Maria Schell

Schell as a kidnapped German doctor in the 1954 World War II drama, The Last Bridge

Maria Schell (born Margarete Schell on January 15, 1926) is an actress born in Vienna, Austria to a Swiss author and an Austrian actress. She is the older sister of actor Maximilian Schell.

Schell starred in such films as Gervaise (1956), Le Notti Bianche (1957), The Hanging Tree (1959), and Superman: The Movie (1978). She also had three guest appearances in the television series, Der Kommissar.

Schell was married twice, first to Horst Hächler and later to Veit Relin. Her daughter by her second marriage, actress Marie Theres Kroetz-Relin (born 1966), who is married to Bavarian playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz, has recently made a media and Internet appearance as a spokeswoman for housewives (If Pigs Could Fly. Die Hausfrauenrevolution, 2004).

Burdened with old age and illness, Maria Schell lives as a recluse somewhere in the Alps.



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. As of 2004, she lives in Los Angeles, California. Burdened with old age and illness, Maria Schell lives as a recluse somewhere in the Alps. Her artwork shows strong influence from Marc Chagall. Die Hausfrauenrevolution, 2004). While continuing to act sometimes, since the 1990s she has concentrated on painting. Her daughter by her second marriage, actress Marie Theres Kroetz-Relin (born 1966), who is married to Bavarian playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz, has recently made a media and Internet appearance as a spokeswoman for housewives (If Pigs Could Fly. She performed as a singer, making several LP records.

Schell was married twice, first to Horst Hächler and later to Veit Relin. She became one of the most popular pin-up girls of the time, and posed for several pictorials in Playboy Magazine. She also had three guest appearances in the television series, Der Kommissar. She quickly became a noted sex symbol and moved to Hollywood in the early 1960s. Schell starred in such films as Gervaise (1956), Le Notti Bianche (1957), The Hanging Tree (1959), and Superman: The Movie (1978). She started appearing in films in Italy in the late 1950s. She is the older sister of actor Maximilian Schell. Sommer was born as Elke Schletz in Berlin.

Maria Schell (born Margarete Schell on January 15, 1926) is an actress born in Vienna, Austria to a Swiss author and an Austrian actress. Elke Sommer (born 5 November 1940) is a German born actor, entertainer, and artist.