Maria Schell

Actor, Film actor

1926 – 2005

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Who was Maria Schell?

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell 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 Schell.

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Born
Jan 15, 1926
Vienna
Also known as
  • Maria Margarethe Anna Schell
  • Margarete Schell
  • Gritli Schell
  • Seelchen
  • Little soul
Parents
Siblings
Spouses
Children
Ethnicity
  • Swiss people
Nationality
  • Austria
  • Switzerland
Profession
Lived in
  • Vienna
Died
Apr 26, 2005
Preitenegg

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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