Scilla Gabel

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, Scilla tended to be typecast in roles which emphasized her physical attributes, rather than her acting ability. She appeared most often in genre films, anything from innocuous sex comedies (Genitori in blue-jeans (1960), Bel Ami 2000 oder Wie verführt man einen Playboy? (1966)) to swashbuckling costume dramas (La Venere dei pirati (1960)), and from spaghetti westerns (Johnny Golden Poker (1966)) to peplum spectacles (Death on the Arena (1962), The Revenge of Spartacus (1964)). After 1971, she was afforded more challenging and critically acclaimed roles as a star in Italian TV miniseries. Eleven years after leaving the screen, Scilla attracted media attention as a result of the murder of her 87-year old landlord father Giuseppe, by a crazed tenant at his villa on the via Campi di Torre Flavia in Ladispoli.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1938-01-04
Place of Birth: Rimini, Italy
Also Known As: Сцилла Габель, Gianfranca Gabellini

Movies List of Scilla Gabel

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Tender Sharks

1967 Movie
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No Man's Land

1962 Movie
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Modesty Blaise

1966 Movie
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Odissea

1968 Movie
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Take Me As I Am

1960 Movie
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Una storia di notte

1964 Movie
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Noi duri

1960 Movie
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Two Colonels

1963 Movie
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Bastard, Go and Kill

1971 Movie
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Tua per la vita

1955 Movie
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Djurado

1966 Movie
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The Festival Girls

1961 Movie
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Legs of Gold

1958 Movie
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Target for Killing

1966 Movie
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Colossus of the Arena

1962 Movie
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Village of Daughters

1962 Movie
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Corpse for the Lady

1964 Movie
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Son of Cleopatra

1964 Movie
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The Fruit Is Ripe

1961 Movie
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The White Warrior

1959 Movie
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Sodom and Gomorrah

1962 Movie
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Girls of the Night

1958 Movie
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Gente felice

1957 Movie
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Johnny Belinda

1969 Movie
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La salamandre d'or

1962 Movie
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Three Faces of Sin

1961 Movie
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Outlaws of Love

1963 Movie
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I ragazzi dei Parioli

1959 Movie
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Arms of the Avenger

1963 Movie
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Mara

1961 Movie
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The Shortest Day

1963 Movie
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Con rispetto parlando

1965 Movie