Job Actress
Years active 1931-1990
Top Roles Mother Maria, Dr. Anna Straus, Frau Hutten, Grand Duchess Sophie
Top GenresDrama, Film Adaptation, Romance, Comedy, Musical, Science Fiction
Top TopicsBook-Based, Teachers, True Story (based on)
Top Collaborators (Director), , (Producer),
Shares birthday with Gloria Grahame, Lawrence Turman, Hope Lange  see more..

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Charly

Charly

Fan rating: 9.00
Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

Fan rating: 8.25
Ship of Fools

Ship of Fools

Fan rating: 7.00

Lilia Skala Overview:

Actress, Lilia Skala, was born on Nov 28, 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Skala died at the age of 98 on Dec 18, 1994 in Bay Shore, Long Island and was cremated and her ashes given to family or friend.

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Although Skala was nominated for one Oscar, she never won a competitive Academy Award.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1963Best Supporting ActressLilies of the Field (1963)Mother MariaNominated
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Best Supporting Actress Oscar 1963
WINNER
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(as Duchess of Brighton)
in The V.I.P.s
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(as Molly)
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Joyce Redman
(as Mrs. Waters)
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(as Mother Maria)
in Lilies of the Field
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Lilia Skala Facts
During the Nazi invasion of the late 1930s, Lilia's Jewish husband was arrested at one point and placed in a Viennese detention center. He was rescued by Lilia when she went to the prison and bribed the prison guards to let him go with a gold cigarette box. Her husband managed to escape over the border that same evening but was forced to leave behind Lilia and their two young sons. Lilia and her children eventually managed to escape themselves and later joined their husband and father in England. The entire family immigrated to the U.S. in 1939.
She was not shown in the "Memorial Tribute" at the 67th Annual Academy Awards ceremony in 1995, although she died in December 1994 and had been nominated for an Oscar in 1964 for her role in "Lilies on the Field".
At the time of her Oscar nomination for "Lilies of the Field," Skala was working at the Lost and Found desk of New York's Transit Authority, and was only able to attend the ceremonies when United Artists agreed to pay her fare. Within a year, Skala was supporting herself as an actress.
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