Gila Golan

Gila Golan (born 1940) is an Israeli former fashion model and actress. Born in Krakow, Poland, in 1940, she was adopted by a Roman Catholic family that found her left in a bundle at a train station during the Holocaust. Her adopted family sent her to be educated in a monastery. Arriving in Israel after World War II with the name Zusia Sobetzcki, she became Miriam Goldberg and continued her schooling in an Orthodox girls' boarding school. After becoming enamoured with fashion and undergoing plastic surgery, she was spotted by an American photographer, and ultimately ended up in the Israeli women's magazine LaIsha. Her new fame launched her to the 1960 national fashion competition, where she won first place and was crowned Miss Israel, though she changed her name to Gila Golan to prevent word getting back to her religiously conservative benefactors. After receiving second place in that year's Miss World competition as Israel's representative, she was sent to the United States to raise funds, and she ended up staying there. Director Stanley Kramer started her film career with the role of Elsa Lutz in his film Ship of Fools, whence she continued to establish herself in Our Man Flint, Three on a Couch, and The Valley of Gwangi. Golan was married and divorced, remarried and widowed, and finally married a third time, and has several children from her three marriages. In recent years she has returned to religion and now runs an investment business. Description above from the ...

Our Man Flint (1966)

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Mann
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Gila Golan  •  Edward Mulhare

When scientists use eco-terrorism to impose their will on the world by affecting extremes in the weather, Intelligence Chief Cramden calls in top agent Derek Flint.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Daniel Mann
CAST:  James Coburn  •  Lee J. Cobb  •  Gila Golan  •  Edward Mulhare

Ship of Fools (1965)

Depressing

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Kramer
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Simone Signoret  •  José Ferrer  •  Lee Marvin

Passengers on a ship traveling from Mexico to Europe in the 1930s represent society at large in that era. The crew is German, including the ship's Dr. Schumann, who falls in love with one of the passengers, La Condesa. A young American woman, Jenny, is traveling ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Stanley Kramer
CAST:  Vivien Leigh  •  Simone Signoret  •  José Ferrer  •  Lee Marvin

The Valley of Gwangi (1969)

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim O'Connolly
CAST:  James Franciscus  •  Gila Golan  •  Richard Carlson  •  Laurence Naismith

A turn of the century wild west show struggling to make a living in Mexico comes into the possession of a tiny prehistoric horse. This leads to an expedition to the Forbidden Valley where they discover living dinosaurs. They capture one and take it back to be put ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jim O'Connolly
CAST:  James Franciscus  •  Gila Golan  •  Richard Carlson  •  Laurence Naismith

Cop in Drag (1984)

Rome, Italy, early 1980s. A guy who worked at the Blue Gay, a transvestite cabaret, is found murdered, strangled. Marshal Nico Giraldi is responsible for investigating, infiltrating the Roman Gay community.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Corbucci
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Olimpia Di Nardo  •  Bombolo  •  Paco Fabrini

Rome, Italy, early 1980s. A guy who worked at the Blue Gay, a transvestite cabaret, is found murdered, strangled. Marshal Nico Giraldi is responsible for investigating, infiltrating the Roman Gay community.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Bruno Corbucci
CAST:  Tomas Milian  •  Olimpia Di Nardo  •  Bombolo  •  Paco Fabrini

Catch As Catch Can (1967)

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Indovina
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Martha Hyer  •  Gila Golan  •  Karin Skarreso

Bob is a successful actor, but his career gets doomed by a strange phenomenon: the animal kingdom is taking on him!  (more)

DIRECTION:  Franco Indovina
CAST:  Vittorio Gassman  •  Martha Hyer  •  Gila Golan  •  Karin Skarreso

La Classe américaine (1993)

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Hazanavicius  •  Dominique Mézerette
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Christine Delaroche  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Évelyne Grandjean

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of these intriguing final words, asks his three best investigators, Dave, Peter and Steven, to solve the mystery. ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Michel Hazanavicius  •  Dominique Mézerette
CAST:  John Wayne  •  Christine Delaroche  •  Dustin Hoffman  •  Évelyne Grandjean

Three on a Couch (1966)

An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust and hopefully cure them so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Lewis
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Janet Leigh  •  Mary Ann Mobley  •  Gila Golan

An artist has an opportunity to go to Paris and wants to bring his fiancee along. However, she's a psychiatrist who currently has three female patients who don't like men. So, he guises himself as three different men to gauge their trust and hopefully cure them so ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Jerry Lewis
CAST:  Jerry Lewis  •  Janet Leigh  •  Mary Ann Mobley  •  Gila Golan

L'allenatore nel pallone (1984)

Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Lino Banfi  •  Gigi Sammarchi  •  Andrea Roncato  •  Camillo Milli

Trainer Oronzo Canà is called to manage Longobarda, the team of a small town of Northern Italy, when it's promoted to the First Division. His only task is not to go back to the Second Division, but even the team's owner plays against Longobarda since the First ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Sergio Martino
CAST:  Lino Banfi  •  Gigi Sammarchi  •  Andrea Roncato  •  Camillo Milli