Logo
Unionpedia
Communication
Get it on Google Play
New! Download Unionpedia on your Android™ device!
Download
Faster access than browser!
 

Gia Scala

Index Gia Scala

Gia Scala (3 March 1934 – 30 April 1972) 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. [1]

68 relations: Actor, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, All That Heaven Allows, Barbara Anderson (actress), Barbiturate, Battle of the Coral Sea (film), Bayside High School (Queens), Benzodiazepine, Bert Parks, Christopher Lee, Cinema of the United States, Convoy (TV series), Culver City, California, David Niven, Diazepam, Don't Go Near the Water (film), Doris Day, England, Ethanol, Four Girls in Town, Goodyear Theatre, Gregory Peck, Henry Mancini, Hollywood Hills, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, I Aim at the Stars, It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series), Liverpool, London, Los Angeles, Mary Magdalene, Messina, Model (person), Naturalization, Never Say Goodbye (1956 film), New York City, Richard Widmark, Ride a Crooked Trail, Rock Hudson, Run for Your Life (TV series), Sicily, Stella Adler, Steve McQueen, Stop the Music (U.S. TV series), Taormina, Tarzan (1966 TV series), Taxicab, The Angry Hills, The Big Boodle, The Garment Jungle, ..., The Guns of Navarone (film), The Islanders (TV series), The Price of Fear (1956 film), The Rogues (TV series), The Tunnel of Love, The Two-Headed Spy, Thomas Noguchi, Tina Scala, Tip on a Dead Jockey, Twelve O'Clock High (TV series), United Kingdom, United States, Universal Pictures, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series), Waterloo Bridge, Whitestone, Queens, William Shatner. Expand index (18 more) »

Actor

An actor (often actress for women; see terminology) is a person who portrays a character in a performance.

New!!: Gia Scala and Actor · See more »

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents is an American television anthology series that was hosted and produced by Alfred Hitchcock; the program aired on CBS and NBC between 1955 and 1965.

New!!: Gia Scala and Alfred Hitchcock Presents · See more »

All That Heaven Allows

All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 Technicolor drama romance film starring Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson in a tale about a well-to-do widow and a younger landscape designer falling in love.

New!!: Gia Scala and All That Heaven Allows · See more »

Barbara Anderson (actress)

Barbara Jeanne Anderson (born November 27, 1945) is a retired American actress who is best known for portraying police officer Eve Whitfield in the television series Ironside, for which she won an Emmy Award.

New!!: Gia Scala and Barbara Anderson (actress) · See more »

Barbiturate

A barbiturate is a drug that acts as a central nervous system depressant, and can therefore produce a wide spectrum of effects, from mild sedation to death.

New!!: Gia Scala and Barbiturate · See more »

Battle of the Coral Sea (film)

Battle of the Coral Sea is a 1959 film directed by Paul Wendkos.

New!!: Gia Scala and Battle of the Coral Sea (film) · See more »

Bayside High School (Queens)

Bayside High School is a public high school located in Bayside, in the New York City borough of Queens, it is administered by the New York City Department of Education.

New!!: Gia Scala and Bayside High School (Queens) · See more »

Benzodiazepine

Benzodiazepines (BZD, BZs), sometimes called "benzos", are a class of psychoactive drugs whose core chemical structure is the fusion of a benzene ring and a diazepine ring.

New!!: Gia Scala and Benzodiazepine · See more »

Bert Parks

Bert Parks (born Bertram Jacobson; December 30, 1914 – February 2, 1992) was an American actor, singer, and radio and television announcer, best known for hosting the annual Miss America telecast from 1955 to 1979.

New!!: Gia Scala and Bert Parks · See more »

Christopher Lee

Sir Christopher Frank Carandini Lee (27 May 1922 – 7 June 2015) was an English character actor, singer, and author.

New!!: Gia Scala and Christopher Lee · See more »

Cinema of the United States

The cinema of the United States, often metonymously referred to as Hollywood, has had a profound effect on the film industry in general since the early 20th century.

New!!: Gia Scala and Cinema of the United States · See more »

Convoy (TV series)

Convoy is a 13-episode American television show set during World War II that appeared on NBC for the 1965–1966 television season.

New!!: Gia Scala and Convoy (TV series) · See more »

Culver City, California

Culver City is a city in Los Angeles County, California.

New!!: Gia Scala and Culver City, California · See more »

David Niven

James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983) was an English actor, memoirist and novelist.

New!!: Gia Scala and David Niven · See more »

Diazepam

Diazepam, first marketed as Valium, is a medicine of the benzodiazepine family that typically produces a calming effect.

New!!: Gia Scala and Diazepam · See more »

Don't Go Near the Water (film)

Don't Go Near the Water is a 1957 comedy film about a U.S. Navy public relations unit stationed on an island in the Pacific Ocean during World War II.

