Maria Schell

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for role in Gervaise.

Maria Schell
Maria Schell in Le notti bianche (1957)
Born	Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (1926-01-15)15 January 1926 Vienna, Austria[1]
Died	26 April 2005(2005-04-26) (aged 79) Preitenegg, Carinthia, Austria
Occupation(s)	Actress, producer
Years active	1942–1996
Spouse(s)	Horst Hächler (1957–1965; divorced; 1 child) Veit Relin (1966–1988; divorced; 1 child)
Relatives	Maximilian Schell (brother, dead)

Early life

Schell was born in Vienna, Austria. Her mother was Margarethe, an actress who ran an acting school. Her father was Hermann Ferdinand Schell, a Swiss poet, novelist and playwriter.^[1][2] Her parents were Roman Catholics.^[3] She was the older sister of actor Maximilian Schell.

Later life

Schell lived reclusively in ill health in Carinthia in the Austrian Alps until her death from pneumonia in Preitenegg, Austria on 26 April 2005, aged 79.

Books

• Schell, Maria (1985). Die Kostbarkeit des Augenblicks: Gedanken, Erinnerungen. ISBN 978-3-7844-2072-1.
• 1998: „... und wenn’s a Katz is!“ Mein Weg durchs Leben. Lübbe, Bergisch Gladbach, ISBN 978-3-404-12784-9.