Maria Schell

Born: 1926-01-15

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.


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The Odessa File

as Frau Miller
Released: 1974-10-17

Following the suicide of an elderly Jewish man, investigative journalist Peter Miller sets out...

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Le Notti Bianche

as Natalia
Released: 1957-11-14

A middle-aged man meets a young woman who is waiting on a canal bridge for her lover's return.

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Voyage of the Damned

as Frau Miriam Hauser
Released: 1976-12-22

A luxury liner carries Jewish refugees from Hitler's Germany in a desperate fight for survival.

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Cimarron

as Sabra Cravat
Released: 1960-12-01

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

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The Hanging Tree

as Elizabeth Mahler
Released: 1959-02-19

Joseph "Doc" Frail is a doctor with a past he's trying to outrun. While in Montana, he comes...

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99 Women

as Leonie Caroll
Released: 1969-03-05

Female prisoners endure the horrors of drug abuse, prostitution and rampant sadism at an island...

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The Brothers Karamazov

as Grushenka
Released: 1958-02-20

Ryevsk, Russia, 1870. Tensions abound in the Karamazov family. Fyodor is a wealthy libertine who...

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The Passerby

as Anna Helwig
Released: 1982-04-14

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The Bloody Judge

as Mother Rosa
Released: 1970-02-05

Horror icon Christopher Lee, who worked with Jess Franco on several occasions, plays Lord George...

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Napoleon

as Marie-Louise d'Autriche
Released: 1955-03-25

The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint...

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The Heart of the Matter

as Helen Rolt
Released: 1953-11-03

Based on Graham Greene’s novel, a married colonial police chief struggles with his conscience...

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The Devil by the Tail

as La comtesse Diane
Released: 1969-02-07

In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck...

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The Mark

as Ruth Leighton
Released: 1961-01-26

A man who served prison time for intent to molest a child tries to build a new life with the...

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End of Desire

as Jeanne Dandieu
Released: 1958-09-24

Normandy, second half of the nineteenth century. Jeanne Dandieu lives in a manor house with her...

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The Angel with the Trumpet

as Selma Rösner
Released: 1948-08-19

A long time-span of Austrian history (from the late 19th century to the years after world war...

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King Thrushbeard

as Queen
Released: 1984-12-01

When a selfless king learns of a beautiful princess in a neighboring kingdom who callously turns...

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Just a Gigolo

as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
Released: 1978-11-16

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Gervaise

as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
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Inside the Third Reich

as Mrs. Speer
Released: 1982-05-09

A dramatization of the life of Albert Speer, Hitler's young architect and onetime confidant, and...

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The Rats

as Pauline Karka
Released: 1955-07-06

Soon after World War II, a pregnant Polish refugee, Pauline, wanders Berlin looking for the...

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The Magic Box

as Helena Friese-Greene
Released: 1952-01-01

Now old, ill, poor, and largely forgotten, William Freise-Greene was once very different. As...

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The Twist

as Gretel
Released: 1976-06-23

Claire de La Tour Picquet shares her life between her husband, the successful novelist William...

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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'

as Self
Released: 1980-01-01

Ernie Anderson narrates this look at the making of Richard Donner's blockbuster 1978 film....

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Christmas Lilies of the Field

as Mother Maria
Released: 1979-12-16

In this belated sequel to 'Lilies of the Field' (1963), jack-of-all-trades Homer Smith revisits...

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Der Schinderhannes

as Julchen
Released: 1958-12-17

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Nineteen Nineteen

as Sophie Rubin
Released: 1985-11-14

Two former patients of Sigmund Freud meet again and discuss their psychiatric treatment 65 years...

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Die keusche Susanne

as Susanne
Released: 1972-01-09

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So Little Time

as Nicole de Malvines
Released: 1952-04-18

During World War II, German soldiers occupy the home of a beautiful Belgian girl and her mother.

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For Whom the Bell Tolls

as Maria
Released: 1959-03-12

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a...

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Das Riesenrad

as Elisabeth von Hill
Released: 1961-08-25

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The Last Bridge

as Dr. Helga Reinbeck
Released: 1954-02-11

A German nurse gets sent to the front because she gives medical aid to a wounded Yugoslav...

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Samson and Delilah

as Deborah
Released: 1984-03-31

A tale of passion and betrayal in which Samson, a judge of Israel who fled with his tribe during...

