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Maria Schell
Actor· Vienna, Austria
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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Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Superman
Vond-Ah · 1978
Le Notti Bianche
Natalia · 1957
The Odessa File
Frau Miller · 1974
The Hanging Tree
Elizabeth Mahler · 1959
Cimarron
Sabra Cravat · 1960
Voyage of the Damned
Frau Miriam Hauser · 1976
99 Women
Leonie Caroll · 1969
Gervaise
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse · 1956
Filmography
30 credits across 1 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | My Sister Maria | Herself | Film |
| 1985 | Nineteen Nineteen | Sophie Rubin | Film |
| 1984 | King Thrushbeard | Queen | Film |
| 1982 | The Passerby | Anna Helwig | Film |
| 1978 | Just a Gigolo | Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski | Film |
| 1978 | Superman | Vond-Ah | Film |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned | Frau Miriam Hauser | Film |
| 1976 | The Twist | Gretel | Film |
| 1974 | The Odessa File | Frau Miller | Film |
| 1970 | The Bloody Judge | Mother Rosa | Film |
| 1969 | 99 Women | Leonie Caroll | Film |
| 1969 | The Devil by the Tail | La comtesse Diane | Film |
| 1963 | L'assassin connaît la musique | Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve | Film |
| 1961 | The Mark | Ruth Leighton | Film |
| 1960 | Cimarron | Sabra Cravat | Film |
| 1959 | The Hanging Tree | Elizabeth Mahler | Film |
| 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Grushenka | Film |
| 1958 | End of Desire | Jeanne Dandieu | Film |
| 1958 | Der Schinderhannes | Julchen | Film |
| 1957 | The Sins of Rose Bernd | Rose Bernd | Film |
| 1957 | White Nights | Natalia | Film |
| 1956 | Gervaise | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse | Film |
| 1955 | The Rats | Pauline Karka | Film |
| 1955 | Napoleon | Marie-Louise d'Autriche | Film |
| 1954 | The Last Bridge | Dr. Helga Reinbeck | Film |
| 1953 | The Heart of the Matter | Helen Rolt | Film |
| 1953 | As Long as You're Near Me | Eva Berger | Film |
| 1952 | The Magic Box | Helena Friese-Greene | Film |
| 1952 | Until we meet again | Pamela | Film |
| 1950 | Maresi | Blanka von Steinville | Film |
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