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Gia Scala is a Actor British born on 3 march 1934 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)

Gia Scala

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Birth name Giovanna Scoglio
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 3 march 1934 at Liverpool (United-kingdom)
Death 30 april 1972 (at 38 years) at Hollywood (USA)

Gia Scala (3 March 1934 – 30 April 1972) was an Anglo-American actress and model of Italian and Irish descent.

Biography

Jeunes années
Elle est née Giovanna Scoglio à Liverpool en Angleterre, d'un aristocrate sicilien, Pietro Scoglio, et d'une mère irlandaise, Eileen Sullivan. Elle a vécu à Rome puis, à l'âge de 16 ans, suit ses parents à New York pour poursuivre ses études et travailler. Elle obtient un diplôme de la Bayside High School dans le Queens. Après quelque temps d'indécision, elle travaille comme commis de dépôt pour une compagnie d'assurance et agent de réservation pour "Scandinavian Airlines".


Carrière
Elle suit les cours du soir au studio théâtre de Stella Adler puis fait des apparitions dans certaines émissions de radio et des quiz télévisés. Elle est repérée par un dénicheur de talents new-yorkais de Universal International. Fin 1954, un agent lui fait faire un essai pour le rôle de Mary Magdalene dans le film The Gallileans. Bien qu'elle n'ait pas obtenu le rôle, elle signa des contrats à Hollywood avec Universal Studios et Columbia Pictures. Elle fit ses débuts en 1955 sous le pseudonyme de "Gia Scala" dans Tout ce que le ciel permet avec Jane Wyman et Rock Hudson. Elle a décroché des rôles dans Tip On A Dead Jockey et The Garment Jungle en 1957 et, en 1958, Le Père malgré lui avec Richard Widmark and Doris Day. Bien que les critiques aient acclamé sa performance dans The Garment Jungle en tant qu'organisatrice du travail, elle tenta de se suicider en 1958, suite a des problèmes personnels.

La grande brune aux yeux verts a reçu une large reconnaissance pour son interprétation de la muette "Anna", mystérieuse combattante de la résistance grecque dans le film Les Canons de Navarone en 1961, mettant en vedette Gregory Peck. La carrière de Miss Scala a commencé à se détériorer en raison d'une dépendance croissante à l'alcool et elle a finalement été lâchée par les studios. Son mariage avec le courtier en valeurs mobilières Donald Burnett s'est terminé par un divorce.
Elle fit ensuite de fréquentes apparitions dans les shows télévisés américains des années 1960, parmi lesquels on peut citer Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960-1961), Convoy, The Rogues, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twelve O'Clock High (1965), Tarzan (série télé de NBC) (1967), et It Takes a Thief (1969).


Dernières années
Ayant la nationalité britannique en raison de sa naissance, elle a déménagé pour travailler dans le cinéma en Angleterre, mais ses malheurs ne firent qu'empirer. Souffrant de graves problèmes émotionnels, aggravés par l'alcool, elle a fait une autre tentative de suicide, avant de retourner à Hollywood.

Dans la nuit du 30 avril 1972, quelques amis l'ont trouvée morte, à 38 ans, dans son domicile de Hollywood Hills d'une overdose de drogues et d'alcool. La police a dit qu'elle avait pris des médicaments pour un problème d'alcool. Gia Scala est enterrée dans le cimetière Holy Cross à Culver City, en Californie.

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Filmography of Gia Scala (16 films)

