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Gia Scala (born Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio; March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972) was a British-American actress of Italian and Irish descent. Early life. Scala was born March 3, 1934, in Liverpool, England, to Sicilian father Pietro Scoglio, and Irish mother Eileen O'Sullivan. She had one sister, Tina Scala, also an actress. [citation needed]
May 2, 1972 · HOLLYWOOD, May 1 (AP)— Gia Scala, the film actress, was found dead in the bedroom of her Hollywood home yesterday, the police reported today. An autopsy showed that the 38‐year‐ old brunette ...
Gia Scala. Actress: The Guns of Navarone. This tall, dazzling, yet reserved and sensitive foreign import was born Giovanna Scoglio in Liverpool, England but moved to Sicily with her aristocratic Sicilian father and Irish mother at three months of age.
Gia Scala was a British-born actress who starred in films such as The Guns of Navarone and The Angry Hills. She struggled with depression, alcoholism and personal problems throughout her career and died by suicide in 1972.
Apr 30, 2021 · On the night of April 30, 1972, 38-year-old Scala was found dead in her Hollywood Hills home. Los Angeles County Coroner Thomas Noguchi reported her cause of death was from an “acute ethanol and barbiturate intoxication” and was later ruled accidental. The circumstances surrounding Scala’s death have been questioned.
May 9, 2018 · Gia Scala was a British-American actress and model, who was one of the most popular film and television stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s.
Gia Scala (March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972) was an English-born Italian-American actress and model. She was born in Liverpool. Scala was known for her roles in Tip on a Dead Jockey (1957), The Garment Jungle (1957), The Tunnel of Love (1958), and The Guns of Navarone (1961).
