AKA Josephine Giovanna Scoglio

Born: 3-Mar-1934
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: 30-Apr-1972
Location of death: Los Angeles, CA [1]
Cause of death: Accident - Overdose
Remains: Buried, Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, CA

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Guns of Navarone

Father: Pietro Scoglio
Mother: Eileen Sullivan (d. 1958)
Sister: Tina Scala (actress)
Boyfriend: Steve McQueen (actor, together 1952-54)
Husband: Don Burnett (actor, m. 21-Aug-1959, div. 10-Sep-1970)

    High School: Bayside High School, Queens, NY (1952)
    Conservatory: The Actors Studio

    Driving While Intoxicated Pacific Palisades, CA (2-Aug-1957), case dismissed
    Suicide Attempt 1958
    Naturalized US Citizen 28-Feb-1958
    Suicide Attempt London (5-Aug-1958)
    Suicide Attempt 1971
    Battery Los Angeles, CA (20-Apr-1971)
    Disturbing the Peace Los Angeles, CA (20-Apr-1971), pleaded no contest (13-May-1971), $125 fine and 2 years probation
    Driving While Intoxicated Ventura County, CA (1971)
    Fainted Ventura, CA (19-May-1971)
    Psychiatric Observation Camarillo State Hospital (19-May-1971)
    Failure to Appear 1-Jun-1971
    Suicide Attempt roach poison (Jun-1971)
    Irish Ancestry Maternal
    Sicilian Ancestry Paternal
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    The Guns of Navarone (22-Jun-1961) · Anna
    I Aim at the Stars (19-Aug-1960)
    Battle of the Coral Sea (23-Oct-1959)
    The Angry Hills (15-Jul-1959) · Eleftheria
    The Tunnel of Love (21-Nov-1958) · Estelle Novick
    The Two-Headed Spy (17-Nov-1958)
    Ride a Crooked Trail (1958) · Tessa Milotte
    Don't Go Near the Water (14-Nov-1957) · Melora
    Tip on a Dead Jockey (6-Sep-1957)
    The Garment Jungle (25-Apr-1957) · Theresa Renata
    The Big Boodle (11-Mar-1957)
    4 Girls in Town (16-Jan-1957)
    The Price of Fear (13-Mar-1956) · Nina Ferranti

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