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Maria Schell (born Margarete Schell on January 15,
1926) was an actress born in Vienna, Austria to a
Switzerland|Swiss author and an Austrian actress.
She was the older sister of actor Maximilian
Schell, and lesser-known actors Carl Schell, and
Immy (Immaculata) Schell.

She starred in such films as Gervaise (1956 in
film|1956), Le Notti Bianche (1957 in film|1957),
The Hanging Tree (1959 in film|1959), Cimarron
(1960 movie)|Cimarron (1960 in film|1960), and
Superman (movie)|Superman: The Movie (1978 in
film|1978). She starred opposite everyone from Yul
Brynner to Gary Cooper to Marlon Brando. She also
had three guest appearances in the television
series, Der Kommissar. Her final public appearance
was at the premiere of Maximilian's 2002
documentary My Sister Maria.

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
housewife|housewives (If Pigs Could Fly. Die
Hausfrauenrevolution, 2004).


Burdened with old age and illness, Maria Schell
lived as a recluse in Carinthia (state)|Carinthia
in the Austrian Alps until her death from
pneumonia in Preitenegg, Austria on April 26,
2005. Upon her death, Maximilian released a
statement saying in part: "Towards the end of her
life, she suffered silently and I never heard her
complain. I admire her for that. Her death might
have been for her a salvation. But not for me. She
is irreplaceable."

==External links==
*imdb name|id=0770730|name=Maria Schell
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http://www.boheme-magazine.net/php/modules.php?nam
e=News&file=article&sid=589 Obituary: Maria Schell
(1926-2005)