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Magyarország lángokban

as Self
Released: 1957-12-01

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Rose Bernd

as Rose Bernd
Released: 1957-01-31

West Germany's entry in the 1957 Cannes Film Festival was this cinemadaptation of the Gerhardt...

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As Long as You're Near Me

as Eva Berger
Released: 1953-08-27

An actress used to playing only bit parts becomes the center of attention when a movie director...

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Dust in the Sun

as Gertie Bradford
Released: 1972-06-09

In the dry, dusty western hamlet of San Angelo, landowner Joe Bradford kills his brother and...

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Until we meet again

as Pamela
Released: 1952-10-06

This is the tear-jerking love story between young Pamela and casino owner Mayrhoefer.

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The Angel with the Trumpet

as Anna Linden
Released: 1950-03-20

Sad tale of a woman who marries the man her family wishes her to wed, not Wooland, the man she...

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Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood

as Herself (archive footage)
Released: 2021-05-03

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Dr. Holl

as Angelika Alberti
Released: 1951-03-23

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My Sister Maria

as Herself
Released: 2002-03-01

Maximilian Schell's portrait of his sister Maria.

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As the Sea Rages

as Maria
Released: 1959-11-10

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Mothers and Daughters

as Self
Released: 2012-09-16

Relationships between mothers and daughters are often very complex. Love and protective...

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Die erste Polka

as Valeska Piontek
Released: 1979-02-28

The intertwined lives of people of both Polish and German extraction who live on the pre-World...

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Change

as Mama
Released: 1975-06-06

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So oder so ist das Leben

as Katja Crohnen
Released: 1976-01-23

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L'assassin connaît la musique

as Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve
Released: 1963-10-16

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Steibruch

as Meiti / Gretl
Released: 1942-01-01

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Dreaming Lips

as Elisabeth
Released: 1953-01-29

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Die Pfarrhauskomödie

as Irma
Released: 1972-09-25

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Liebe

as Anna Ballard
Released: 1956-09-26

Anna falls madly in love with an Italian violinist, who instead marries her sister Monika.

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Der Besuch der alten Dame

as Claire Zachanassian
Released: 1982-01-01

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The Provocation

as Jeanne
Released: 1970-02-11

An expedition of archaeology students in Israel.

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Scene of the Crime

as Evelyn Stürznickel
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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Scene of the Crime

as Äbtissin
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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The Mike Douglas Show

as Self
First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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Die Harald Schmidt Show

as Self
First aired: 1995-12-05

The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian...

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Derrick

as Luisa van Doom
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Erika Rabes
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Das Traumschiff

as Anette
First aired: 1981-11-22

The series is about a cruise ship that travels to places around the world.

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Bambi Awards

as Self (archive footage)
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Bambi Awards

as Self - Laudation
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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Wetten, dass..?

as Self
First aired: 1981-02-14

A long-running German-language entertainment television show based on the format of the British...

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Dalli Dalli

as Self - Candidate
First aired: 1971-05-13

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Kojak

as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan
First aired: 1973-10-24

A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New...

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Der Kommissar

as Irene Pauli
First aired: 1969-01-03

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...

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Der Kommissar

as Frau Pajak
First aired: 1969-01-03

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...

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Der Kommissar

as Erna Gutmann
First aired: 1969-01-03

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...

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Playhouse 90

as Maria
First aired: 1956-10-04

Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to...

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What's My Line?

as Self - Mystery Guest
First aired: 1950-02-02

Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while...

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Die Pyramide

as Self
First aired: 1979-03-16

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Cinépanorama

as Self
First aired: 1956-02-04

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Auf los geht's los

as Self
First aired: 1977-01-22

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alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio

as Self
First aired: 1994-12-27

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Heut' abend

as Self
First aired: 1980-02-03

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The Martian Chronicles

as Anna Lustig
First aired: 1980-01-15

The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

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Klimbim

as Self
First aired: 1973-07-24

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Die glückliche Familie

as Maria Behringer
First aired: 1987-10-20

Die glückliche Familie is a German television series.

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Der Clan der Anna Voss

as Anna Voss
First aired: 1995-09-16

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Assignment: Vienna

as Elga Compani
First aired: 1972-09-28

The story of Jake Webster, an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake's Bar &...

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Maria des Eaux-Vives

as Sœur Maria
First aired: 1993-12-25

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