New!!: Gia Scala and Don't Go Near the Water (film) · See more »

Doris Day

Doris Day (born Doris Mary Ann Kappelhoff; April 3, 1922) is an American actress, singer, and animal welfare activist.

New!!: Gia Scala and Doris Day · See more »

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

New!!: Gia Scala and England · See more »

Ethanol

Ethanol, also called alcohol, ethyl alcohol, grain alcohol, and drinking alcohol, is a chemical compound, a simple alcohol with the chemical formula.

New!!: Gia Scala and Ethanol · See more »

Four Girls in Town

Four Girls in Town is a 1957 American CinemaScope Technicolor film noir drama film directed by Jack Sher about four girls trying to be movie stars.

New!!: Gia Scala and Four Girls in Town · See more »

Goodyear Theatre

Goodyear Theatre (also known as Award Theatre and Golden Years of Television) is a 30-minute dramatic television anthology series telecast on NBC from 1957 to 1960 for a total of 55 episodes.

New!!: Gia Scala and Goodyear Theatre · See more »

Gregory Peck

Eldred Gregory Peck (April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003) was an American actor, one of the most popular film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s.

New!!: Gia Scala and Gregory Peck · See more »

Henry Mancini

Enrico Nicola "Henry" Mancini (April 16, 1924 – June 14, 1994) was an American composer, conductor and arranger, who is best remembered for his film and television scores.

New!!: Gia Scala and Henry Mancini · See more »

Hollywood Hills

The Hollywood Hills are a part of the Santa Monica Mountains and also a hillside neighborhood of the same name in the central region of the city of Los Angeles, California.

New!!: Gia Scala and Hollywood Hills · See more »

Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City

Holy Cross Cemetery is a Roman Catholic cemetery at 5835 West Slauson Avenue in Culver City, California, operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.

New!!: Gia Scala and Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City · See more »

I Aim at the Stars

I Aim at the Stars is a 1960 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Wernher von Braun.

New!!: Gia Scala and I Aim at the Stars · See more »

It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series)

It Takes a Thief is an American action-adventure television series that aired on ABC for three seasons between 1968 and 1970.

New!!: Gia Scala and It Takes a Thief (1968 TV series) · See more »

Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

New!!: Gia Scala and Liverpool · See more »

London

London is the capital and most populous city of England and the United Kingdom.

New!!: Gia Scala and London · See more »

Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

New!!: Gia Scala and Los Angeles · See more »

Mary Magdalene

Saint Mary Magdalene, sometimes called simply the Magdalene, was a Jewish woman who, according to the four canonical gospels, traveled with Jesus as one of his followers and was a witness to his crucifixion, burial, and resurrection.

New!!: Gia Scala and Mary Magdalene · See more »

Messina

Messina (Sicilian: Missina; Messana, Μεσσήνη) is the capital of the Italian Metropolitan City of Messina.

New!!: Gia Scala and Messina · See more »

Model (person)

A model is a person with a role either to promote, display or advertise commercial products (notably fashion clothing in fashion shows), or to serve as a visual aid for people who are creating works of art or to pose for photography.

New!!: Gia Scala and Model (person) · See more »

Naturalization

Naturalization (or naturalisation) is the legal act or process by which a non-citizen in a country may acquire citizenship or nationality of that country.

New!!: Gia Scala and Naturalization · See more »

Never Say Goodbye (1956 film)

Never Say Goodbye is a 1956 American Technicolor drama film directed by Jerry Hopper starring Rock Hudson.

New!!: Gia Scala and Never Say Goodbye (1956 film) · See more »

New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

New!!: Gia Scala and New York City · See more »

Richard Widmark

Richard Weedt Widmark (December 26, 1914March 24, 2008) was an American film, stage, and television actor and producer.

New!!: Gia Scala and Richard Widmark · See more »

Ride a Crooked Trail

Ride a Crooked Trail is a 1958 American Eastmancolor Western film shot in CinemaScope, with former World War II hero Audie Murphy and future Academy Award winning actor Walter Matthau heading a strong if not well-known cast.

New!!: Gia Scala and Ride a Crooked Trail · See more »

Rock Hudson

Rock Hudson (born Roy Harold Scherer, Jr.; November 17, 1925 – October 2, 1985) was an American actor, generally known for his turns as a leading man during the 1950s and 1960s.

New!!: Gia Scala and Rock Hudson · See more »

Run for Your Life (TV series)

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live.

New!!: Gia Scala and Run for Your Life (TV series) · See more »

Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

New!!: Gia Scala and Sicily · See more »

Stella Adler

Stella Adler (February 10, 1901 – December 21, 1992) was an American actress and acting teacher.

New!!: Gia Scala and Stella Adler · See more »

Steve McQueen

Terence Steven McQueen (March 24, 1930 – November 7, 1980) was an American actor.

