Scilla Gabel was born Gianfranca Gabellini on January 4, 1938, in Rimini, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is an Italian actress, model, and former body double who rose to prominence in the mid-1950s through her work in cinema, television, and theater, appearing in over 50 films spanning genres such as peplum epics, spaghetti westerns, sex comedies, and swashbucklers. Gabel initially pursued studies in law before training in acting at Rome's Accademia Nazionale d'Arte Drammatica. Her screen debut came in 1954, but she gained early visibility as Sophia Loren's body double in the 1957 film “Boy on a Dolphin”. Throughout the 1960s, she starred in notable international productions including “Tarzan's Greatest Adventure” (1959), “Colossus of the Arena” (1962), “Sodom and Gomorrah” (1962), “Djurado” (1966), and “Modesty Blaise” (1966), often portraying alluring and adventurous characters that capitalized on her striking beauty and versatility. By the 1970s, Gabel shifted toward acclaimed television miniseries in Italy, such as ‘...e le stelle stanno a guardare’ (1971), while continuing sporadic film roles until the early 1980s. In 1999, her father was murdered, an event covered in the media. Married to Italian director Piero Schivazappa since 1968 until his death in 2017, Gabel's legacy endures as a quintessential figure of post-war Italian genre cinema, blending classical training with the era's bold, pulp-infused storytelling.
GABEL, Scilla (aka Scilla
Gabellini) (Gianfranca Gabellini) [1/4/1938, Rimini, Emilia-Romagna,
Italy - ] – model, film, TV actress,
married to producer, director, assistant director, writer Piero Schivazappa
[1935-2017] (1968-2017) mother of Emiliano Schivazappa [1974- ].
Djurado – 1966
(Barbara Donovan)
Bastard, Go and Kill
– 1971 (Susanna)
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