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Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She ranged among the stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance in Helmut Käutner's war drama The Last Bridge, and in 1956, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Gervaise.
Birth Name
Anna Maria Margarete Schell
Born
Friday, 15 January 1926
Died
Tuesday, 26 April 2005
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bones and Names | Dr. Helga Reinbeck | 2023 |
| Babes Behind Bars | Leonie Carroll | 2013 |
| My Sister Maria | Herself / Self | 2002 |
| Call Him Jess | Self | 2000 |
| Luchino Visconti | Self | 1999 |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | Herself | 1995 |
| Der Clan der Anna Voss | Anna Voss | 1995 |
| Maria des Eaux-Vives | Maria | 1993 |
| Die glückliche Familie | Maria Behringer | 1987 |
| Nineteen Nineteen | Sophie Rubin | 1985 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Bones and Names | Dr. Helga Reinbeck | 2023 |
| Babes Behind Bars | Leonie Carroll | 2013 |
| My Sister Maria | Herself / Self | 2002 |
| Call Him Jess | Self | 2000 |
| Luchino Visconti | Self | 1999 |
| Die Harald Schmidt Show | Herself | 1995 |
| Der Clan der Anna Voss | Anna Voss | 1995 |
| Maria des Eaux-Vives | Maria | 1993 |
| Die glückliche Familie | Maria Behringer | 1987 |
| Nineteen Nineteen | Sophie Rubin | 1985 |
| King Thrushbeard | královna, Michalova matka / Queen | 1984 |
| Samson and Delilah | Deborah | 1984 |
| Inside the Third Reich | Mrs. Speer | 1982 |
| The Passerby | Anna Helwig | 1982 |
| Die Krimistunde | Elsa | 1982 |
| Das Traumschiff | Anette | 1981 |
| Wetten, dass..? | Self | 1981 |
| Heut' abend | Self | 1980 |
| The Martian Chronicles | Anna Lustig | 1980 |
| The Making of 'Superman: The Movie' | Herself / Self | 1980 |
| Christmas Lilies of the Field | Mother Maria | 1979 |
| The First Polka | Valeska Piontek | 1979 |
| Superman | Vond-Ah | 1978 |
| Just a Gigolo | Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski | 1978 |
| Spiel der Verlierer | Anna Friedrichs | 1978 |
| Auf los geht's los | Self | 1977 |
| Voyage of the Damned | Mrs. Hauser / Frau Miriam Hauser | 1976 |
| The Twist | Gretel | 1976 |
| Change | Mama | 1975 |
| Derrick | Luisa van Doom, Erika Rabes | 1974 |
| The Odessa File | Frau Miller | 1974 |
| Am laufenden Band | Self | 1974 |
| Kojak | Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan | 1973 |
| Klimbim | Self | 1973 |
| Je später der Abend... | Self | 1973 |
| Assignment: Vienna | Olga Compani | 1972 |
| Die Pfarrhauskomödie | Irma | 1972 |
| Dust in the Sun | Gertie Bradford | 1972 |
| Dalli Dalli | Self - Kandidatin | 1971 |
| Sie und er im Kreuzverhör | Self | 1971 |
| The Bloody Judge | Mother Rosa | 1970 |
| 99 Women | Leonie Caroll | 1969 |
| The Devil by the Tail | La comtesse Diane | 1969 |
| Der Kommissar | Irene Pauli, Frau Pajak, Erna Gutmann | 1969 |
| Dem Täter auf der Spur | Self - Panel | 1967 |
| Who Has Seen the Wind? | Maria Radek | 1965 |
| Whiskey and Sofa | Beate Dehn | 1963 |
| The Murderer Knows the Score | Agnès Duvillard | 1963 |
| Only a Woman | Lilli König | 1962 |
| Das Riesenrad | Elisabeth von Hill | 1961 |
| The Mark | Ruth Leighton | 1961 |
| Cimarron | Sabra Cravat / Sabra Cravat born Venable | 1960 |
| As the Sea Rages | Mana / Maria | 1959 |
| Stars in der Manege | Self | 1959 |
| The Hanging Tree | Elizabeth Mahler | 1959 |
| Duel in the Forest | Julchen | 1958 |
| One Life | Jeanne Dandieu épouse de Lamare / Jeanne Dandieu | 1958 |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Grushenka | 1958 |
| Le Notti Bianche | Natalia | 1957 |
| The Sins of Rose Bernd | Rose Bernd | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Maria, Gret | 1956 |
| Gervaise | Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse | 1956 |
| Die Ratten | Pauline Karka | 1955 |
| Wide Wide World | Self | 1955 |
| Napoleon | L'archiduchesse Marie-Louise d'Autriche / Marie-Louise d'Autriche | 1955 |
| The Last Bridge | Dr. Helga Reinbeck | 1954 |
| The Heart of the Matter | Helen Rolt | 1953 |
| Tagebuch einer Verliebten | Barbara Holzmann | 1953 |
| As Long as You're Near Me | Eva Berger | 1953 |
| Bis wir uns wiedersehn | Pamela | 1952 |
| So Little Time | Nicole de Malvines | 1952 |
| The Magic Box | Helena Friese-Greene | 1952 |
| Affairs of Dr. Holl | Angelika Alberti | 1951 |
| Es kommt ein Tag | Madeleine | 1950 |
| The Angel with the Trumpet | Anna Linden | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| Die letzte Nacht | 1949 | |
| After the Storm | Gretel Aichinger | 1949 |
| Maresi | Blanka von Steinville - Tochter / Blanka von Steinville | 1948 |
| Der Engel mit der Posaune | Selma Rosner / Selma Rösner | 1948 |
| Kraft Theatre | Helena Friese-Greene | 1947 |
| Steibruch | Meiti / Gretl | 1942 |
Producer Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Die Pfarrhauskomödie | 1972 |
