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Gia Scala (March 3, 1934 – April 30, 1972)
was an actress.

She was born Giovanna Scoglio in Liverpool,
England, to an aristocratic Sicily|Sicilian father
and an Ireland|Irish mother. Raised from infancy
in Sicily, she moved to the United States at age
fourteen where she studied and worked in New York
City. She studied acting and in 1954 was signed to
a contract by Universal Studios in Hollywood.

Using the stage name, "Gia Scala," she made her
motion picture debut in 1955 but person problems
plagued her and in 1958 she attempted suicide. She
received wide recognition for her performance of
"Anna" in the 1961 film, The Guns of Navarone but
her successful career began to deteriorate as a
result of a growing alcoholism|alcohol dependency
and she was eventually let go from her studio
contract.

Having Great Britain|British citizenship because
of her birth, she moved to work in film in England
but there her troubles only escalated. Suffering
from severe emotional problems, aggravated by
alcohol, she made another unsuccessful suicide
attempt before returning to Hollywood where she
eventually did end her life with a drug overdose
in 1972.

Gia Scala is interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery
in Culver City, California.

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