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Maria Schell

Veteran Austrian actress Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an icon of the German-speaking film world who achieved international fame before withdrawing into retirement, only to return in dozens of memorable character roles. Best known internationally for her role as the enigmatic Grushenka in Richard Brooks's 1958 movie The Brothers Karamazov, Ms. Schell starred in dozens of popular German-language films in the 1950s. She later made hundreds of television appearances, becoming an idol to the postwar generation in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.


Aliases
  • Gritli Schell
English

Guest Star

Episode Assignment Vienna
So Long, Charley
1973
Episode alfredissimo! Kochen mit Bio
Maria Schell
1996
Episode Klimbim
Diverse
1976
Episode Derrick
Klavierkonzert
1978
Episode Die Peter Alexander Show
Die Peter Alexander Show '92
1992
Episode Kojak
The Pride and the Princess
1976
Episode Derrick
Yellow He
1977
Episode Das Traumschiff
Herz ist Trumpf /​ Sängerin und Zauberer /​ Bordbekanntschaften (Marrakesch)
1983
Episode Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..? aus Berlin (Funkausstellung)
1983