Romy Schneider Pics

Romy

Schneider

23 September 1938

63.75

Average

Green

Brown - Light

Vienna

Virgo

29 May 1982

White

Sissi movies triology

Paris, France

cardiac arrest

German

Female

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Romy Schneider (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was an Austrian-born German film actress who also held French citizenship.

Actor/Actress, Soundtrack

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Romy Schneider (born September 23, 1938 in Vienna, died May 29, 1982 in Paris, aged 43) was an Austrian-German actress; she also held French citizenship. She was born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach-Retty in Vienna into a family of actors that included her paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian father Wolf Albach-Retty and her German mother Magda Schneider. After her parents` divorce in 1945, Magda took charge of Romy and her brother Wolfi, eventually supervising the young girl`s career, often appearing alongside her daughter. Romy made her film debut in Wenn der weisse Flieder wieder blüht (1953), at the age of 15. Young Romy`s career was also overseen by her stepfather, Hans-Herbert Blatzheim, a noted restaurateur who Schneider indicated had an unhealthy interest in her. Romy Schneider`s first movie was Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (When the White Lilacs Bloom Again) in 1953, credited as Romy Schneider-Albach; this was also the debut of Götz George. In the film Mädchenjahre einer Königin (The Story of Vicky [US] / Victoria in Dover [UK]) (1954) Romy Schneider for the first time portrayed a royal. This Austrian movie is about the early years of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, in particular her first encounter with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Schneider`s breakthrough came with her portrayal of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, the later Empress Consort of Austria, in the romantic biopic Sissi (1955) and its two sequels, Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956) and Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957). Less stereotypical films during this busy period include Robinson soll nicht sterben (The Legend of Robinson Crusoe) (1957) putting her among a stellar cast and opposite a young Horst Buchholz, and Monpti (1957), directed by Helmut Käutner and again opposite Buchholz. Schneider soon starred in Christine (1958), a remake of Max Ophüls`s 1933 film Liebelei (itself based upon a play by Arthur Schnitzler). It was during the filming of Christine that Schneider fell in love with French actor Alain Delon, who co-starred in the movie. She left Germany to join him in Paris. Schneider became engaged to Delon in 1959. Schneider stayed in France, slowly gaining the interest of film directors such as Orson Welles for The Trial (1962), based upon Franz Kafka`s The Trial and was introduced by Delon to Luchino Visconti. Under Visconti`s direction, she gave performances in John Ford`s play `Tis Pity She`s a Whore and in the film Boccaccio `70 (segment: "The Job"). A brief stint in Hollywood included appearances in Good Neighbor Sam, a 1964 comedy with Jack Lemmon, and 1965 What`s New, Pussycat? costarring Peter O`Toole, Peter Sellers and Woody Allen who also wrote the screenplay. Scheider and Delon decided to split in 1964. Later she married Harry Meyen (1924–1979), a German director and actor who later committed suicide. The couple had a son, David Christopher Meyen (1966–1981). In 1975, Schneider married Daniel Biasini, her private secretary; they separated in June 1981. Their daughter Sarah Magdalena Biasini (born July 14, 1977) is also an actress. Schneider continued starring in films with Alain Delon. Together they did La Piscine (The Swimming Pool) (1968). The Assassination of Trotsky (1972) followed and Delon remained a lifelong friend. Romy Schneider worked in France as an actress during the 1970s, giving performances in films such as Les choses de la vie (1970), Max et les ferrailleurs (1971), César et Rosalie (1972), and Le vieux fusil (1975). The harsh L`important c`est d`aimer (1974) garnered her first César Award (France`s equivalent of the Oscar). On 30 October 1974, Romy Schneider created one of the most memorable moments on German television. She was the second guest on Dietmar Schönherr`s talk show Je später der Abend (The later the evening) when she, after a rather terse interview, remarked passionately to the last guest, bank robber and author Burkhard Driest: "Sie gefallen mir. Sie gefallen mir sehr." (I like you. I like you a lot.) Ludwig, Visconti`s 1972 film about the life of King Ludwig II of Bavaria, featured her as a much more complex, mature, even bitter Elisabeth of Austria. "Sissi sticks to me just like oatmeal," Schneider once said. She also acted in Le Trio infernal (1974) with Michel Piccoli, and in Garde à vue (1981) with Michel Serrault and Lino Ventura. In 1980 she starred in Bertrand Tavernier`s Death Watch (La mort en direct), based on D. G. Compton`s novel, playing a dying woman whose last days are watched on national television via a camera implanted in the brain of a journalist (Harvey Keitel). Her last film was La Passante du Sans-Souci (The Passerby), (1982). In 2003, she was voted 78th on the list of the greatest Germans in the German TV programme Unsere Besten (the German version of 100 Greatest Britons)—the second highest ranked actress (Marlene Dietrich was 50th) on tha

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Rosemarie Albach-Retty

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Wolf Albach-Retty

Magda Schneider

Wolfgang

Jean-Claude Brialy, Michel Piccoli, Yves Montand, Helmut Berger, Hanna Schygulla, Brigitte Bardot, Claude Sautet, Luchino Visconti, Michel Drucker, Coco Chanel, Maria Schell, Karlheinz Böhm, Simone Signoret

Hans Herbert Blatzheim (step father)

Trude Marlen (step mother)

La Passante Du Sans-Souci [1982], Garde À Vue [1981], Fantasma D'amore [1981], La Banquière [1980], La Mort En Direct [1980], Clair De Femme [1979]

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