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The Guns of Navarone, 2h30
Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, J. Lee Thompson, Peter Yates
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, La bataille de l'Atlantique, Political films
Actors Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, James Robertson Justice, Anthony Quayle, Stanley Baker
Roles Anna
Rating74% 3.748483.748483.748483.748483.74848
In 1943, the Axis powers plan an assault on the island of Keros — where 2,000 British soldiers are marooned — to bully neutral Turkey into joining them with a display of their military strength. Rescue by the Royal Navy is prevented by two massive radar-directed superguns on the nearby island of Navarone. When aerial bombing efforts fail, Allied Intelligence gathers a team of commandos to infiltrate Navarone and destroy the guns. Led by Major Roy Franklin (Anthony Quayle), the team is composed of Captain Keith Mallory (Gregory Peck), a renowned spy and mountaineer; Colonel Andrea Stavrou (Anthony Quinn) from the defeated Greek army; Franklin's best friend Corporal Miller (David Niven), an explosives expert and former chemistry teacher; Greco-American Spyros Pappadimos (James Darren), a native of Navarone; and "Butcher" Brown (Stanley Baker), an engineer and expert knife fighter.
I Aim at the Stars, 1h47
Directed by J. Lee Thompson
Origin German
Genres Drama, Biography
Themes Political films
Actors Curd Jürgens, Victoria Shaw, Herbert Lom, Gia Scala, Karel Štěpánek, Adrian Hoven
Roles Elisabeth Beyer
Rating61% 3.096543.096543.096543.096543.09654
Le film retrace les relations professionnelles et privées de Wernher von Braun. En particulier, sa résistance à la politique d'armement des SS et des nazis est soulignée et son rôle dans le Troisième Reich transfiguré comme celui d'un compagnon de route apolitique. La deuxième partie du film décrit la nouvelle vie de Braun aux États-Unis et son implication significative dans l'émergence de la NASA et l'exploration de l'espace.
The Angry Hills, 1h45
Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Robert Mitchum, Stanley Baker, Gia Scala, Theodore Bikel, Kóstas Gouzgoúnis, Sebastian Cabot
Roles Eleftheria
Rating56% 2.8485952.8485952.8485952.8485952.848595
Set in Athens in 1941, before and after the German invasion, the film follows an American journalist who possesses a list of Greek resistance leaders. Having memorised the list he destroys it and is then pursued by various groups of people keen to have it: Communist resistance fighters, the Gestapo and Greek collaborators.
Battle of the Coral Sea, 1h26
Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Prison films, Transport films, Underwater action films, Submarine films, Political films
Actors Cliff Robertson, Gia Scala, Teru Shimada, Patricia Cutts, Gene Blakely, Robin Hughes
Roles Karen Philips
Rating56% 2.8067252.8067252.8067252.8067252.806725
The crew of an American submarine are on a reconnaissance mission photographing Japanese installations through a periscope camera. When attacked by the Japanese (with similarities to the USS Perch) the submarine is scuttled and the crew is captured. Tortured by the Japanese, with the help of British and Australian prisoners the crew makes an escape bid to get their information to the Allies. The film ends with footage of the Battle of the Coral Sea that according to the film was made possible through the information brought back by the submariners.
The Tunnel of Love, 1h38
Directed by Gene Kelly
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about adoption, Films about children, Films about families, Films based on plays
Actors Doris Day, Richard Widmark, Gig Young, Gia Scala, Elisabeth Fraser, Elizabeth Wilson
Roles Estelle Novick
Rating58% 2.9019852.9019852.9019852.9019852.901985
In Westport, Connecticut, Augie and Isolde Poole celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary by turning in an application to the Rock-a-Bye adoption agency. Encouraged by their friends and next-door neighbors, Dick and Alice Pepper, who have three children and another due, Isolde, who has been unsuccessful in her attempts to become pregnant, is determined that she and Augie will eventually be parents. While awaiting news of the application to the agency, Isolde decides that she and Augie should continue to try to have a baby on their own, and she enthusiastically follows all the latest advice by pregnancy experts.
The Two-Headed Spy, 1h33
Directed by André de Toth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Spy
Themes Spy films, Political films
Actors Jack Hawkins, Gia Scala, Erik Schumann, Alexander Knox, Felix Aylmer, Walter Hudd
Roles Lili Geyr
Rating68% 3.4391453.4391453.4391453.4391453.439145
