Maria Schell studied in a religious institution in Colmar (Haut-Rhin, France). She received a dramatic training in Zurich, Switzerland. To pay her studies, she was a secretary there. Besides being a film star; Maria appeared in plays in Zurich, Basel, in Vienna (Josefstad Theater), Berlin, Munich (Kammerspiel Theater), at the Salzburg Festival and went on provincial tours from 1963. Among the plays she performed there were such classics as 莎士比亚's "Hamlet", 歌德's "Faust" and such modern classics as "Pygmalion" by 萧伯纳.
Mother of Oliver Hächler (b. 1962, now known as Oliver Schell, with Horst Hächler) and actress Marie Theres Relin (b. 30 June 1966, with Veit Relin).
Sister of Immy Schell, 马克西米连·谢尔 and Carl Schell.
Daughter of writer Ferdinand Hermann Schell and actress Margarete Schell Noé.
After the Nazis entered Austria in 1938, her family left Vienna and moved to Zurich, Switzerland.
Became one of the first movie idols to the postwar generation in the German-speaking countries with her distinctive "smile under tears".
Her brother 马克西米连·谢尔 made a movie about her in 2002 called Meine Schwester Maria (2002) (aka "Meine Schwester Maria").
Considered 九十九个女人 (1969) (aka "Island of Despair") to be her worst picture.
Her breakthrough performance was in 赫尔穆特·科伊特纳's Die letzte Brücke (1954) (aka "Die letzte Brücke"), a touching performance as a tragic heroine, which won her the Best Actress Award at Cannes (the Palme d'Or).
Aunt of Nastassja Schell.
She was the daughter of Hermann Ferdinand Schell, a Swiss writer, and Margarete Schell Noé, an Austrian actress. Her three siblings, Carl Schell, 马克西米连·谢尔, and Immy Schell, also joined the acting profession.
Pictured on an Austrian 68c commemorative postage stamp issued 24 April 2015, two days before the tenth anniversary of her death.
She only appeared in one film with her younger brother 马克西米连·谢尔: 奥迪萨密件 (1974).
Both she and her younger brother 马克西米连·谢尔 worked with 哈迪·克鲁格: Maria in As Long as You're Near Me (1953) and Maximilian in 遥远的桥 (1977).
