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Romy Schneider

1938 - 1982

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Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider (German: [ˈʁoːmi ˈʃnaɪdɐ, ˈʁɔmi -] ), was a German and French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Sissi trilogy in the mid-1950s. She later reprised the role in a more mature version in Luchino Visconti's Ludwig (1973). She began her career in the German Heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Romy Schneider is the 35th most popular actor (down from 28th in 2019), the 31st most popular biography from Austria (down from 22nd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Actor.

Romy Schneider is best known for her roles in the French film "La Piscine" and the American film "The Poseidon Adventure."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Romy Schneider ranks 35 out of 13,578. Before her are Yul Brynner, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Claudia Cardinale, Jack Nicholson, and Jean Reno. After her are Dustin Hoffman, Elizabeth Taylor, Bud Spencer, Bruce Willis, Marcello Mastroianni, and Gérard Depardieu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Romy Schneider ranks 5. Before her are Juan Carlos I of Spain, Kofi Annan, Beatrix of the Netherlands, and Claudia Cardinale. After her are Bernie Madoff, Adriano Celentano, Queen Sofía of Spain, Jon Voight, Rudolf Nureyev, Anthony Giddens, and Leonid Kuchma. Among people deceased in 1982, Romy Schneider ranks 5. Before her are Huang Xianfan, Grace Kelly, Leonid Brezhnev, and Ayn Rand. After her are Ingrid Bergman, Philip Noel-Baker, Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Anna Freud, Roman Jakobson, and Arthur Rubinstein.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Romy Schneider ranks 31 out of 1,424. Before her are Klara Hitler (1860), Niki Lauda (1949), Alfred Adler (1870), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), Theodoric the Great (454), and Lise Meitner (1878). After her are Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Johann Strauss I (1804), Anton Bruckner (1824), Ferdinand II, Holy Roman Emperor (1578), and Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor (1640).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Romy Schneider ranks 2. Before her are Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947). After her are Hedy Lamarr (1914), Christoph Waltz (1956), Maximilian Schell (1930), Helmut Berger (1944), Maria Schell (1926), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Katharina Schratt (1853), Oskar Werner (1922), Martin Weinek (1964), and Senta Berger (1941).

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