Maria Schell

Career timeline

1. 1926 · Born

   Born in Vienna, Austria

2. 1942 · Screen debut

   Steibruch (Movie)

3. 1970 · Breakthrough

   Scene of the Crime (TV)

4. 1995 · Latest release

   Der Clan der Anna Voss (TV)

5. 2005 · Died

   April 26, 2005

Career in numbers

2 1940s

26 1950s

9 1960s

23 1970s

13 1980s

2 1990s

• Drama52
• Comedy12
• Romance8
• Crime6
• Family5
• War5

Highest-rated title White Nights 1957 7.5 Most popular title Scene of the Crime 1970 6.2

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Maria Schell in our catalogue.

Derek Jacobi

2 titles together

Trevor Howard

2 titles together

Fritz Eckhardt

2 titles together

Franz Peter Wirth

2 titles together

Glenn Ford

2 titles together

Ralph Nelson

2 titles together

Peter Carsten

2 titles together

Günter Strack

2 titles together

Kurt Meisel

2 titles together

1. 1995 Der Clan der Anna Voss as Anna Voss TV
2. 1993 Maria des Eaux-Vives as Sœur Maria TV
3. 1987 Die glückliche Familie as Maria Behringer TV
4. 1985 Nineteen Nineteen as Sophie Rubin Movie
5. 1984 King Thrushbeard as Queen 6.6 Movie
6. 1984 Samson and Delilah as Deborah Movie
7. 1983 Der Trauschein as Ella Brozowsky Movie
8. 1982 Absender TV
9. 1982 Inside the Third Reich as Mrs. Speer TV
10. 1982 The Passerby as Anna Helwig 6.2 Movie
11. 1982 Krimistunde as Elsa TV
12. 1981 Das Traumschiff as Anette TV
13. 1980 Liebe bleibt nicht ohne Schmerzen as Dr. Agnes Schranz Movie
14. 1980 Der Thronfolger as Königin Sophia Dorothea Movie
15. 1980 The Martian Chronicles as Anna Lustig 7.2 TV
16. 1979 Christmas Lilies of the Field as Mother Maria Movie
17. 1979 The First Polka as Valeska Piontek Movie
18. 1979 Der Wald as Gurmyszkaja Movie
19. 1978 Superman as Vond-Ah 7.2 Movie
20. 1978 Just a Gigolo as Pauls Mutti Frau von Przygodski 5.0 Movie
21. 1978 Spiel der Verlierer as Anna Friedrichs Movie
22. 1978 Teerosen as Bella Movie
23. 1976 Voyage of the Damned as Frau Miriam Hauser 6.0 Movie
24. 1976 The Twist as Gretel Movie
25. 1976 So oder so ist das Leben as Katja Crohnen Movie
26. 1975 Change as Mama Movie
27. 1974 Derrick as Erika Rabes 6.0 TV
28. 1974 The Odessa File as Frau Miller 6.6 Movie
29. 1974 Der kleine Doktor as Ernestine TV
30. 1973 Kojak as Sister Lepar Angelica / Princess Viva Dushan 7.3 TV
31. 1972 Die Pfarrhauskomödie as Irma Movie
32. 1972 Assignment: Vienna as Elga Compani TV
33. 1972 Dust in the Sun as Gertie Bradford Movie
34. 1972 Die keusche Susanne as Susanne Movie
35. 1971 Sie und Er im Kreuzverhör TV
36. 1970 Scene of the Crime as Evelyn Stürznickel 6.2 TV
37. 1970 The Provocation as Jeanne Movie
38. 1970 The Bloody Judge as Mother Rosa 4.9 Movie
39. 1969 99 Women as Leonie Caroll 5.4 Movie
40. 1969 The Devil by the Tail as La comtesse Diane 6.1 Movie
41. 1963 Zwei Whisky und ein Sofa as Beate Dehn Movie
42. 1963 L'assassin connaît la musique... as Agnès Duvillard, la première veuve Movie
43. 1962 Only a Woman as Lilli König Movie
44. 1961 Das Riesenrad as Elisabeth von Hill Movie
45. 1961 The Mark as Ruth Leighton 6.2 Movie
46. 1960 Cimarron as Sabra Cravat 6.3 Movie
47. 1960 Ninotchka as Ninotchka Movie
48. 1959 As the Sea Rages as Maria Movie
49. 1959 For Whom the Bell Tolls as Maria Movie
50. 1959 The Hanging Tree as Elizabeth Mahler 6.7 Movie
51. 1958 Der Schinderhannes as Julchen Movie
52. 1958 End of Desire as Jeanne Dandieu 5.5 Movie
53. 1958 The Brothers Karamazov as Grushenka 6.5 Movie
54. 1957 White Nights as Natalia 7.5 Movie
55. 1957 The Sins of Rose Bernd as Rose Bernd Movie
56. 1956 Playhouse 90 as Maria TV
57. 1956 Liebe as Anna Ballard Movie
58. 1956 Gervaise as Gervaise Macquart Coupeau, une blanchisseuse douce et courageuse 6.8 Movie
59. 1955 The Rats as Pauline Karka Movie
60. 1955 Napoleon as Marie-Louise d'Autriche 6.2 Movie
61. 1955 Master Over Life and Death as Barbara Bertram Movie
62. 1954 The Last Bridge as Dr. Helga Reinbeck Movie
63. 1953 The Heart of the Matter as Helen Rolt Movie
64. 1953 Tagebuch einer Verliebten as Barbara Holzmann Movie
65. 1953 As Long as You're Near Me as Eva Berger Movie
66. 1953 Dreaming Lips as Elisabeth Movie
67. 1952 Until we meet again as Pamela Movie
68. 1952 So Little Time as Nicole de Malvines Movie
69. 1952 The Magic Box as Helena Friese-Greene 6.5 Movie
70. 1951 Dr. Holl as Angelika Alberti Movie
71. 1950 Es kommt ein Tag as Madeleine Movie
72. 1950 Maresi as Blanka von Steinville Movie
73. 1950 The Angel with the Trumpet as Anna Linden Movie
74. 1948 The Angel with the Trumpet as Selma Rösner Movie
75. 1942 Steibruch as Meiti / Gretl Movie

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