Maria Schell

Actor, Producer, Additional Crew

Birthdate: Jan 15, 1926

Birthplace: Vienna, Austria

Died: Apr 26, 2005

Maria Schell studied in a religious institution in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). She received a dramatic training in Zurich, Switzerland. To pay her studies, she was a secretary there. Besides being a film star; Maria appeared in plays in Zurich, Basel, in Vienna (Josefstad Theater), Berlin, Munich (Kammerspiel Theater), at the Salzburg Festival and went on provincial tours from 1963. Among the plays she performed there were such classics as William Shakespeare's "Hamlet", Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Faust" and such modern classics as "Pygmalion" by George Bernard Shaw.

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Movies

Known For

Superman

(1978)

Gervaise

(1956)

White Nights

(1957)

Affairs of Dr. Holl

(1951)

Maria Schell Movies

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2024 |
One Life
One Life
2024
PG
1h 49m
Biography, Drama, History
7.5
Sir Nicholas 'Nicky' Winton, a young London broker who, in the months leading up to World War II, rescued over 600 children from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia.
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2017 |
After the Storm
After the Storm
2017
1h 58m
Comedy, Drama
7.4
After the death of his father, a private detective struggles to find child support money and reconnect with his son and ex-wife.
2002 |
My Sister Maria
1985 |
Nineteen Nineteen
1984 |
King Thrushbeard
1979 |
The First Polka
1978 |
Arrabal
1978 |
Just a Gigolo
1978 |
Superman (1978)
Superman (1978)
1978
PG
2h 23m
Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi
7.4
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
asVond-Ah
1976 |
So oder so ist das Leben
1976 |
The Twist
1975 |
Change
1974 |
The Odessa File
1972 |
Chamsin
1972 |
Die Pfarrhauskomödie
1972 |
Dust in the Sun
1970 |
La provocation
1970 |
Night of the Blood Monster
1969 |
99 Women
1969 |
The Devil by the Tail
1963 |
The Murderer Knows the Score
1963 |
Whiskey and Sofa
1962 |
Only a Woman
1961 |
Das Riesenrad
1961 |
The Mark
1960 |
Cimarron
1959 |
As the Sea Rages
1959 |
The Hanging Tree
1958 |
Duel in the Forest
1958 |
The Brothers Karamazov
1957 |
The Sins of Rose Bernd
1957 |
Ungarn in Flammen
1957 |
White Nights
1956 |
Gervaise
1956 |
Love
1955 |
Herr über Leben und Tod
1955 |
The Rats
1954 |
The Last Bridge
1953 |
As Long as You're Near Me
1953 |
Der träumende Mund
1953 |
Tagebuch einer Verliebten
1953 |
The Heart of the Matter
1952 |
Bis wir uns wiedersehn
1952 |
So Little Time
1951 |
Affairs of Dr. Holl
1951 |
The Magic Box
1950 |
Es kommt ein Tag
1950 |
The Angel with the Trumpet
1948 |
Der Engel mit der Posaune
1948 |
Maresi
1942 |
Steibruch