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Maria Schell

1926 - 2005

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Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Schell is the 540th most popular actor (up from 545th in 2019), the 206th most popular biography from Austria (up from 221st in 2019) and the 7th most popular Austrian Actor.

Maria Schell is most famous for her role in the film "The Great Escape" and her role in the film "The Sound of Music."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Maria Schell ranks 540 out of 13,578. Before her are Zsa Zsa Gabor, Bill Nighy, Mahershala Ali, Hugh Jackman, Claudette Colbert, and Christian Clavier. After her are Gerard Butler, Phylicia Rashad, Barbara Stanwyck, Mike Wallace, Donnie Yen, and Steve Buscemi.

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Among people born in 1926, Maria Schell ranks 53. Before her are Louise Hay, Aaron Klug, Alcides Ghiggia, Neal Cassady, Richard Crenna, and Abdus Salam. After her are Clifford Geertz, George Habash, Tony Bennett, Vivian Maier, John G. Kemeny, and Murray Rothbard. Among people deceased in 2005, Maria Schell ranks 34. Before her are Aslan Maskhadov, Ed McBain, Pat Morita, Henry Taube, Lucien Laurent, and Milton Obote. After her are Philip Johnson, James Callaghan, Max Schmeling, George F. Kennan, Akira Yoshizawa, and Moustapha Akkad.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maria Schell ranks 206 out of 1,424. Before her are Hans Asperger (1906), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Constance of Austria (1588), Max Reinhardt (1873), Aloys I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1759), and Joseph Joachim (1831). After her are Johann Joseph Fux (1660), Wilhelm Miklas (1872), Falco (1957), Otto Neurath (1882), Jörg Haider (1950), and Maria Antonia of Austria (1669).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Maria Schell ranks 7. Before her are Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947), Romy Schneider (1938), Hedy Lamarr (1914), Christoph Waltz (1956), Maximilian Schell (1930), and Helmut Berger (1944). After her are Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Katharina Schratt (1853), Oskar Werner (1922), Martin Weinek (1964), Senta Berger (1941), and Helene Weigel (1900).

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