Gila Golan

As a child Gila Golan was found orphaned, wandering in a Polish town at the end of World War II. She was adopted by a family, sent to a French boarding school, and finally sent with other refugee youngsters to a kibbutz in Israel; along the way she acquired the name "Miriam Goldenburg." In 1961 she won the Miss Israel beauty contest; taking the name Gila Golan, later that year she placed second in the Miss World competition in London. It was in London that she met Columbia Pictures executive William Cohan and his wife, who came to view her as their foster daughter; they sponsored her move to Hollywood and entrance into films. Golan debuted onscreen in 1965, playing leads in a handful of Hollywood films during the late '60s.

Highest Rated Movies

Rating	Title	Credit	Box Office	Year
78%	The Valley of Gwangi	T.J.	—	1969
No Score Yet	Catch as Catch Can	Emma	—	1967
No Score Yet	Three on a Couch	Anna Jacque	—	1966
79%	Our Man Flint	Gila	—	1966
76%	Ship of Fools	Elsa	—	1965

Rating	Title	Credit	Year
No Score Yet	I Dream of Jeannie 1965-1970	Tarji	1966

Lope: What kind of bird is it, professor?
Prof. Horace Bromley: Oh, no bird...a giant pterydactyl...a flying reptile. It's been extinct for over 50 million years.
T.J.: Then what is it doing here?
Prof. Horace Bromley: Precisely...what is it doing here?