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