbara Donovan
movieModesty Blaise
1966 · Melina
tvLe donne del Tenente Sheridan
1965 · Cheril
movieCon rispetto parlando
1965 · Vittoria Oriani, in arte Patricia D'Altamura
movieSon of Cleopatra
1964 · Livia
movieThe Revenge of the Gladiators
1964 · Cinzia
movieSeven Slaves Against the World
1964 · Claudia
movieCorpse for the Lady
1964 · Renata
movieUna storia di notte
1964 · Turista tedesca
movieOutlaws of Love
1963 · Wilma
movieArms of the Avenger
1963 · Isabella - duchessina di Collinalto
movieIl terrore dei mantelli rossi
1963 · Cristina
movieThe Shortest Day
1963 · L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)
movieTwo Colonels
1963 · Iride
movieLa salamandre d'or
1962 · Béatrice
movieSodom and Gomorrah
1962 · Tamar
movieColossus of the Arena
1962 · Thalima
movieVillage of Daughters
1962 · Angelina Vimereati
movieNo Man's Land
1962 · Signora De Rossi
movieRomulus and the Sabines
1961 · Dusia
movieThree Faces of Sin
1961 · Rossana
movieMara
1961 · Mara
movieThe Festival Girls
1961 · Nadja
The Fruit Is Ripe
movieThe Fruit Is Ripe
1961 · Kissa
movieLa grande vallata
1961
movieMill of the Stone Women
1960 · Elfie Wahl
movieThe Queen of the Pirates
1960 · Isabella, the Duke's Daughter
movieI piaceri del sabato notte
1960 · Patrizia
movieNoi duri
1960 · Josette
movieGenitori in blue-jeans
1960 · Colette
movieTake Me As I Am
1960 · Gina
movieThe White Warrior
1959 · Princess Mario Vorontsova
movieTarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959 · Toni
movieI ragazzi dei Parioli
1959 · Nuccia
movieLegs of Gold
1958 · Gianna Savelli
movieGirls of the Night
1958 · Lola
movieGente felice
1957 · Gina
movieDue sosia in allegria
1956
movieTua per la vita
1955 · La sartina dell' Atelier