Birthday: January 15, 2026
The older sister of actor Maximillian Schell, Viennese-born leading lady Maria Schell was one of four children born to a Swiss author and Austrian actress. Billed as Gritli Schell, Maria Schell made her screen debut at 16 in the Swiss-filmed Steibruch; it would be six years before she'd appear before the cameras again, in 1948's Der Engel Mit der Posaune. This last-named ...more- 1956
- Venice International Film Festival
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress
- Gervaise
- win
- 1954
- Cannes Film Festival
- Honorary Mention
- Die Letzte Bruecke
- win
- 2048
- Nach Dem Sturm
- Gretel
- 1984
- Samson and Delilah
- Deborah
- 1984
- 1919
- Sophie Rubin
- 1982
- Inside the Third Reich
- Mrs. Speer
- 1982
- La Passante Du Sans-Souci
- Anna Helwig












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