Portrait of Romy Schneider

Romy Schneider

Acting

Biography

Romy Schneider (born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach, September 23, 1938 – May 29, 1982) was a German-French actress. She began her career in the German heimatfilm genre in the early 1950s when she was 15. From 1955 to 1957, she played the central character of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Austrian Sissi trilogy, and later reprised the role in a more mature version in Visconti's Ludwig (1973). Schneider moved to France, where she made successful and critically acclaimed films with some of the most notable film directors of that era.

Born: September 23, 1938

Place of Birth: Vienna, Austria

Filmography

2023
Romy Schneider, face à son destin

as Self (archive footage)

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

as Self (archive footage)

2022
2022
Romy, A Free Woman

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Trintignant by Trintignant

as Self (archive footage)

2021
Undressing a Legacy

as Self (archive footage)

2019
Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Inferno Unseen

as Self (archive footage)

2017
The Incredible Mr. Piccoli

as Self - Actress (archive footage)

2012
2010
2009
Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno

as Odette (archive footage)

2008
2002
Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère

as Self (archive footage)

1987
Sacrée Soirée

as Self (archive footage)

1982
The Passerby

as Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

1982
1981
The Inquisitor

as Chantal Martinaud

1981
Ghost of Love

as Anna Brigatti Zighi

1981
Ludwig

as Elisabeth of Austria

1980
The Lady Banker

as Emma Eckhert

1980
Death Watch

as Katherine Mortenhoe

1979
Womanlight

as Lydia Tovalski

1979
Bloodline

as Helene Martin

1978
1977
1976
A Woman at Her Window

as Margot Santorini

1976
Mado

as Hélène

1975
The Old Gun

as Clara Dandieu

1975
Numéro un

as Self

1975
1975
1974
Spécial cinéma

as Self (archive footage)

1974
The Infernal Trio

as Philomena Schmidt

1974
Love at the Top

as Roberte Groult

1974
Un amour de pluie

as Elizabeth

1973
The Last Train

as Anna Kupfer

1973
Ludwig

as Elisabeth of Austria

1972
1972
1971
1971
Max and the Junkmen

as Julia Anna 'Lily' Ackermann

1970
Lady Caliph

as La Califfa

1970
Bloomfield

as Nora

1970
My Lover, My Son

as Francesca Anderson

1970
1969
Otley

as Imogen

1969
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

1966
Triple Cross

as Helga Lindstrom (The Countess)

1966
1966
La Voleuse

as Julia Kreuz

1965
What's New Pussycat?

as Carole Werner

1965
Love at Sea

as The Star

1965
1964
Good Neighbor Sam

as Janet Lagerlof

1963
The Cardinal

as Annemarie von Hartman

1963
The Victors

as Regine

1962
The Trial

as Leni

1962
Sissi - Forever My Love

as Princess Elizsabeth (archive footage)

1962
Boccaccio '70

as Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")

1961
Die Sendung der Lysistrata

as Myrrhine / Uschi Hellwig

1960
Purple Noon

as Freddy's Companion (uncredited)

1959
Katia

as Katia

1959
Die schöne Lügnerin

as Fanny Emmetsrieder

1959
An Angel on Wheels

as Line / The Angel

1959
Die Halbzarte

as Nicole Dassau

1958
Christine

as Christine Weiring

1958
Girls in Uniform

as Manuela von Meinhardis

1958
Scampolo

as Scampolo

1957
Monpti

as Anne-Claire Jouvain

1957
1956
Sissi: The Young Empress

as Empress Elisabeth

1956
1955
Sissi

as Princess Elisabeth

1955
The Last Man

as Niddy Hoevelmann

1955
Die Deutschmeister

as Constanze " Stanzi " Hübner

1954
The Story of Vickie

as Princess Victoria / Queen Victoria

1954
Fireworks

as Anna Oberholzer

1948
Bambi

as Self