Romy Schneider

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.

Known For

Purple Noon

as Freddy's Companion (uncredited)

The Swimming Pool

as Marianne

The Trial

as Leni

Sissi

as Princess Elisabeth

Sissi: The Young Empress

as Empress Elisabeth

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress

as Empress Elisabeth

The Old Gun

as Clara Dandieu

The Things of Life

as Hélène

The Inquisitor

as Chantal Martinaud

Cesar and Rosalie

as Rosalie