Scilla Gabel
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.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Rimini, Italy
Adult: No
Birthday: January 04, 1938
Age: 87 years old
Gender: Female
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Tender Sharks
Overview: While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.
Genres: Action Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1967-03-10
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No Man's Land
Overview: A group of traveling persons end up as prisoners of a German sergeant and his squad, in an isolated and precarious cabin in the country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-03-02
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Modesty Blaise
Overview: Modesty Blaise, a secret agent whose hair color, hair style, and mod clothing change at a snap of her fingers is being used by the British government as a decoy in an effort to thwart a diamond heist. She is being set up by the feds but is wise to the plot and calls in sidekick Willie Garvin and a few other friends to outsmart them. Meanwhile, at his island hideaway, Gabriel, the diamond thief has his own plans for Blaise and Garvin.
Genres: Comedy Crime Action Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1966-05-01
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Odissea
Overview: Odysseus' journey told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.
Genres: TV Movie Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1968-03-24
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Mill of the Stone Women
Overview: Hans von Arnam travels to a Flemish village to study a strange carousel located in an old windmill that displays famous murderesses and other notorious women from history. Professor Gregorius Wahl, owner of the windmill, warns Hans to stay away from his mysterious daughter Elfi, in order to keep Hans from discovering the horrible secret shared by the Professor and Elfi's Doctor.
Genres: Horror Science Fiction
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-30
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Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Overview: The greatest adventure of jungle king Tarzan. Four British villains raid a settlement to obtain explosives for use in a diamond mine. In doing so they nearly destroy the settlement, so Tarzan pursues them to their mine.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1959-07-08
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Take Me As I Am
Overview: The director of the Rome office of an American news agency is seduced by his boss' daughter, who subsequently ends up dead at the foot of a cliff. Film adaptation of James Hadley Chase’s 1956 noir thriller novel You Find Him, I'll Fix Him.
Genres: Thriller
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1960-01-29
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Una storia di notte
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-01-01
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Noi duri
Overview: Lieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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Two Colonels
Overview: In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-01-05
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Bastard, Go and Kill
Overview: Chaco, a Mexican on the run from just about everyone, is framed for the killing of a couple of Mexican cattlemen. Everyone knows he's innocent but the evidence is substantial. Chaco escapes and with the help of a bounty hunter, goes after the real murderers.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1971-03-06
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Tua per la vita
Overview: A humble young woman takes care of his sister's child while also hiding her feelings towards her sister's lover.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-04
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Djurado
Overview: Djurado is a gun-slinging professional gambler who struts into the small town of Silver Mine and wins half of the local saloon, the other part of which belongs to Barbara, whilst battling notorious outlaw Tucan.
Genres: Western
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1966-08-20
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The Festival Girls
Overview: Hollywood stars go wild at the Riviera film festivals.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1961-07-06
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Legs of Gold
Overview: Baron Luigi Fontana is a rich and stinging producer of fine wines, as well as president of the amateur football team of Cerignola who, to crown a triumphant championship, is about to be promoted to Serie C.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1958-08-27
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How to Seduce a Playboy?
Overview: A young man is chosen by a magazine company to be a modeled into a public heart-throb while being dogged by a persistant reporter out to expose the fraud the company is putting out.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-11-23
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Target for Killing
Overview: A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.
Genres: Crime Drama Thriller
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1966-09-29
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The Queen of the Pirates
Overview: In 16th century Italy, on the Adriatic coast, the duchy of Doruzza is governed by a tyrannical duke, Zulian, and his haughty daughter, Isabella. When they commit a great injustice, a ship's captain and his daughter turn pirate to fight back for the people.
Genres: Action Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-08-18
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Colossus of the Arena
Overview: A powerful man posing as a gladiator in Rome's fourth century discovers a plan to put the beautiful Queen in prison, which he thwarts by exposing a sinister duke as a traitor.
Genres: Adventure Action Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1962-09-13
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Village of Daughters
Overview: A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-03-13
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Corpse for the Lady
Overview: Laura is the victim of a blackmail, asks for help to her childhood friends Renata, Marina and Giovanna in the meantime become a nun to collect the amount requested.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-08-19
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Son of Cleopatra
Overview: In Roman-dominated Egypt, the corrupt administration of a governor named Petronius has sparked a revolt headed by El Kabir, a young man who learns that he's actually the son of Cleopatra and Julius Caesar. When Petronius' daughter, Livia, newly-arrived from Rome, falls into his hands, El Kabir uses this opportunity to win her over to his side before releasing her to her father.
Genres: Adventure Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-12-31
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The Fruit Is Ripe
Overview: It is fruit-picking season in the plain and pickers come from all over and live in a camp for several weeks. Among the many pretty girls are Kissa, a natural vamp who delights in exciting men; Margo who is hard and tough, and Josine who is tender and romantic. They work in a feverish atmosphere and inflamed by the summer heat, youthful passions run riot, and the girls' sensual behavior cause rivalry among the men. Lorry driver Armand applies the same degree of ardor to his love-making as to his work, and his biggest rival is the boss' son, Berto, a strutting rooster who is very proud of his American car. After work each day, Kissa queens it in the cabaret on shore, and derives great pleasure in arousing jealousy between the men.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-06-22
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The White Warrior
Overview: The story of Hadji Murad, a 19th-century Chechen chieftain who led his warriors in a fight against the invading forces of the Russian Czar.
