Biography
A decade after recreating her Broadway role in the film version of the Irving Berlin musical "Call Me Madam" (1953) Skala first gained attention in features with her splendid, Oscar-nominated performance as the disciplined, argumentative but good-hearted Mother Superior who coaxes an itinerant handyman (Sidney Poitier) into building a church in the delightful sleeper "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
Most typically in prominent, commanding …
LATEST CREDITS
The End of August | Madamoiselle Reisz |
Lilies of the Field | Mother Maria |
Flashdance | Hanna Long |
Charly | Dr Anna Straus |
House of Games | Dr Littauer |
Deadly Hero | Mrs Broderick |
Heartland | Grandma Landauer |
Sooner or Later | Grandma |
Search | Frieda Ullman |
Caprice | Madame Piasco |
The Sunshine Patriot | Dr Novack |
Men of Respect | Lucia |
Split Second to an Epitaph | Sister Agatha |
Eleanor and Franklin | Mlle Souvestre |
Testament | Fania |
Ironside | Sister Agatha |
Call Me Madam | Grand Duchess |
Ship of Fools | Frau Hutten |
Roseland | Rosa |
Green Acres | Lisa's Mother |
Search For Tomorrow | Magda Leshinsky |
As the World Turns | Actor |
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