
Known for
Acting
Born
January 4, 1938 (age 88)
Birthplace
Rimini, Italy
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 m...
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1983
1976
1973
1971
as Susanna
1969
as Helen
1969
as Belinda
1969
as Elena
1968
1967
as Zeezee
1966
as Anita Bionda
1966
as La Tigra
1966
as Barbara Donovan
1966
as Melina
1965
1965
as Vittoria Oriani, in arte Patricia D'Altamura
1964
as Livia
1964
as Cinzia
1964
as Claudia
1964
as Renata
1964
as Turista tedesca
1963
as Wilma
1963
as Isabella - duchessina di Collinalto
1963
as Cristina
1963
as L'amante di un soldato (uncredited)