In 1964 she played the iron-willed mother superior in the movie ”Lilies of the Field,” co-starring Sidney Poitier. In 1977 she was the aging, obsessed grande dame of the dance hall in the film ...

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Playwright pays homage to her grandmother in one-woman show I can’t speak to the quality of the one-woman play “Lilia!” I haven’t seen it. But if the hour I spent speaking with the show’s playwright ...

The late Broadway star Lilia Skala was a good friend of Colorado Mesa University’s theatre department founder Bill Robinson. The two worked together in New York for the Children’s World Theater.

The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College in Branchburg will present "Lilia!," Tuesday, May 3, with performances at noon and 7 p.m. Written and performed by actress Libby Skala, "Lilia!" is a ...

View All Los Angeles Shows > Gary Austin presents Libby Skala in LILIA! The indomitable Lilia Skala comes to life in her granddaughter's deeply personal one-woman show. Lilia Skala escaped Nazi ...

Lilia Skala (née Sofer; 28 November 1896 – 18 December 1994) was an Austrian-American architect and actress known for her role in the film Lilies of the Field (1963), for which she received critical ...

Lilia Skala, who was in her 90’s and was best known for her role as the mother superior in the film “Lillies of The Field,” died Sunday in New York. Her performance in the 1963 “Lillies of The Field,” ...