Known For
Acting
Birthday
January 15, 1926
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.
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Known For - Movies
Superman
as Vond-Ah
Cimarron
as Sabra Cravat
Le Notti Bianche
as Natalia
Voyage of the Damned
as Frau Miriam Hauser
The Odessa File
as Frau Miller
Napoleon
as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
The Hanging Tree
as Elizabeth Mahler
The Brothers Karamazov
as Grushenka
The Bloody Judge
as Mother Rosa
Gervaise
as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
Known For - TV Shows
Scene of the Crime
as Evelyn Stürznickel
Scene of the Crime
as Äbtissin
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
Bambi
as Self (archive footage)
Bambi
as Self
Bambi
as Self - Laudation
Derrick
as Erika Rabes
Derrick
as Luisa van Doom
Kojak
as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan
Die Harald Schmidt Show
as Self