Maria Schell Overview:

Actress, Maria Schell, was born Margarete Schell on Jan 15, 1926 in Vienna, Austria. Schell died at the age of 79 on Apr 26, 2005 in Preitenegg, Austria and was laid to rest in Ortsfriedhof Cemetery in Preitenegg, Karnten, Austria.

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On Blu-ray: Gary Cooper, and Karl Malden in The Hanging Tree (1959)

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As Gary Cooper neared the end of his career he appeared tired, ill, and not quite himself due to a facelift that might not have turned out the way he’d hoped. While he no longer had the bashful, baby-giraffe-lashed sex appeal of his youth though, he was still magnetic. He aroused different emo... Read full article


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Leonie Caroll: I seem to be a victim of a a disease that does not flourish behind prison walls. I suffer from an excess of humanity.


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Her family had to escape from the German Nazi regime in 1938.

Became one of the first movie idols to the postwar generation in the German speaking countries with her distinctive "smile under tears".

Considered Island of Despair (1969) (aka "99 Women", "Island of Despair") to be her worst picture.

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