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Maria Schell

Acting

January 15, 1926

Vienna, Austria

79 movies

6.6 avg

2

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.

Best Performances

Highest rated appearances

White Nights

White Nights

as Natalia

Superman

Superman

as Vond-Ah

Gervaise

Gervaise

as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

Filmography

2020s

1 film

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

as Self (archive footage)

2010s

1 film

Mothers and Daughters

Mothers and Daughters

as Self

2000s

1 film

My Sister Maria

My Sister Maria

as Herself

Maria Schell | PopcornPlay

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

as Elizabeth Mahler

The Odessa File

The Odessa File

as Frau Miller

1980s

11 films

Herbst in Lugano

as Lilly

Nineteen Nineteen

Nineteen Nineteen

as Sophie Rubin

King Thrushbeard

King Thrushbeard

as Queen

Samson and Delilah

Samson and Delilah

as Deborah

Der Trauschein

as Ella Brozowsky

Frau Jenny Treibel

as Jenny Treibel

The Passerby

The Passerby

as Anna Helwig

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self

Der Besuch der alten Dame

Der Besuch der alten Dame

as Claire Zachanassian

Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen

as Dr. Agnes Schranz

Der Thronfolger

as Königin Sophia Dorothea

1970s

24 films

Christmas Lilies of the Field

Christmas Lilies of the Field

as Mother Maria

Moral

as Lina Beermann

The First Polka

The First Polka

as Valeska Piontek

Der Wald

as Gurmyszkaja

Superman

Superman

as Vond-Ah

Just a Gigolo

Just a Gigolo

as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski

Spiel der Verlierer

as Anna Friedrichs

Teerosen

as Bella

Voyage of the Damned

Voyage of the Damned

as Frau Miriam Hauser

The Twist

The Twist

as Gretel

So oder so ist das Leben

So oder so ist das Leben

as Katja Crohnen

Die Heiratsvermittlerin

as Mrs. Dolly Levi

Die Ohrfeige

Change

Change

as Mama

Die Kurpfuscherin

as Amalie Hohenstern

The Odessa File

The Odessa File

as Frau Miller

Immobilien

as Louise Strothmann

Die Pfarrhauskomödie

Die Pfarrhauskomödie

as Irma

Chamsin

Chamsin

as Miriam

Dust in the Sun

Dust in the Sun

as Gertie Bradford

Die keusche Susanne

Die keusche Susanne

as Susanne

Marie

as Mutter

The Provocation

The Provocation

as Jeanne

The Bloody Judge

The Bloody Judge

as Mother Rosa

1960s

11 films

99 Women

99 Women

as Leonie Caroll

The Devil by the Tail

The Devil by the Tail

as La comtesse Diane

Die ungarische Hochzeit

as Kaiserin Maria Theresia

Nora oder Ein Puppenheim

as Nora

Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa

as Beate Dehn

L'assassin connaît la musique

L'assassin connaît la musique

as Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve

Only a Woman

as Lilli König

Das Riesenrad

Das Riesenrad

as Elisabeth von Hill

The Mark

The Mark

as Ruth Leighton

Cimarron

Cimarron

as Sabra Cravat

Ninotchka

as Ninotchka

1950s

27 films

As the Sea Rages

As the Sea Rages

as Maria

For Whom the Bell Tolls

For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Maria

The Hanging Tree

The Hanging Tree

as Elizabeth Mahler

Der Schinderhannes

Der Schinderhannes

as Julchen

End of Desire

End of Desire

as Jeanne Dandieu

The Western: A Lost TV Special

The Western: A Lost TV Special

as Self

The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

as Grushenka

Magyarország lángokban

Magyarország lángokban

as Self

White Nights

White Nights

as Natalia

The Sins of Rose Bernd

The Sins of Rose Bernd

as Rose Bernd

Liebe

Liebe

as Anna Ballard

Gervaise

Gervaise

as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse

The Rats

The Rats

as Pauline Karka

Napoleon

Napoleon

as Marie-Louise d'Autriche

Master Over Life and Death

as Barbara Bertram

The Last Bridge

The Last Bridge

as Dr. Helga Reinbeck

The Heart of the Matter

The Heart of the Matter

as Helen Rolt

Tagebuch einer Verliebten

as Barbara Holzmann

As Long as You're Near Me

As Long as You're Near Me

as Eva Berger

Dreaming Lips

Dreaming Lips

as Elisabeth

Until we meet again

Until we meet again

as Pamela

So Little Time

So Little Time

as Nicole de Malvines

The Magic Box

The Magic Box

as Helena Friese-Greene

Dr. Holl

Dr. Holl

as Angelika Alberti

Es kommt ein Tag

as Madeleine

Maresi

as Blanka von Steinville

The Angel with the Trumpet

The Angel with the Trumpet

as Anna Linden

1940s

3 films

The Last Night

The Last Night

The Angel with the Trumpet

The Angel with the Trumpet

as Selma Rösner

Steibruch

Steibruch

as Meiti / Gretl