Actress Scilla Gabel was a body double for Sophia Loren in several 1950s films. Her own career never rose to the heights of Loren, but she had mild success in Italian film and television....
Alice Guy-Blaché was the first woman director in 1896 and directed over a thousand films, owned her own Studio, and was the first director to insist on naturalistic acting.
She directed comedy, drama, fantasy, historical footage, then retired in 1920. She lived to be 96.