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Maria Schell

Maria Schell

Acting1926Vienna, Austria

Biography

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna – 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian/Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise.

The daughter of a Swiss author and an Austrian actress, she was the older sister of actor Maximilian Schell, and lesser-known actors Carl Schell and Immy (Immaculata) Schell.

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Acting History

2002
My Sister Maria
as Herself
1998
Lebensläufe
TVas Self
1996
1990
Die Pyramide
TVas Self1 eps
1988
1987
Seitenblicke
TVas self
1984
Bambi
TVas Self - Laudation1 eps
1983
Wetten, dass..?
TVas Self1 eps
Das Traumschiff
TVas Anette1 eps
1982
The Passerby
as Anna Helwig
Heut' abend
TVas Self1 eps
1980
The Martian Chronicles
TVas Anna Lustig1 eps
1979
Moral
as Lina Beermann
1978
Superman
as Vond-Ah
Just a Gigolo
as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
Derrick
TVas Luisa van Doom1 eps
1977
German Film Award
TVas Self1 eps
1976
Voyage of the Damned
as Frau Miriam Hauser
Die Heiratsvermittlerin
as Mrs. Dolly Levi
The Twist
as Gretel
Kojak
TVas Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan1 eps
1974
Die Kurpfuscherin
as Amalie Hohenstern
The Odessa File
as Frau Miller
1973
Immobilien
as Louise Strothmann
Klimbim
TVas Self
1971
Dalli Dalli
TVas Self - Candidate2 eps
1970
The Bloody Judge
as Mother Rosa
Scene of the Crime
TVas Äbtissin / Evelyn Stürznickel
1969
The Devil by the Tail
as La comtesse Diane
99 Women
as Leonie Caroll
Der Kommissar
TVas Irene Pauli / Frau Pajak / Erna Gutmann
1964
1963
L'assassin connaît la musique
as Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve
1961
The Mark
as Ruth Leighton
Das Riesenrad
as Elisabeth von Hill
1960
Cimarron
as Sabra Cravat
1959
The Hanging Tree
as Elizabeth Mahler
What's My Line?
TVas Self - Mystery Guest1 eps
Playhouse 90
TVas Maria2 eps
1958
End of Desire
as Jeanne Dandieu
1957
Cinépanorama
TVas Self1 eps
1956
Gervaise
as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
Was bin ich?
TVas Self1 eps
1955
Napoleon
as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
The Rats
as Pauline Karka
1954
The Last Bridge
as Dr. Helga Reinbeck
1952
The Magic Box
as Helena Friese-Greene
1950
1942
Steibruch
as Meiti / Gretl

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1/15/1926
Day of Death
4/26/2005
Place of Birth
Vienna, Austria