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(s)	Actress, singer

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

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