Acting
Scilla Gabel
Born January 4, 1938 · Rimini, Italy (age 88)
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 be…
Known For
Tender Sharks · 1967Tender Sharks
★ 9.01967
MovieActionComedy
While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.
Sodom and Gomorrah · 1962Sodom and Gomorrah
★ 5.41962
MovieAdventureDrama
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.
Bastard, Go and Kill · 1971Bastard, Go and Kill
★ 5.31971
MovieWestern
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.
The Shortest Day · 1963The Shortest Day
★ 6.31963
MovieComedyHistory
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Legs of Gold · 1958Legs of Gold
★ 5.71958
MovieComedy
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.
Modesty Blaise · 1966Modesty Blaise
★ 5.31966
MovieComedyCrime
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.
Mara · 1961Mara
★ 5.01961
MovieDrama
The Odyssey · 1969The Odyssey
★ 7.71969
MovieAdventureDrama
After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka. [Theatrical version of the 1968 mini-series.]
Movies
Tender Sharks · 1967Tender Sharks
★ 9.01967
MovieActionComedy
While an admiral's son is hunted by secret agents, his sister plays his part on a warship.
Sodom and Gomorrah · 1962Sodom and Gomorrah
★ 5.41962
MovieAdventureDrama
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.
Bastard, Go and Kill · 1971Bastard, Go and Kill
★ 5.31971
MovieWestern
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.
The Shortest Day · 1963The Shortest Day
★ 6.31963
MovieComedyHistory
Two jerks are enlisted in the Italian army during W.W.1 and by pure luck manage to help win an important battle.
Legs of Gold · 1958Legs of Gold
★ 5.71958
MovieComedy
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.
Modesty Blaise · 1966Modesty Blaise
★ 5.31966
MovieComedyCrime
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.
Mara · 1961Mara
★ 5.01961
MovieDrama
The Odyssey · 1969The Odyssey
★ 7.71969
MovieAdventureDrama
After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka. [Theatrical version of the 1968 mini-series.]
I ragazzi dei Parioli · 1959I ragazzi dei Parioli
★ 7.51959
MovieDrama
A tale on the Italian upper class of the '60s and their ways to kill time.
Village of Daughters · 1962Village of Daughters
★ 6.71962
MovieComedy
A salesman from England is picked to select one girl in an Italian town who will become a bride for a native son.
La salamandre d'or · 1962La salamandre d'or
★ 8.01962
MovieDrama
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.
Tarzan's Greatest Adventure · 1959Tarzan's Greatest Adventure
★ 5.41959
MovieAdventure
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.
I piaceri del sabato notte · 1960I piaceri del sabato notte
★ 3.01960
MovieDrama
Behind the facade of a fashionable Milanese home, headed by Arabella, lies an efficient ring of high prostitution.
The Queen of the Pirates · 1960The Queen of the Pirates
★ 5.51960
MovieActionAdventure
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.
Outlaws of Love · 1963Outlaws of Love
★ 6.11963
MovieDrama
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.
Girls of the Night · 1958Girls of the Night
★ 7.01958
MovieDrama
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.
La grande vallata · 1961La grande vallata
1961
MovieDrama
Romulus and the Sabines · 1961Romulus and the Sabines
★ 5.31961
MovieAdventure
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.
Due sosia in allegria · 1956Due sosia in allegria
★ 8.01956
Movie
TWO LOOK-A-LIKES IN HAPPINESS is a 1956 comedy film directed by Ignazio Ferronetti, starring Lauro Gazzolo, Anna Maria Ghiani, and Scilla Gabel, with a running time of 85 minutes.
Target for Killing · 1966Target for Killing
★ 6.61966
MovieCrimeDrama
A secret agent is charged with preventing a crime syndicate's plot to assassinate a young heiress.
Noi duri · 1960Noi duri
★ 6.71960
MovieComedy
Lieutenant Bombardone is in Paris to wipe out a gang of drug traffickers.
The White Warrior · 1959The White Warrior
★ 5.31959
MovieActionAdventure
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.
Mill of the Stone Women · 1960Mill of the Stone Women
★ 6.11960
MovieHorrorScience Fiction
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.
Two Colonels · 1963Two Colonels
★ 7.51963
MovieComedy
In WWII Greece, two enemy Colonels, one Italian and the other English, develop a grudging friendship which the war will test.
TV Shows
The Odyssey · 1968The Odyssey
★ 8.91968
SeriesDrama
Odysseus' journey, told in Homer's Iliad and Odyssey. After fighting in the Trojan War, Odysseus spends years trying to return home to Itaka.
Le donne del Tenente Sheridan · 1965Le donne del Tenente Sheridan
★ 6.01965
SeriesCrime
Dov'è Anna? · 1976Dov'è Anna?
★ 8.41976
SeriesDrama
The search for Anna, who suddenly disappeared from a quiet family home.
That Awful Mess on Via Merulana · 1983That Awful Mess on Via Merulana
★ 7.01983
Series
Italian miniseries about a homicide that occurred in Rome during the 1920s.
Vino e pane · 1973Vino e pane
★ 8.01973
SeriesDrama
In 1935, Pietro Spina, a communist intellectual forced to emigrate for political reasons, secretly returns to Italy, driven by nostalgia for his homeland. Under the identity of Don Paolo Spada, a priest recovering from illness, he moves to Pietrasecca, a small village in the mountains of Abruzzo.