Genres: Action Adventure History
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-06-21
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Overview: Lot leads his people to a fertile valley adjacent to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, hotbeds of vice and corruption ruled by the merciless Queen Bera. When Lot orders a dam to be busted in order to prevent the destruction of the cities by the attacking Helamites, the queen, in gratitude, allows Lot's people to settle in Sodom. Soon, however, the veneer of civilization begins crumbling as Lot and the Hebrews become corrupted by the Sodomites.
Genres: Adventure Drama History
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1962-10-04
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Seven Slaves Against the World
Overview: Tribune Marcus Aulus, out of favor in Rome because of his alleged sympathy for Christians, arrives to take charge of an aqueduct project on the hot, arid fringes of the Empire. Centurion Gaius, cruel and corrupt, resents being replaced by Marcus. He instigates a revolt by his slave-workers, then blames the situation on Marcus. During the revolt, five muscular slaves escape. They meet up with fellow escapee Balisten, a farmer unjustly condemned to the aqueduct project. Balisten, impressed by Marcus's enlightened attitudes, has rescued the Tribune from the revolt. The six slaves, with Marcus's advice, plan to gain their freedom using their prowess as gladiators. Marcus plans to clear his name and to re-unite with his fiancée, Claudia, recently arrived from Rome. Gaius plans to kill Marcus and thus hide the truth about the slave revolt. Brawls and fights both inside and outside the arena come thick and fast.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-08-28
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Girls of the Night
Overview: In Marseille Father Hermann has created a home for the ex-prostitutes to accommodate a new start to a better life. But it does not take long to arouse the anger of the pimps, and especially of Charly, one of the "bosses" who uses are criminal means to convince those that dare to fight his rules and territory. But several of the girls and women are not afraid of Charly and his gang. They have all been to the bottom of existence. But father Hermann is running out of resources.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1958-04-16
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The Revenge of the Gladiators
Overview: Friends of Spartacus achieve revenge on the plotter who tries to make political capital out of the rumor that he is still alive. It was shot back to back with Seven Slaves Against the World.
Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1964-09-24
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Gente felice
Overview: Tanino, who lives in a village without a cemetery, goes to a deputy to obtain the land necessary for the cemetery.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1957-03-08
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Johnny Belinda
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Original Language: it
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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La salamandre d'or
Overview: In 1525, on the evening of the Battle of Pavia, François 1er was taken prisoner by the armies of Charles-Quint, with the Constable de Bourbon on their side. His mother, regent of the kingdom, commissioned the king's loyal equerry, Antoine de Montpezat, to raise a ransom of two million ecus and send it to Madrid. Despite the treachery of Vandoeuvre, governor of Languedoc and supporter of the connétable de Bourbon, who has his eye on the French throne, Montpezat accomplishes his mission and is reunited with his fiancée, who had almost married the traitor Vandoeuvre.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1962-12-31
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Three Faces of Sin
Overview: Laurent is an artist and sometimes con-man. He wanders into the life of Renee one day in her antique shop and tries to seduce her. Before they can leave town on a weekend getaway together, Renee's teenage daughter Daniele quits school and unexpectedly shows up. Laurent and Daniele fall for each other immediately and end up getting married. The film follows the disastrous situation created by the jealous mother and her daughter's immature husband.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: fr
Release Date: 1961-09-12
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Outlaws of Love
Overview: This film is very much a docudrama which portrays the difficulties of Italian life circa 1963 due to the absence of a divorce law. Five scenarios with different actors portray realistic situations where divorce is clearly warranted but, because marriage was strictly in the purview of the Catholic Church at that time, which strictly forbade divorce, these people are shown to suffer the consequences in their daily lives. Italy got its first civilian divorce law in 1970.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-12-03
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Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
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Genres: History Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-08-11
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Romulus and the Sabines
Overview: The classic story from the early days of Rome where there are no women. Romulus, the founder of Rome, finds women to be wives from Sabina where there are a lot of women. The Sabine men, of course, attack Rome to get their wives and daughters back.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1961-11-15
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I ragazzi dei Parioli
Overview: A tale on the Italian upper class of the '60s and their ways to kill time.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1959-02-18
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Arms of the Avenger
Overview: Using Leonardo Da Vinci's innovative designs for weapons of war, flying engines and other machinery, three brothers join forces to fight a wicked and powerful Duke in early-Renaissance Italy.
Genres: Adventure
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-10-31
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Genitori in blue-jeans
Overview: Some middle-aged Italian men try to have affairs with much-younger girls.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-02-10
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I piaceri del sabato notte
Overview: Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1960-05-04
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Mara
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: es
Release Date: 1961-08-28
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The Shortest Day
Overview: Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Genres: Comedy History War
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1963-02-14
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Con rispetto parlando
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: it
Release Date: 1965-08-14
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