Lilia Skala

Lilia Skala (born November 28, 1896 in Vienna, Austria; died December 18, 1994 in Bay Shore, New York) was an actress. She was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actress for Lilies of the Field. She died in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York. Her life is the subject of an eponymous one-woman play written and performed by her granddaughter, Libby Skala.

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Austria: The Republic of Austria (German: Republik ?sterreich) is a landlocked country in central Europe. It borders Germany and the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The capital is the city of Vienn...