Acting

Maria Schell

1926–2005 · Acting

57.5avg grm
6titles
4honors

Honors

4
1956Volpi Cup — Best Actress
1954Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress
—Austrian Decoration — Science and Art
—Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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1960s1 titleMThe Mark1961 · as Ruth Leighton57.1
1950s4 titlesHThe Hanging Tree1959 · as Elizabeth Mahler54.0WWhite Nights1957 · as Natalia60.4GGervaise1956 · as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse57.1LThe Last Bridge1954 · as Dr. Helga Reinbeck58.0
1940s1 titleDDer Engel mit der Posaune1948 · as Selma Rosner58.6

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Maria Schell

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born1926
died2005
known forActing
titles on site6
avg GRM57.5
honors4 · Volpi Cup — Best Actress, 1956
Honors
  • 1956Volpi Cup — Best Actress
  • 1954Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress
  • —Austrian Decoration — Science and Art
  • —Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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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