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.
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.
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q468251
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Filmography (Movies)
Bastard, Go and Kill
Character:Susanna
Release Date:06/03/1971
Johnny Belinda
Character:Belinda
Release Date:01/01/1969
Odissea
Character:Elen
Release Date:24/03/1968
Tender Sharks
Character:Zeezee
Release Date:10/03/1967
How to Seduce a Playboy?
Character:Anita Bionda
Release Date:23/11/1966
Target for Killing
Character:La Tigra
Release Date:29/09/1966
Djurado
Character:Barbara Donovan
Release Date:20/08/1966
Modesty Blaise
Character:Melina
Release Date:01/05/1966
Con rispetto parlando
Character:Vittoria Oriani, in arte Patricia D'Altamura
Release Date:14/08/1965
Son of Cleopatra
Character:Livia
Release Date:31/12/1964
The Revenge of the Gladiators
Character:Cinzia
Release Date:24/09/1964
Seven Slaves Against the World
Character:Claudia
Release Date:28/08/1964
Corpse for the Lady
Character:Renata
Release Date:19/08/1964
Una storia di notte
Character:Turista tedesca
Release Date:01/01/1964
Outlaws of Love
Character:Wilma
Release Date:03/12/1963
Arms of the Avenger
Character:Isabella - duchessina di Collinalto
Release Date:31/10/1963
Il terrore dei mantelli rossi
Character:Cristina
Release Date:11/08/1963
The Shortest Day
Character:L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)
Release Date:14/02/1963
Two Colonels
Character:Iride
Release Date:05/01/1963
La salamandre d'or
Character:Béatrice
Release Date:31/12/1962
Sodom and Gomorrah
Character:Tamar
Release Date:04/10/1962
Colossus of the Arena
Character:Thalima
Release Date:13/09/1962
Village of Daughters
Character:Angelina Vimereati
Release Date:13/03/1962
No Man's Land
Character:Signora De Rossi
Release Date:02/03/1962
Romulus and the Sabines
Character:Dusia
Release Date:15/11/1961
Three Faces of Sin
Character:Rossana
Release Date:12/09/1961
Mara
Character:Mara
Release Date:28/08/1961
The Festival Girls
Character:Nadja
Release Date:06/07/1961
The Fruit Is Ripe
Character:Kissa
Release Date:22/06/1961
Mill of the Stone Women
Character:Elfie Wahl
Release Date:30/08/1960
The Queen of the Pirates
Character:Isabella, the Duke's Daughter
Release Date:18/08/1960
I piaceri del sabato notte
Character:Patrizia
Release Date:04/05/1960
Noi duri
Character:Josette
Release Date:24/02/1960
Genitori in blue-jeans
Character:Colette
Release Date:10/02/1960
Take Me As I Am
Character:Gina
Release Date:29/01/1960
The White Warrior
Character:Princess Mario Vorontsova
Release Date:21/06/1959
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
Character:Toni
Release Date:17/06/1959
I ragazzi dei Parioli
Character:Nuccia
Release Date:18/02/1959
Legs of Gold
Character:Gianna Savelli
Release Date:27/08/1958
Girls of the Night
Character:Lola
Release Date:16/04/1958
Gente felice
Character:Gina
Release Date:08/03/1957
Tua per la vita
Character:La sartina dell' Atelier
Release Date:04/10/1955
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