Maria Schell
Known for ActingBorn 1926-01-15 — died 2005-04-26Vienna, 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
Superman
1978 · as Vond-Ah
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982 · as Self
The Brothers Karamazov
1958 · as Grushenka
White Nights
1957 · as Natalia
The Twist
1976 · as Gretel
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · as Frau Miriam Hauser
Napoleon
1955 · as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
The Bloody Judge
1970 · as Mother Rosa
99 Women
1969 · as Leonie Caroll
Gervaise
1956 · as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
The Odessa File
1974 · as Frau Miller
The Hanging Tree
1959 · as Elizabeth Mahler
Cimarron
1960 · as Sabra Cravat
Die Pfarrhauskomödie
1972 · as Irma
King Thrushbeard
1984 · as Queen
Ninotchka
1960 · as Ninotchka
The Passerby
1982 · as Anna Helwig
Der Thronfolger
1980 · as Königin Sophia Dorothea