About
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.
Filmography
Albert Speer und der Traum von Hollywood2021 · Self (archive footage)
Mothers and Daughters2012 · Self
My Sister Maria2002 · Herself
Herbst in Lugano1988 · Lilly
Nineteen Nineteen1985 · Sophie Rubin
King Thrushbeard1984 · Queen
Samson and Delilah1984 · Deborah
Der Trauschein1983 · Ella Brozowsky
Frau Jenny Treibel1982 · Jenny Treibel
The Passerby1982 · Anna Helwig
The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'1982 · Self
Der Besuch der alten Dame1982 · Claire Zachanassian
Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen1980 · Dr. Agnes Schranz
Der Thronfolger1980 · Königin Sophia Dorothea
Christmas Lilies of the Field1979 · Mother Maria
Moral1979 · Lina Beermann
The First Polka1979 · Valeska Piontek
Der Wald1979 · Gurmyszkaja
Superman1978 · Vond-Ah
Just a Gigolo1978 · Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski