Biography

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.

Actress

La passion du docteur Bergh(1998)as Madame Herstäl

Eine unmoralische Frau: Aufstieg und Fall der Neuberin(1997)as Neuberin

Tatort(1970)as Aebtissin, Evelyn Stürznickel

Der Clan der Anna Voss(1995)as Anna Voss

Liquid Television(1991)as Contestant (segment: The Blockheads - Mall)

Self

Seitenblicke(1987)as Self

Meine Schwester Maria(2002)as Self

Alfredissimo! - Kochen mit Bio(1994)as Self - Guest

Die Harald Schmidt Show(1995)as Self

Happy Birthday Bavaria - 75 Jahre Bavaria Filmstudios(1994)as Self

Archive Footage

Guten Morgen Österreich(2016)as Self

Aux arts et cætera(2022)

Bones and Names(2023)as Dr. Helga Reinbeck

ORF-Legenden(2013)as Self

Panorama(2009)as Self

Known for

Superman1978 · Actress Gervaise1956 · Actress White Nights1957 · Actress Affairs of Dr. Holl1951 · Actress

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Jany Holt and Maria Schell in Gervaise (1956)

Suzy Delair, Armand Mestral, and Maria Schell in Gervaise (1956)

Credit Score: Maria Schell

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White Nights

Natalia

Sun May 28 1961

#	Name	Score	Year	Known	★	Noms	Votes
1	White Nights	6.50	1961	•	7.7	0	10271
2	Gervaise	4.88	1957	•	7.4	1	1818
3	The Last Bridge	4.88	1954	•	7.3	0	502
4	Superman	3.75	1978	•	7.4	3	207631
5	The Sins of Rose Bernd	3.25	1959	•	6.5	0	125
6	The Heart of the Matter	3.25	1954	•	6.6	4	595
7	The Magic Box	3.25	1952	•	7.0	2	1568
8	Affairs of Dr. Holl	3.25	1954	•	6.9	0	48
9	The Hanging Tree	1.95	1959		7.1	1	5540
10	The Odessa File	1.30	1974		7.0	0	13495

Maria Schell