Eddra Gale

Eddra Gale (July 16, 1921 – May 13, 2001) was an American actress and singer of Czech descent.[1]

Eddra Gale
Born(1921-10-16)October 16, 1921
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedMay 13, 2001(2001-05-13) (aged 79)
Deming, New Mexico, U.S.
OccupationActress, singer

Early years

Born in Chicago, Illinois, Gale was the daughter of an executive with a men's clothing company. Both of her parents were musically oriented. Gale began performing when she was three years old. She spoke French, German, Italian, and Spanish.[2]

Career

Originally an opera singer, Gale later performed as a concert singer in Rome. Film director Federico Fellini spotted her in Milan, and cast her for the role of Saraghina, the "devil woman", in Fellini's 8½ (1963), who is used in a flashback representing the male lead's first erotic experience as a young boy.[1] She appeared around the same time in Tutto e Musica and Gidget Goes to Rome (also 1963).[3]

Following her role in 8½,, she appeared in the role of Peter Sellers' wife, Anna Fassbender, in What's New Pussycat? (1965), as a guest in Hotel Paradiso (1966), and in small roles in films such as Three Bites of the Apple (1967), The Graduate (1967), A Man Called Gannon (1968), I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968), The Maltese Bippy (1969), Desperate Mission (1969), and Alex & the Gypsy (1976). Her last film appearance was as "Genevieve" in Somewhere in Time (1980).

Death

Gale died aged 79 in Deming, New Mexico, from complications following a stroke.[3]

Filmography
Year Title Role Notes
19638½La Saraghina
1963Gidget Goes to RomeFat Party GuestUncredited
1963Tutto è musica
1964La donna è una cosa meravigliosa
1965What's New Pussycat?Anna Fassbender
1966Hotel ParadisoHotel Guest
1967Three Bites of the AppleThe Yodeler
1967Matchless
1967GamesParty Guest #6
1967The GraduateWoman on Bus
1968A Man Called GannonLouisa
1968I Love You, Alice B. ToklasLove Lady
1969The Maltese BippyHelga
1969Desperate MissionDelores the BartenderTV movie
1970The Strawberry StatementDean's Secretary
1975Farewell, My LovelySinger
1976Revenge of the CheerleadersNurse Beam
1976Alex & the GypsyTelephone Lady
1980Somewhere in TimeGenevieve(final film role)

References
  1. Alpert, Hollis (1986). Fellini: A Life. New York: Atheneum. pp. 162, 172. ISBN 9780743213097.
  2. Thomas, Kevin (January 21, 1967). "'81/2' Siren Is Motherly Type". California, Los Angeles. California, Los Angeles. p. 17. Retrieved October 19, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Eddra Gale". Variety. June 14, 2001. Retrieved April 5, 2016.


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