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Maria Schell
January 15, 1926 – April 26, 2005
Austrian-Swiss actress (1926–2005)
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Maria Margarethe Anna Schell was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1954, she was awarded the Cannes Best Actress Award for her performance in Helmut Käutner's war drama The Last Bridge, and in 1956, she won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival for Gervaise.
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- Birthday · January 15
- Anniversary · April 26
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