Delia Scala

With the news of her passing, Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi called her a "model of vivaciousness and rigorous professionalism" and said she ranked among "the most beloved and popular artists in the history of Italian entertainment.". Other "straight" roles were in Police Academy, Police Academy 3: Back in Training, Bad Blood (in which she was billed as Ruth Raymond) and Next Year in Jerusalem. After several years battling her cancer, Delia Scala died in 2004 in Livorno, Tuscany. She also appeared in the low-budget horror film I Spit on Your Corpse!, for which she also served as costume designer. Although Scala achieved great fame, life was not easy and she was diagnosed with breast cancer, undergoing a radical mastectomy. Her first film was Teachers and Cream in 1970, but she became well-known with her starring role in The Devil in Miss Jones in 1973. She ultimately married Piero Giannotti, but he was killed in a bicycle mishap. When her friend, pornographic actor Harry Reems, introduced her to a porn film director, Gerard Damianco, May moved into pornography.

However, he died in 1957 when his Ferrari crashed while attempting a speed record at the Modena racetrack. She began her career in "legitimate" film, as a chorus girl in Guys and Dolls. During the mid 1950s she gained much publicity for her relationship with Formula One racecar driver Eugenio Castellotti. Born Dorothy May, she suffered from polio as a child, but recovered well enough to become a dancer. She starred in several variety shows during the 50s and 60s, and became one of her country's most beloved TV showgirls. Georgina Spelvin (born January 3, 1936) is a pornographic film actress. In 1956, she began a career in television, an industry that at the time in Italy was still in its infancy.

She performed in numerous ballets until World War II, after which she began appearing in motion pictures using the stage name, Delia Scala. Born Odette Bedogni in Bracciano, Lazio, Italy, as a young girl the family moved to Milan where she studied ballet at La Scala Ballet School for seven years. Delia Scala, born September 25, 1929 - died January 15, 2004, was an Italian ballerina and actress.