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.
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Known For
Superman
(1978)
Vond-Ah
99 Women
(1969)
Leonie Caroll
The Hanging Tree
(1959)
Elizabeth Mahler
The Brothers Karamazov
(1958)
Grushenka
Gervaise
(1956)
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
The Odessa File
(1974)
Frau Miller
The Passerby
(1982)
Anna Helwig
Cimarron
(1960)
Sabra Cravat born Venable
Voyage of the Damned
(1976)
Frau Miriam Hauser
Full Filmography
Acting
Steibruch
(1942)
Meiti / Gretl
The Angel with the Trumpet
(1948)
Selma Rösner
The Last Night
(1949)
Maresi
(1950)
Blanka von Steinville
Es kommt ein Tag
(1950)
Madeleine
The Angel with the Trumpet
(1950)
Anna Linden
Dr. Holl
(1951)
Angelika Alberti
So Little Time
(1952)
Nicole de Malvines
Until we meet again
(1952)
Pamela
The Magic Box
(1952)
Helena Friese-Greene
Dreaming Lips
(1953)
Elisabeth
The Heart of the Matter
(1953)
Helen Rolt
Tagebuch einer Verliebten
(1953)
Barbara Holzmann
As Long as You're Near Me
(1953)
Eva Berger
The Last Bridge
(1954)
Dr. Helga Reinbeck
Master Over Life and Death
(1955)
Barbara Bertram
Napoleon
(1955)
Marie-Louise d'Autriche
The Rats
(1955)
Pauline Karka
Gervaise
(1956)
Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse
Liebe
(1956)
Anna Ballard
Le Notti Bianche
(1957)
Natalia
Magyarország lángokban
(1957)
Self
Rose Bernd
(1957)
Rose Bernd
Der Schinderhannes
(1958)
Julchen
The Brothers Karamazov
(1958)
Grushenka
End of Desire
(1958)
Jeanne Dandieu
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1959)
Maria
The Hanging Tree
(1959)
Elizabeth Mahler
As the Sea Rages
(1959)
Maria
Cimarron
(1960)
Sabra Cravat born Venable
The Mark
(1961)
Ruth Leighton
Das Riesenrad
(1961)
Elisabeth von Hill
Only a Woman
(1962)
Lilli König
Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa
(1963)
Beate Dehn
L'assassin connaît la musique
(1963)
Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve
Nora oder Ein Puppenheim
(1965)
Nora
Die ungarische Hochzeit
(1969)
Kaiserin Maria Theresia
99 Women
(1969)
Leonie Caroll
The Devil by the Tail
(1969)
La comtesse Diane
The Provocation
(1970)
Jeanne
The Bloody Judge
(1970)
Mother Rosa
Dust in the Sun
(1972)
Gertie Bradford
Die Pfarrhauskomödie
(1972)
Irma
Marie
(1972)
Mutter
Die keusche Susanne
(1972)
Susanne
Immobilien
(1973)
Louise Strothmann
The Odessa File
(1974)
Frau Miller
Die Kurpfuscherin
(1974)
Amalie Hohenstern
Die Ohrfeige
(1975)
Change
(1975)
Mama
So oder so ist das Leben
(1976)
Katja Crohnen
The Twist
(1976)
Gretel
Voyage of the Damned
(1976)
Frau Miriam Hauser
Die Heiratsvermittlerin
(1976)
Mrs. Dolly Levi
Just a Gigolo
(1978)
Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
Superman
(1978)
Vond-Ah
Teerosen
(1978)
Bella
Spiel der Verlierer
(1978)
Anna Friedrichs
Die erste Polka
(1979)
Valeska Piontek
Der Wald
(1979)
Gurmyszkaja
Moral
(1979)
Lina Beermann
Christmas Lilies of the Field
(1979)
Mother Maria
Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen
(1980)
Dr. Agnes Schranz
Der Thronfolger
(1980)
Königin Sophia Dorothea
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
(1980)
Self
Der Besuch der alten Dame
(1982)
Claire Zachanassian
Inside the Third Reich
(1982)
Mrs. Speer
Frau Jenny Treibel
(1982)
Jenny Treibel
The Passerby
(1982)
Anna Helwig
Der Trauschein
(1983)
Ella Brozowsky
Samson and Delilah
(1984)
Deborah
King Thrushbeard
(1984)
Queen
Nineteen Nineteen
(1985)
Sophie Rubin
Herbst in Lugano
(1988)
Lilly
My Sister Maria
(2002)
Herself
Mothers and Daughters
(2012)
Self
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood
(2021)
Herself (archive footage)