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

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Eddra Gale
Born	(1921-10-16)October 16, 1921 Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died	May 13, 2001(2001-05-13) (aged 79) Deming, New Mexico, U.S.
Occupation	Actress, 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
1963	8½	La Saraghina
1963	Gidget Goes to Rome	Fat Party Guest	Uncredited
1963	Tutto è musica
1964	La donna è una cosa meravigliosa
1965	What's New Pussycat?	Anna Fassbender
1966	Hotel Paradiso	Hotel Guest
1967	Three Bites of the Apple	The Yodeler
1967	Matchless
1967	Games	Party Guest #6
1967	The Graduate	Woman on Bus
1968	A Man Called Gannon	Louisa
1968	I Love You, Alice B. Toklas	Love Lady
1969	The Maltese Bippy	Helga
1969	Desperate Mission	Delores the Bartender	TV movie
1970	The Strawberry Statement	Dean's Secretary
1975	Farewell, My Lovely	Singer
1976	Revenge of the Cheerleaders	Nurse Beam
1976	Alex & the Gypsy	Telephone Lady
1980	Somewhere in Time	Genevieve	(final film role)

References

External links

• Eddra Gale at IMDb

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