Scilla Gabel
Known for Acting · 49 credits
- Born
- 1938-01-04 (age 88)
- Place of birth
- Rimini, Italy
- Also known as
- Сцилла Габель · Gianfranca Gabellini
Biography
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
TV Shows (5)
Movies (44)
The Odyssey
1969
as Elen
Bastard, Go and Kill
1971
as Susanna
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
as Dusia
Tender Sharks
1967
as Zeezee
Village of Daughters
1962
as Angelina Vimereati
I ragazzi dei Parioli
1959
as Nuccia
La grande vallata
1961
The Shortest Day
1963
as L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)
Sodom and Gomorrah
1962
as Tamar
La salamandre d'or
1962
as Béatrice
The White Warrior
1959
as Princess Mario Vorontsova
Target for Killing
1966
as La Tigra
Outlaws of Love
1963
as Wilma
The Queen of the Pirates
1960
as Isabella, the Duke's Daughter
Legs of Gold
1958
as Gianna Savelli
Modesty Blaise
1966
as Melina
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
1959
as Toni
Due sosia in allegria
1956
Mara
1961
as Mara
No Man's Land
1962
as Signora De Rossi
How to Seduce a Playboy?
1966
as Anita Bionda
Girls of the Night
1958
as Lola
Tua per la vita
1955
as La sartina dell' Atelier
Son of Cleopatra
1964
as Livia
Mill of the Stone Women
1960
as Elfie Wahl
I piaceri del sabato notte
1960
as Patrizia
Colossus of the Arena
1962
as Thalima
Three Faces of Sin
1961
as Rossana
Johnny Belinda
1969
as Belinda
Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
1963
as Cristina
Genitori in blue-jeans
1960
as Colette
Two Colonels
1963
as Iride
Take Me As I Am
1960
as Gina
Noi duri
1960
as Josette
Corpse for the Lady
1964
as Renata
The Revenge of the Gladiators
1964
as Cinzia
Djurado
1966
as Barbara Donovan
Con rispetto parlando
1965
as Vittoria Oriani, in arte Patricia D'Altamura
The Festival Girls
1961
as Nadja
Una storia di notte
1964
as Turista tedesca
Gente felice
1957
as Gina
Seven Slaves Against the World
1964
as Claudia
The Fruit Is Ripe
1961
as Kissa
Arms of the Avenger
1963
as Isabella - duchessina di Collinalto
About 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 lat… With 49 credits spanning from 1955 to 1983, Scilla Gabel has appeared in 44 films and 5 TV shows.
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- The Odyssey (1969) — as Elen
- Bastard, Go and Kill (1971) — as Susanna
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961) — as Dusia
- Tender Sharks (1967) — as Zeezee
- Village of Daughters (1962) — as Angelina Vimereati
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