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Biography
Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading 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.
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Awards & recognition
- Volpi Cup — Best Actress · 1956
- Cannes Film Festival Award — Best Actress · 1954
- Austrian Decoration — Science and Art
- Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Filmography19 titles
White Nights
1957as Natalia
1957as Natalia
Superman
1978as Vond-Ah
1978as Vond-Ah
Kojak
1973as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan
1973as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan
What's My Line?
1950as Self
1950as Self
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950as Anna Linden
1950as Anna Linden
My Sister Maria
2002as Herself
2002as Herself
The Hanging Tree
1959as Elizabeth Mahler
1959as Elizabeth Mahler
The Odessa File
1974as Frau Miller
1974as Frau Miller
The Brothers Karamazov
1958as Grushenka
1958as Grushenka
The Mark
1961as Ruth Leighton
1961as Ruth Leighton
Scene of the Crime
1970as Äbtissin
1970as Äbtissin
Cimarron
1960as Sabra Cravat
1960as Sabra Cravat
Christmas Lilies of the Field
1979as Mother Maria
1979as Mother Maria
Voyage of the Damned
1976as Frau Miriam Hauser
1976as Frau Miriam Hauser
99 Women
1969as Leonie Caroll
1969as Leonie Caroll
Samson and Delilah
1984as Deborah
1984as Deborah
Just a Gigolo
1978as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
1978as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski
The Bloody Judge
1970as Mother Rosa
1970as Mother Rosa
Mothers and Daughters
2012as Self
2012as Self