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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

121

Gender

Female

Birthday

1926-01-15

Day of Death

2005-04-26 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria

Also Known As

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell

Мария Шелл

Maria Schell

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.

Known For

Acting

Liebe

1956

Liebe

as

Anna Ballard

Superman

1978

Superman

as

Vond-Ah

The Passerby

1982

The Passerby

as

Anna Helwig

Just a Gigolo

1978

Just a Gigolo

as

Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

99 Women

1969

99 Women

as

Leonie Caroll

The Bloody Judge

1970

The Bloody Judge

as

Mother Rosa

The Hanging Tree

1959

The Hanging Tree

as

Elizabeth Mahler

Napoleon

1955

Napoleon

as

Marie-Louise d'Autriche

The Brothers Karamazov

1958

The Brothers Karamazov

as

Grushenka

Le Notti Bianche

1957

Le Notti Bianche

as

Natalia

Cimarron

1960

Cimarron

as

Sabra Cravat

The Magic Box

1952

The Magic Box

as

Helena Friese-Greene

Gervaise

1956

Gervaise

as

Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

The Last Bridge

1954

The Last Bridge

as

Dr. Helga Reinbeck

L'assassin connaît la musique

1963

L'assassin connaît la musique

as

Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve

The Twist

1976

The Twist

as

Gretel

The Devil by the Tail

1969

The Devil by the Tail

as

La comtesse Diane

The Mark

1961

The Mark

as

Ruth Leighton

Der Schinderhannes

1958

Der Schinderhannes

as

Julchen

King Thrushbeard

1984

King Thrushbeard

as

Queen

The Rats

1955

The Rats

as

Pauline Karka

The Heart of the Matter

1953

The Heart of the Matter

as

Helen Rolt

My Sister Maria

2002

My Sister Maria

as

Herself

The Sins of Rose Bernd

1957

The Sins of Rose Bernd

as

Rose Bernd

Das Riesenrad

1961

Das Riesenrad

as

Elisabeth von Hill

The Angel with the Trumpet

1948

The Angel with the Trumpet

as

Selma Rösner

The Odessa File

1974

The Odessa File

as

Frau Miller

So Little Time

1952

So Little Time

as

Nicole de Malvines

Steibruch

1942

Steibruch

as

Meiti / Gretl

Dr. Holl

1951

Dr. Holl

as

Angelika Alberti

Die erste Polka

1979

Die erste Polka

as

Valeska Piontek

Es kommt ein Tag

1950

Es kommt ein Tag

as

Madeleine

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa

1963

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa

as

Beate Dehn

Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen

1980

Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen

as

Dr. Agnes Schranz

Dust in the Sun

1972

Dust in the Sun

as

Gertie Bradford

Only a Woman

1962

Only a Woman

as

Lilli König

Frau Jenny Treibel

1982

Frau Jenny Treibel

as

Jenny Treibel

Die ungarische Hochzeit

1969

Die ungarische Hochzeit

as

Kaiserin Maria Theresia

Master Over Life and Death

1955

Master Over Life and Death

as

Barbara Bertram

End of Desire

1958

End of Desire

as

Jeanne Dandieu

Maresi

1950

Maresi

as

Blanka von Steinville

Immobilien

1973

Immobilien

as

Louise Strothmann

Die keusche Susanne

1972

Die keusche Susanne

as

Susanne

Samson and Delilah

1984

Samson and Delilah

as

Deborah

Inside the Third Reich

1982

Inside the Third Reich

as

Mrs. Speer

Change

1975

Change

as

Mama

Der Trauschein

1983

Der Trauschein

as

Ella Brozowsky

Die Kurpfuscherin

1974

Die Kurpfuscherin

as

Amalie Hohenstern

Der Thronfolger

1980

Der Thronfolger

as

Königin Sophia Dorothea

Teerosen

1978

Teerosen

as

Bella

Herbst in Lugano

1988

Herbst in Lugano

as

Lilly

Die Heiratsvermittlerin

1976

Die Heiratsvermittlerin

as

Mrs. Dolly Levi

Der Wald

1979

Der Wald

as

Gurmyszkaja

Marie

1972

Marie

as

Mutter

Dreaming Lips

1953

Dreaming Lips

as

Elisabeth

Tagebuch einer Verliebten

1953

Tagebuch einer Verliebten

as

Barbara Holzmann

As the Sea Rages

1959

As the Sea Rages

as

Maria

Voyage of the Damned

1976

Voyage of the Damned

as

Frau Miriam Hauser

Nineteen Nineteen

1985

Nineteen Nineteen

as

Sophie Rubin

Der Besuch der alten Dame

1982

Der Besuch der alten Dame

as

Claire Zachanassian

Spiel der Verlierer

1978

Spiel der Verlierer

as

Anna Friedrichs

Moral

1979

Moral

as

Lina Beermann

So oder so ist das Leben

1976

So oder so ist das Leben

as

Katja Crohnen

The Provocation

1970

The Provocation

as

Jeanne

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

2021

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

as

Herself (archive footage)

Kojak

Kojak

as

Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan

Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

as

Evelyn Stürznickel

Der Kommissar

Der Kommissar

as

Irene Pauli

Der Kommissar

Der Kommissar

as

Frau Pajak

Der Kommissar

Der Kommissar

as

Erna Gutmann

Die glückliche Familie

Die glückliche Familie

as

Maria Behringer

Derrick

Derrick

as

Erika Rabes

Derrick

Derrick

as

Luisa van Doom

Dalli Dalli

Dalli Dalli

as

Self - Candidate

Klimbim

Klimbim

as

Self

Assignment: Vienna

Assignment: Vienna

as

Elga Compani

What's My Line?

What's My Line?

as

Self - Mystery Guest

Bambi-Verleihung

Bambi-Verleihung

as

Self (archive footage)

Bambi-Verleihung

Bambi-Verleihung

as

Self - Laudation

Production

Crew

Directing