Lilia Skala Biography

Fast Facts

• Recieved the Bronze Wrangler Award at the 1981 Western Heritage Awards for her work in "Heartland․"
• Won second place at the Laurel Awards for her performance in "Lilies of the Field․"
• Was one of the first women to graduated with degrees in architecture and engineering at the University of Dresden
• Started out as an actress with the Max Reinhardt Repertory Theater
• Before entering acting, she worked as a non-English-speaking refugee in a zipper factor in Queens, New York
• Widely regarded as a character actress for the wide range of eccentric personalities she has portrayed
• Moved to the U․S․ after being forced to leave her homeland when it was occupied by the Nazis