Gia Scala (3 March 1934 – 30 April 1972) was a British-American actress and model, who was one of the most popular film and television stars of the late 1950s and early 1960s. Scala was born in Liverpool and raised in Sicily, later moving to the United States where she began an acting career. Scala quickly became a prominent actress in Hollywood, receiving praise for her roles in The Garment Jungle (1957) and The Two-Headed Spy (1959), and appearing in critically acclaimed works such as Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1960) and The Guns of Navarone (1961).