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Eddra Gale

1921 – 2001

American actress

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About Eddra Gale

Lived 1921 – 2001 (aged 79). Eddra Gale was an American opera singer, film actor and actor.

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

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.

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.

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), The 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.

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Who was Eddra Gale?

American actress

When was Eddra Gale born?

Eddra Gale was born on 16 July 1921 in Chicago.

When did Eddra Gale die?

Eddra Gale died on 13 May 2001 in Deming.

What was Eddra Gale's occupation?

Eddra Gale was an opera singer, film actor and actor.

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Eddra Gale was American.

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· Wikipedia: Eddra Gale

· Wikidata: Q3047317

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