Portrait of Maria Schell

Maria Schell

Acting

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Maria Schell, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: January 15, 1926

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Filmography

2021
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

as Herself (archive footage)

2002
My Sister Maria

as Herself

1995
1993
Maria des Eaux-Vives

as Sœur Maria

1987
Die glückliche Familie

as Maria Behringer

1985
Nineteen Nineteen

as Sophie Rubin

1984
1984
1982
1982
The Passerby

as Anna Helwig

1982
Der Besuch der alten Dame

as Claire Zachanassian

1981
1981
1980
1980
1979
The First Polka

as Valeska Piontek

1978
Superman

as Vond-Ah

1978
Just a Gigolo

as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

1976
Voyage of the Damned

as Frau Miriam Hauser

1976
The Twist

as Gretel

1976
So oder so ist das Leben

as Katja Crohnen

1975
Change

as Mama

1974
Derrick

as Luisa van Doom

1974
Derrick

as Erika Rabes

1974
The Odessa File

as Frau Miller

1973
Kojak

as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan

1973
Klimbim

as Self

1972
Assignment: Vienna

as Elga Compani

1972
Dust in the Sun

as Gertie Bradford

1972
1971
Dalli Dalli

as Self - Candidate

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Evelyn Stürznickel

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Äbtissin

1970
1970
The Bloody Judge

as Mother Rosa

1969
99 Women

as Leonie Caroll

1969
The Devil by the Tail

as La comtesse Diane

1969
Der Kommissar

as Irene Pauli

1969
Der Kommissar

as Frau Pajak

1969
Der Kommissar

as Erna Gutmann

1963
L'assassin connaît la musique

as Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve

1961
Das Riesenrad

as Elisabeth von Hill

1961
The Mark

as Ruth Leighton

1960
Cimarron

as Sabra Cravat

1959
1959
The Hanging Tree

as Elizabeth Mahler

1958
1958
End of Desire

as Jeanne Dandieu

1958
1957
1957
1956
Playhouse 90

as Maria

1956
Liebe

as Anna Ballard

1956
Gervaise

as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

1956
1955
The Rats

as Pauline Karka

1955
Napoleon

as Marie-Louise d'Autriche

1954
The Last Bridge

as Dr. Helga Reinbeck

1953
1953
1953
Dreaming Lips

as Elisabeth

1952
1952
So Little Time

as Nicole de Malvines

1952
The Magic Box

as Helena Friese-Greene

1951
Dr. Holl

as Angelika Alberti

1950
1950
What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest

1948
1948
Bambi

as Self

1948
Bambi

as Self (archive footage)

1948
Bambi

as Self - Laudation

1942
Steibruch

as Meiti / Gretl