Portrait of Lilia Skala

Lilia Skala

Acting

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.

Born: November 28, 1896

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Filmography

1990
1987
House of Games

as Dr. Maria Littauer

1983
Testament

as Fania

1983
Flashdance

as Hanna Long

1981
The End of August

as Mlle. Reisz

1979
Heartland

as Mrs. Landauer

1979
Sooner or Later

as Grandma Esther

1977
Roseland

as Rosa

1976
Eleanor and Franklin

as Mlle. Souvestre

1975
Deadly Hero

as Edna Broderick

1972
Probe

as Frieda Ullman

1968
1968
1968
Charly

as Dr. Anna Straus

1968
The Name of the Game

as Madame Orlov

1967
Caprice

as Madame Piasco

1967
Ironside

as Sister Agatha

1965
Ship of Fools

as Frau Hutten

1963
Kraft Suspense Theatre

as Lina Rosetti

1963
Lilies of the Field

as Mother Maria

1962
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Frieda Schmidt

1961
The Defenders

as Clara Solasky

1960
The Hiding Place

as Mrs. Klodt

1958
Naked City

as Anna Bognar

1958
Naked City

as Valeria Lapesku

1957
Decoy

as Anna Dombrowsky

1954
Climax!

as Madame Muller

1953
Call Me Madam

as Grand Duchess Sophie

1953
1949
Suspense

as Countess Larisch

1948
1931
Purple and True Blue

as Leonore von Cadour