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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

46

Gender

Female

Birthday

1896-11-28

Day of Death

1994-12-18 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Also Known As

Lilia Skala

Biography

Lilia Skala (née Sofer; 28 November 1896 – 18 December 1994) was an Austrian-American architect and actress known for her role in the film Lilies of the Field (1963), for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination. During her career, Skala was also nominated for two Golden Globe Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lilia Skala, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Acting

Flashdance

1983

Flashdance

as

Hanna Long

Ship of Fools

1965

Ship of Fools

as

Frau Hutten

Charly

1968

Charly

as

Dr. Anna Straus

Caprice

1967

Caprice

as

Madame Piasco

Call Me Madam

1953

Call Me Madam

as

Grand Duchess Sophie

Lilies of the Field

1963

Lilies of the Field

as

Mother Maria

Heartland

1979

Heartland

as

Mrs. Landauer

Roseland

1977

Roseland

as

Rosa

Probe

1972

Probe

as

Frieda Ullman

The Sunshine Patriot

1968

The Sunshine Patriot

as

Dr. Novack

The End of August

1981

The End of August

as

Mlle. Reisz

Sooner or Later

1979

Sooner or Later

as

Grandma Esther

Deadly Hero

1975

Deadly Hero

as

Edna Broderick

Purple and True Blue

1931

Purple and True Blue

as

Leonore von Cadour

Testament

1983

Testament

as

Fania

Men Of Respect

1990

Men Of Respect

as

Lucia

Ironside

1967

Ironside

as

Sister Agatha

House of Games

1987

House of Games

as

Dr. Maria Littauer

Split Second to an Epitaph

1968

Split Second to an Epitaph

as

Sister Agatha

Naked City

Naked City

as

Anna Bognar

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

The Housekeeper

Decoy

Decoy

as

Anna Dombrowsky

Fay

Fay

as

Suspense

Suspense

as

Countess Larisch

The Defenders

The Defenders

as

Clara Solasky

Naked City

Naked City

as

Valeria Lapesku

Lux Video Theatre

Lux Video Theatre

as

Madame Zoffany

The Name of the Game

The Name of the Game

as

Madame Orlov

Eleanor and Franklin

Eleanor and Franklin

as

Mlle. Souvestre

Climax!

Climax!

as

Madame Muller

Production

Crew

Directing