
Maria Schell
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1926-01-15
- Died
- 2005-04-26
- Place of birth
- Vienna, Austria
- Also known as
- Maria Margarethe Anna Schell · Мария Шелл
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
TV Shows (39)

Scene of the Crime
1970
as Evelyn Stürznickel / Äbtissin

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self

Derrick
1974
as Erika Rabes / Luisa van Doom

Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995
as Self

What's My Line?
1950
as Self - Mystery Guest
Die Drehscheibe
1964
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self (archive footage) / Self - Laudation

Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self

Kojak
1973
as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan

Das Traumschiff
1981
as Anette

The Commissioner
1969
as Irene Pauli / Frau Pajak / Erna Gutmann

Dalli Dalli
1971
as Self - Candidate
German Film Award
1951
as Self

alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
1994
as Self

Playhouse 90
1956
as Maria

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self

Heut' abend
1980
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self
Die Pyramide
1979
as Self
Lebensläufe
1998
as Self
Seitenblicke
1987
as self

Auf los geht's los
1977
as Self
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
1964
as Self
Showgeschichten
1986
as Self
Krimistunde
1982
as Elsa

Klimbim
1973
as Self

The Martian Chronicles
1980
as Anna Lustig
Je später der Abend
1973
as Self
Treffpunkte
1970
as Self

Inside the Third Reich
1982
as Mrs. Speer

Assignment: Vienna
1972
as Elga Compani
Der kleine Doktor
1974
as Ernestine
Was wäre, wenn
1971
as Self

Die glückliche Familie
1987
as Maria Behringer

Maria des Eaux-Vives
1993
as Sœur Maria
Sie und Er im Kreuzverhör
1971

Der Clan der Anna Voss
1995
as Anna Voss
Sonntagsgespräch
1985
as Self
Absender
1982
Movies (79)

Superman
1978
as Vond-Ah

Cimarron
1960
as Sabra Cravat

The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Grushenka

Napoleon
1955
as Marie-Louise d'Autriche

Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Frau Miriam Hauser

Le Notti Bianche
1957
as Natalia
Immobilien
1973
as Louise Strothmann

The Odessa File
1974
as Frau Miller

99 Women
1969
as Leonie Caroll

The Twist
1976
as Gretel

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
1982
as Self

The Bloody Judge
1970
as Mother Rosa

The Hanging Tree
1959
as Elizabeth Mahler

The Mark
1961
as Ruth Leighton

Gervaise
1956
as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

The Magic Box
1952
as Helena Friese-Greene

Just a Gigolo
1978
as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

The Passerby
1982
as Anna Helwig

Liebe
1956
as Anna Ballard
Der Wald
1979
as Gurmyszkaja

The Devil by the Tail
1969
as La comtesse Diane
Ninotchka
1960
as Ninotchka

End of Desire
1958
as Jeanne Dandieu

Samson and Delilah
1984
as Deborah
Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen
1980
as Dr. Agnes Schranz

King Thrushbeard
1984
as Queen

Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979
as Mother Maria

The Heart of the Matter
1953
as Helen Rolt

For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Maria

The Angel with the Trumpet
1950
as Anna Linden

The Provocation
1970
as Jeanne

So Little Time
1952
as Nicole de Malvines

L'assassin connaît la musique
1963
as Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve

The First Polka
1979
as Valeska Piontek

Der Schinderhannes
1958
as Julchen
Only a Woman
1962
as Lilli König

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Das Riesenrad
1961
as Elisabeth von Hill

The Sins of Rose Bernd
1957
as Rose Bernd
Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa
1963
as Beate Dehn

Dr. Holl
1951
as Angelika Alberti

Dust in the Sun
1972
as Gertie Bradford

Nineteen Nineteen
1985
as Sophie Rubin

Die Pfarrhauskomödie
1972
as Irma

Dreaming Lips
1953
as Elisabeth

As Long as You're Near Me
1953
as Eva Berger

The Angel with the Trumpet
1948
as Selma Rösner
Teerosen
1978
as Bella

The Rats
1955
as Pauline Karka

As the Sea Rages
1959
as Maria
Herbst in Lugano
1988
as Lilly
Der Thronfolger
1980
as Königin Sophia Dorothea

Until we meet again
1952
as Pamela

The Last Bridge
1954
as Dr. Helga Reinbeck
Die Kurpfuscherin
1974
as Amalie Hohenstern

Die keusche Susanne
1972
as Susanne

The Last Night
1949
Die Heiratsvermittlerin
1976
as Mrs. Dolly Levi
Moral
1979
as Lina Beermann
Der Trauschein
1983
as Ella Brozowsky

Mothers and Daughters
2012
as Self
Frau Jenny Treibel
1982
as Jenny Treibel

Change
1975
as Mama

The Western: A Lost TV Special
1958
as Self
Maresi
1950
as Blanka von Steinville
Master Over Life and Death
1955
as Barbara Bertram

So oder so ist das Leben
1976
as Katja Crohnen
Tagebuch einer Verliebten
1953
as Barbara Holzmann

Steibruch
1942
as Meiti / Gretl
Marie
1972
as Mutter

Magyarország lángokban
1957
as Self
Spiel der Verlierer
1978
as Anna Friedrichs

Chamsin
1972
as Miriam
Nora oder Ein Puppenheim
1965
as Nora

Der Besuch der alten Dame
1982
as Claire Zachanassian
Die Ohrfeige
1975

My Sister Maria
2002
as Herself
Die ungarische Hochzeit
1969
as Kaiserin Maria Theresia
Es kommt ein Tag
1950
as Madeleine
About Maria Schell
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. With 118 credits spanning from 1942 to 2021, Maria Schell has appeared in 79 films and 39 TV shows.
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Most Popular Maria Schell Movies
- Superman (1978) — as Vond-Ah
- Cimarron (1960) — as Sabra Cravat
- The Brothers Karamazov (1958) — as Grushenka
- Napoleon (1955) — as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
- Voyage of the Damned (1976) — as Frau Miriam Hauser
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