Lilia Skala

ABOUT LILIA SKALA

Remembered for her roles in Ship of Fools, Charly, Flashdance, and other films of the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, Skala is perhaps most famous for her Oscar-nominated supporting role in the 1963 feature Lilies of the Field.

Before beginning her acting career, she earned an architecture degree from the University of Dresden. After working for a time as an architect, she performed in a 1930s European touring production of Six Characters in Search of an Author.

Her Broadway credits include Call Me Madam and Letters to Lucerne.

Born in Vienna, Austria, to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother, she later married Louis Erich Skala; gave birth to two children; became a Christian Scientist; and settled in the United States.

She co-starred with James Earl Jones in the 1976 thriller Deadly Hero.