Scilla Gabel
Biography
Scilla Gabel, born Gianfranca Gabellini and also known as Scilla Gabellini, was born on January 4, 1938, in Rimini, Italy. She is one of five siblings. Initially, she studied law at Oxford University, where she graduated with a doctorate before returning to Italy to attend acting classes at Rome's Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. At the age of seventeen, she worked as a body double for Sophia Loren, notably in the classic film Boy on a Dolphin, released in 1957. Two years later, she underwent cosmetic surgery to alter her appearance and forge her own screen image. In 1963, she was featured on the cover of several publications. Her career includes forty-nine known credits in the acting field.
Career overview
Scilla Gabel, born Scilla Gabellini and also known as Gianfranca Gabellini and Сцилла Габель, was born in Rimini, Italy, on January 4, 1938. She initially studied law at Oxford University, graduating with a doctorate, but her interest in a legal career waned. She subsequently returned to Italy to take acting classes at Rome's Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. At the age of seventeen, she worked as a body double for Sophia Loren, notably in the 1957 classic Boy on a Dolphin, due to her strong resemblance to Loren. Two years later, she underwent cosmetic surgery to alter her appearance and forge her own screen image. In 1963, she featured on the cover of several magazines.
In her professional career, Scilla Gabel is known for acting, with forty-nine known credits on The Movie Database. Her work spans both movies and television shows. She maintains a content score on the platform and her biographical profile notes her birthplace as Rimini, Italy, and her birth date as January 4, 1938.
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- That Awful Mess on Via Merulana (1983) as Liliana Balducci
- Dov'è Anna? (1976) as Paola Silvestri
- Vino e pane (1973) as Annina
- Bastard, Go and Kill (1971) as Susanna
- The Odyssey (1969) as Elen
- Johnny Belinda (1969) as Belinda
- The Odyssey (1968) as Elena
- Tender Sharks (1967) as Zeezee
- Modesty Blaise (1966) as Melina
- Target for Killing (1966) as La Tigra
- How to Seduce a Playboy? (1966) as Anita Bionda
- Djurado (1966) as Barbara Donovan
- Le donne del Tenente Sheridan (1965) as Cheril
- Con rispetto parlando (1965) as Vittoria Oriani, in arte Patricia D'Altamura
- The Revenge of the Gladiators (1964) as Cinzia
- Corpse for the Lady (1964) as Renata
- Son of Cleopatra (1964) as Livia
- Una storia di notte (1964) as Turista tedesca
- Seven Slaves Against the World (1964) as Claudia
- The Shortest Day (1963) as L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)
- Outlaws of Love (1963) as Wilma
- Two Colonels (1963) as Iride
- Arms of the Avenger (1963) as Isabella - duchessina di Collinalto
- Il terrore dei mantelli rossi (1963) as Cristina
- Sodom and Gomorrah (1962) as Tamar
- Village of Daughters (1962) as Angelina Vimereati
- La salamandre d'or (1962) as Béatrice
- No Man's Land (1962) as Signora De Rossi
- Colossus of the Arena (1962) as Thalima
- Romulus and the Sabines (1961) as Dusia
- Mara (1961) as Mara
- La grande vallata (1961)
- Three Faces of Sin (1961) as Rossana
- The Festival Girls (1961) as Nadja
- The Fruit Is Ripe (1961) as Kissa
- The Queen of the Pirates (1960) as Isabella, the Duke's Daughter
- I piaceri del sabato notte (1960) as Patrizia
- Genitori in blue-jeans (1960) as Colette
- Noi duri (1960) as Josette
- Take Me As I Am (1960) as Gina
- Mill of the Stone Women (1960) as Elfie Wahl
- I ragazzi dei Parioli (1959) as Nuccia
- Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) as Toni
- The White Warrior (1959) as Princess Mario Vorontsova
- Girls of the Night (1958) as Lola
- Legs of Gold (1958) as Gianna Savelli
- Gente felice (1957) as Gina
- Due sosia in allegria (1956)
- Tua per la vita (1955) as La sartina dell' Atelier