The story commences in 1939. Alex Schottland (Jack Hawkins), a general in the German Army, is actually a British agent who was planted in Germany toward the end of the First World War. He is growing weary of being a spy, but is urged to continue by his friend and fellow British agent, Cornaz (Felix Aylmer), who is posing as a watchmaker.
Ride a Crooked Trail, 1h27
Directed by Jesse Hibbs
Origin USA
Genres Action, Romance, Western
Actors Audie Murphy, Gia Scala, Walter Matthau, Henry Silva, Joanna Moore, Mary Field
Roles Tessa Milotte
Rating65% 3.2949753.2949753.2949753.2949753.294975
During his escape, bank robber Joe Maybe (Audie Murphy) sees famous US Marshal Jim Noonan, who is searching for him, stumble and fall off a cliff to his death. He enters a town on the dead man's horse, where he is mistaken for Noonan. Maybe decides to hide behind the badge for a while, but soon raises the suspicions of the local law enforcer, Judge Kyle (Walter Matthau). His real identity is nearly blown when the riverboat brings to town Tessa Milott (Gia Scala), a past acquaintance of Maybe's who calls him by his surname in front of the judge. Thinking quickly, Joe says she called him "Baby," and did this because she is his wife.
Don't Go Near the Water, 1h47
Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Adventure, Romance
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, United States Armed Forces in films
Actors Glenn Ford, Gia Scala, Earl Holliman, Anne Francis, Keenan Wynn, Fred Clark
Roles Melora Alba
Rating60% 3.044083.044083.044083.044083.04408
Lieutenant (j.g.) Max Siegel and other US Navy personnel are stuck in a public relations unit far from the fighting. Lieutenant Commander Clinton T. Nash, their commanding officer and a stockbroker in civilian life, refuses to allow anyone to transfer out. Much of Siegel's time is spent showing war correspondents (like obnoxious Gordon Ripwell) and visiting Congressmen around the island.
The Garment Jungle, 1h28
Directed by Robert Aldrich, Vincent Sherman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Noir, Crime
Themes Films about the labor movement, Political films
Actors Lee J. Cobb, Kerwin Mathews, Gia Scala, Richard Boone, Valerie French, Robert Loggia
Roles Theresa Renata
Rating65% 3.294933.294933.294933.294933.29493
Alan Mitchell is a returning Korean War veteran who joins his father Walter's garment company, Roxton Fashions. The firm has been paying protection money to gangsters led by Artie Ravidge to keep the union out.
The Big Boodle, 1h24
Directed by Richard Wilson
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Actors Errol Flynn, Rosanna Rory, Pedro Armendáriz, Gia Scala, Carlos Rivas, Jacques Aubuchon
Roles Anita Ferrer
Rating56% 2.803732.803732.803732.803732.80373
Ned Sherwood est croupier à La Havane et se trouve en possession de faux billets sans le vouloir. Des hommes vont partir à sa recherche.
The Big Boodle
Directed by Richard Wilson
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Gia Scala, Luis Oquendo, Jacques Aubuchon, Sandro Giglio
Roles Anita Ferrer
Rating56% 2.803732.803732.803732.803732.80373
In Cuba a man finds himself caught in an opposing situation between criminals and the police.
Tip on a Dead Jockey, 1h38
Directed by Richard Thorpe
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Robert Taylor, Dorothy Malone, Marcel Dalio, Martin Gabel, Gia Scala, Jack Lord
Roles Paquita Heldon
Rating60% 3.0494653.0494653.0494653.0494653.049465
Phyllis Tredman is shocked when husband Lloyd, a decorated Korean War pilot, sends word to her after his discharge from military service requesting a divorce.
Never Say Goodbye, 1h36
Directed by Douglas Sirk, Jerry Hopper
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Rock Hudson, Cornell Borchers, George Sanders, Ray Collins, Shelley Fabares, David Janssen
Roles Minnie
Rating62% 3.1010753.1010753.1010753.1010753.101075
Dr. Mike Parker must leave California to speak at a conference in New York. A widower, he and daughter Suzy have a deal with each other to never actually say goodbye. She remains behind with Miss Tucker, her governess.
The Price of Fear, 1h19
Directed by Abner Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime, Romance
Actors Merle Oberon, Lex Barker, Charles Drake, Gia Scala, Warren Stevens, Mary Field
Roles Nina Ferranti
Rating62% 3.142933.142933.142933.142933.14293
David Barrett, the co-owner of a dog-track, discovers that his partner has sold out to gangster Frankie Edare (Stevens) who plans to take sole control of the track and wants to get rid of Barrett. His problems are just beginning, though, as he finds himself involved with Jessica Warren who, unknown to him, was involved in a hit-and-run accident and is trying to set him up for the crime. When Edare kills Barrett's ex-partner to frame him, Barret is falsely accused of committing two murders. Mayhem ensues when the police arrest him, but justice eventually prevails.