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Maria Schell

  • Birth: January 15, 1926
  • Death: April 26, 2005
  • Age: 79
  • Austria
  • Switzerland

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna – 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian/Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise. The daughter of a Swiss author and an Austrian actress, she was the older sister of... More

3

nominations

33%

winning rate

1

win

Edition Year Award Movie Status
10th edition 1957 Best Foreign Actress Gervaise
7th edition 1954 Best Foreign Actress The Heart of the Matter

Cannes Film Festival

Edition Year Award Movie Status
7th edition 1954 Special Mention [Main Competition] The Last Bridge Winner