Maria Schell
Highest Rated: 93% Superman: The Movie (1978)
Lowest Rated: 20% Just a Gigolo (1981)
Birthday: Jan 15, 1926
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Wistful leading lady, in international films from the early 1940s, whose career crested in the 50s. Schell garnered acclaim for her performances in Helmut Kautner's "The Last Bridge" (1955), Luchino Visconti's "White Nights" (1957) and Alexandre Astruc's "End of Desire" (1958). Her appeal quickly diminished with the advance of the 1960s and, following a five year retirement beginning in 1963, she reappeared in a number of character roles. Sister of actor/director Maximilian Schell.
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Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 58% | 60% | My Sister Maria | Unknown (Character) | - | 2002 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 1919 | Sophie Rubin (Character) | - | 1983 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Passerby | Anna Helwig (Character) | - | 1982 |
| No Score Yet | 71% | La Passante | Anna Helwig (Character) | - | 1982 |
| 20% | 41% | Just a Gigolo | Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski (Character) | - | 1981 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Christmas Lilies of the Field | Mother Maria (Character) | - | 1979 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The First Polka | Valeska Piontek (Character) | - | 1979 |
| 93% | 86% | Superman: The Movie | Vond-Ah (Character) | - | 1978 |
| 83% | 53% | Voyage of the Damned | Mrs. Hauser (Character) | - | 1976 |
| 64% | 64% | The Odessa File | Frau Miller (Character) | - | 1974 |
| No Score Yet | 21% | Night of the Blood Monster | Mother Rosa (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Devil by the Tail | Wife (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | 26% | 99 Women | Credits (Character) | - | 1969 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Whisky and Sofa | Beate Dehn (Character) | - | 1966 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | End of Desire | Jeanne Dandieu épouse de Lamare (Character) | - | 1962 |
| No Score Yet | 79% | The Mark | Ruth Leighton (Character) | - | 1961 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Cimarron | Sabra Cravat (Character) | - | 1960 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | As the Sea Rages | Mana (Character) | - | 1960 |
| 83% | 72% | The Hanging Tree | Elizabeth Mahler (Character) | - | 1959 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Duel in the Forest | Julchen (Character) | - | 1959 |
| 25% | 57% | The Brothers Karamazov | Grushenka (Character) | - | 1958 |
| 88% | 88% | White Nights | Natalia (Character) | - | 1957 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Sins of Rose Bernd | Rose Bernd (Character) | - | 1957 |
| 80% | 74% | Gervaise | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau (Character) | - | 1956 |
| No Score Yet | 85% | Napoleon | L'archiduchesse Marie-Louise d'Autriche (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Rats (Die Ratten) | Unknown (Character) | - | 1955 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Last Bridge | Dr. Helga Reinbeck (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Angelika | Angelika Alberti (Character) | - | 1954 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dreaming Lips | Elisabeth (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | As Long as You're Near Me | Eva Berger (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | 47% | The Heart of the Matter | Helen Rolt (Character) | - | 1953 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | So Little Time | Nicole de Malvines (Character) | - | 1952 |
| No Score Yet | 78% | The Magic Box | Helena Friese-Greene (Character) | - | 1951 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Angel with the Trumpet | Anna Linden (Character) | - | 1950 |
TV
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kojak | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1976 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | What's My Line? | Guest | 1959 |