New!!: Gia Scala and Steve McQueen · See more »

Stop the Music (U.S. TV series)

Stop the Music was a prime time television game show that aired for an hour on Thursday evenings on ABC from May 5, 1949, to April 24, 1952, and again for a half-hour from September 7, 1954, to June 14, 1956.

New!!: Gia Scala and Stop the Music (U.S. TV series) · See more »

Taormina

Taormina (Sicilian: Taurmina; Latin: Tauromenium; Ταυρομένιον, Tauromenion) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy.

New!!: Gia Scala and Taormina · See more »

Tarzan (1966 TV series)

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968.

New!!: Gia Scala and Tarzan (1966 TV series) · See more »

Taxicab

A taxicab, also known as a taxi or a cab, is a type of vehicle for hire with a driver, used by a single passenger or small group of passengers, often for a non-shared ride.

New!!: Gia Scala and Taxicab · See more »

The Angry Hills

The Angry Hills (1955) is a novel written by the American novelist Leon Uris.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Angry Hills · See more »

The Big Boodle

The Big Boodle is a 1957 American film noir crime film directed by Richard Wilson, and starring Errol Flynn, Pedro Armendáriz, Rossana Rory, and Gia Scala, set in Cuba.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Big Boodle · See more »

The Garment Jungle

The Garment Jungle is a 1957 film noir crime film directed by Vincent Sherman and Robert Aldrich and written by Lester Velie and Harry Kleiner.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Garment Jungle · See more »

The Guns of Navarone (film)

The Guns of Navarone is a 1961 British-American epic adventure war film directed by J. Lee Thompson.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Guns of Navarone (film) · See more »

The Islanders (TV series)

The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Islanders (TV series) · See more »

The Price of Fear (1956 film)

The Price of Fear is a 1956 film noir crime film directed by Abner Biberman starring Merle Oberon and Lex Barker.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Price of Fear (1956 film) · See more »

The Rogues (TV series)

The Rogues is an American television series that appeared on NBC from September 13, 1964, to April 18, 1965, starring David Niven, Charles Boyer, and Gig Young as a related trio of former conmen who could, for the right price, be persuaded to trick a very wealthy and heinously unscrupulous mark.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Rogues (TV series) · See more »

The Tunnel of Love

The Tunnel of Love is a 1958 romantic comedy film based on the Broadway hit by Peter De Vries and Joseph Fields.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Tunnel of Love · See more »

The Two-Headed Spy

The Two-Headed Spy is a 1958 British spy thriller, with elements of film noir, set in the Second World War, and directed by Andre DeToth.

New!!: Gia Scala and The Two-Headed Spy · See more »

Thomas Noguchi

is a former Chief Medical Examiner-Coroner for the County of Los Angeles, who served in that position from 1967 to 1982.

New!!: Gia Scala and Thomas Noguchi · See more »

Tina Scala

Tina Scala (born July 16, 1935) is an actress, model, singer, and poet of Italian and Irish descent.

New!!: Gia Scala and Tina Scala · See more »

Tip on a Dead Jockey

Tip on a Dead Jockey is a 1957 film drama starring Robert Taylor.

New!!: Gia Scala and Tip on a Dead Jockey · See more »

Twelve O'Clock High (TV series)

12 O'Clock High (also known as Twelve O'Clock High) is an American drama series set in World War II.

New!!: Gia Scala and Twelve O'Clock High (TV series) · See more »

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

New!!: Gia Scala and United Kingdom · See more »

United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

New!!: Gia Scala and United States · See more »

Universal Pictures

Universal Pictures (also known as Universal Studios) is an American film studio owned by Comcast through the Universal Filmed Entertainment Group division of its wholly owned subsidiary NBCUniversal.

New!!: Gia Scala and Universal Pictures · See more »

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1961 American science fiction disaster film from 20th Century Fox, produced and directed by Irwin Allen, that stars Walter Pidgeon as Admiral Harriman Nelson, and Robert Sterling as Captain Lee Crane.

New!!: Gia Scala and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea · See more »

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series)

Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1960s American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name.

New!!: Gia Scala and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) · See more »

Waterloo Bridge

Waterloo Bridge is a road and foot traffic bridge crossing the River Thames in London, between Blackfriars Bridge and Hungerford Bridge.

New!!: Gia Scala and Waterloo Bridge · See more »

Whitestone, Queens

Whitestone is an upper middle-class residential neighborhood in the northernmost part of the New York City borough of Queens.

New!!: Gia Scala and Whitestone, Queens · See more »

William Shatner

William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor, author, producer, and director.

New!!: Gia Scala and William Shatner · See more »

Redirects here:

Giovanna Scoglio, Josephine Grace Giovanna Scoglio, Josephine Grace Johanna Scoglio.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gia_Scala

OutgoingIncoming
Hey! We are on Facebook now! »