1. Gia Scala was brought up in Messina and Mili San Marco in Sicily, the latter on the estate of her grandfather, Natale Scoglio, who owned one of the largest citrus growing operations in Sicily.
10 Facts About Gia Scala
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When Gia Scala was 16, she moved to the United States to live with her aunt Agata in Whitestone, Queens, New York City.
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Gia Scala met Steve McQueen, whom she dated from 1952 to 1954.
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Gia Scala began to appear on game shows, including Stop the Music, where she was spotted by Maurice Bergman, an executive of Universal International located in New York City.
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In 1954, accompanied by her mother, Gia Scala flew to Los Angeles to screen test for the role of Mary Magdalene in The Gallileans.
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Gia Scala had her first official job in Hollywood when she was given a non-speaking, uncredited part in the movie All That Heaven Allows, starring Rock Hudson.
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Gia Scala became emotionally distraught following the death of her mother in 1957.
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Gia Scala made frequent appearances on American television during the 1960s, appearing in such series as Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Convoy, The Islanders, The Rogues, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, Twelve O'Clock High, Tarzan, and It Takes a Thief in the episode "The Artist Is for Framing," her final acting role.
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Gia Scala had difficulties with alcohol and her career began to wane.
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Gia Scala is interred in the Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.