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Lilia Skala

リリア・スカラ　/　りりあ・すから

Stage actor from Austria

November 28, 1896 – December 18, 1994　・　Vienna, Austria

stage actor
film actor
television actor

My Take

Lilia Skala lived a life that reads like a screenplay. Born in Vienna and trained as an architect at the Dresden University of Technology, she later earned an Academy Award nomination for Lilies of the Field, plus two Golden Globe nods and an Emmy nomination. What moves me most is the boldness of her pivot: walking away from a solid technical profession to reinvent herself as an actor, and doing it well into the second half of a near-century-long life. She's living proof to me that it's never too late to bloom again.

Overview

Lilia Skala (née Sofer; 28 November 1896 – 18 December 1994) was an Austrian and 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.

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1. Profile

Name (English): Lilia Skala
Name (Japanese): リリア・スカラ
Reading: りりあ・すから
Born: November 28, 1896 – December 18, 1994
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Sagittarius / Monkey
Origin: Vienna, Austria
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: stage actor / film actor / television actor / architect / actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

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6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%82%AB%E3%83%A9

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