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Scilla Gabel

Scilla Gabel

Known for ActingBorn 1938-01-04 (age 88)Rimini, Italy
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.Read more

Movies & web series

Djurado10.0
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Djurado

1966 · Movie

Arms of the Avenger9.3
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Arms of the Avenger

1963 · Movie

Tender Sharks9.0
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Tender Sharks

1967 · Movie

Seven Slaves Against the World9.0
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Seven Slaves Against the World

1964 · Movie

The Odyssey8.9
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The Odyssey

1968 · Series

Gente felice9.0
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Gente felice

1957 · Movie

Dov'è Anna?8.4
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Dov'è Anna?

1976 · Series

Vino e pane8.0
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Vino e pane

1973 · Series

La salamandre d'or8.0
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La salamandre d'or

1962 · Movie

Due sosia in allegria8.0
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Due sosia in allegria

1956 · Movie

Odissea7.7
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Odissea

1968 · Movie

No Man's Land7.7
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No Man's Land

1962 · Movie

Con rispetto parlando7.5
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Con rispetto parlando

1965 · Movie

Two Colonels7.5
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Two Colonels

1963 · Movie

I ragazzi dei Parioli7.5
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I ragazzi dei Parioli

1959 · Movie

Take Me As I Am7.3
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Take Me As I Am

1960 · Movie

Three Faces of Sin7.3
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Three Faces of Sin

1961 · Movie

That Awful Mess on Via Merulana7.0
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That Awful Mess on Via Merulana

1983 · Series

Johnny Belinda
7.0
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Johnny Belinda

1969 · Movie

Una storia di notte7.0
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Una storia di notte

1964 · Movie

The Revenge of the Gladiators7.0
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The Revenge of the Gladiators

1964 · Movie

The Fruit Is Ripe
7.0
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The Fruit Is Ripe

1961 · Movie

Girls of the Night7.0
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Girls of the Night

1958 · Movie

Tua per la vita7.0
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Tua per la vita

1955 · Movie

How to Seduce a Playboy?6.8
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How to Seduce a Playboy?

1966 · Movie

Noi duri6.7
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Noi duri

1960 · Movie

Village of Daughters6.7
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Village of Daughters

1962 · Movie

Target for Killing6.6
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Target for Killing

1966 · Movie

Genitori in blue-jeans6.6
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Genitori in blue-jeans

1960 · Movie

Il terrore dei mantelli rossi6.5
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Il terrore dei mantelli rossi

1963 · Movie

The Shortest Day6.2
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The Shortest Day

1963 · Movie

Outlaws of Love6.1
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Outlaws of Love

1963 · Movie

Le donne del Tenente Sheridan6.0
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Le donne del Tenente Sheridan

1965 · Series

Mill of the Stone Women6.0
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Mill of the Stone Women

1960 · Movie

The Festival Girls6.0
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The Festival Girls

1961 · Movie

The Queen of the Pirates5.5
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The Queen of the Pirates

1960 · Movie

Corpse for the Lady5.4
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Corpse for the Lady

1964 · Movie

Bastard, Go and Kill5.3
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Bastard, Go and Kill

1971 · Movie

Sodom and Gomorrah5.4
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Sodom and Gomorrah

1962 · Movie

Tarzan's Greatest Adventure5.4
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure

1959 · Movie

Modesty Blaise5.3
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Modesty Blaise

1966 · Movie

Colossus of the Arena5.3
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Colossus of the Arena

1962 · Movie

Legs of Gold5.4
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Legs of Gold

1958 · Movie

Romulus and the Sabines5.3
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Romulus and the Sabines

1961 · Movie

The White Warrior5.3
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The White Warrior

1959 · Movie

Mara5.0
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Mara

1961 · Movie

Son of Cleopatra4.8
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Son of Cleopatra

1964 · Movie

I piaceri del sabato notte3.0
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I piaceri del sabato notte

1960 · Movie