1. Lilia Skala was an Austrian and American architect and actress known for her role in the film Lilies of the Field, for which she received critical acclaim and an Academy Award nomination.
11 Facts About Lilia Skala
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Lilia Skala was one of the first women architects in Austria and was the first female member of the Austrian Association of Engineers and Architects.
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Lilia Skala was one of the first women to graduate in architecture and engineering from the University of Dresden, then practiced architecture professionally in Vienna.
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However, Lilia Skala's parents were conservative and preferred Lilia Skala to pursue a career that was more "respectable".
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At that time, women were not allowed to study at the University of Vienna, so Lilia Skala's parents had to send her to the TU of Dresden in Germany.
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Lilia Skala returned to Vienna and continued to practice architecture after the completion of her undergraduate degree.
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Lilia Skala played Lisa Douglas's mother, the Countess, on Green Acres in the 1960s.
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Lilia Skala was nominated as Best Supporting Actress for her most famous role as the Mother Superior in 1963's Lilies of the Field.
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Lilia Skala appeared in Ship of Fools, Charly, Deadly Hero, Eleanor and Franklin, Roseland, Heartland Flashdance, and House of Games.
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Lilia Skala died in 1994 in Bay Shore, New York of natural causes at age 98.
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Lilia Skala was introduced to the religion in Vienna in the 1920s.