ACTOR

Maria Schell

1926 - 2005

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Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926 – 26 April 2005) was an Austrian-Swiss actress. She was one of the leading stars of German cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maria Schell has received more than 976,877 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia. Maria Schell is the 545th most popular actor (down from 436th in 2019), the 221st most popular biography from Austria (down from 187th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Austrian Actor.

Maria Schell is most famous for her role in the film "The Great Escape" and her role in the film "The Sound of Music."

Memorability Metrics

  • 980k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 62.63

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 36

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.59

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.18

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Maria Schells by language

Over the past year Maria Schell has had the most page views in the with 156,773 views, followed by English (132,396), and French (32,300). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Esperanto (88.85%), Galician (86.21%), and German (76.00%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Maria Schell ranks 545 out of 13,578. Before her are Tippi Hedren, Karlheinz Böhm, Brian Cox, Mel Ferrer, Nǃxau ǂToma, and Ken Watanabe. After her are Raul Julia, Louise Fletcher, Mae West, Nastassja Kinski, Jessica Tandy, and Harriet Andersson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Maria Schell ranks 58. Before her are Richard Crenna, Harry Dean Stanton, Ingeborg Bachmann, George Martin, Henry Way Kendall, and Tony Bennett. After her are Shohei Imamura, Masatoshi Koshiba, Vasily Arkhipov, Sergio Corbucci, Hilary Putnam, and Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. Among people deceased in 2005, Maria Schell ranks 36. Before her are George F. Kennan, Lucien Laurent, Milton Obote, Moustapha Akkad, Max Schmeling, and Ahmed Deedat. After her are Mary Jackson, Brother Roger, Birgit Nilsson, John Fowles, George Dantzig, and Philip Johnson.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Maria Schell ranks 221 out of 1,424. Before her are Max Reinhardt (1873), Maria Amalia of Austria (1701), Anton Diabelli (1781), Leopold V, Archduke of Austria (1586), Joseph Ferdinand of Bavaria (1692), and Thomas Klestil (1932). After her are Albert IV, Duke of Austria (1377), Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria (1762), Archduke Albrecht, Duke of Teschen (1817), Božena Němcová (1820), Ferdinand II of Portugal (1816), and Miep Gies (1909).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Maria Schell ranks 8. Before her are Romy Schneider (1938), Hedy Lamarr (1914), Christoph Waltz (1956), Maximilian Schell (1930), Helmut Berger (1944), and Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943). After her are Oskar Werner (1922), Katharina Schratt (1853), Senta Berger (1941), Lotte Lenya (1898), Helene Weigel (1900), and Christine Kaufmann (1945).

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Television and Movie Roles

Superman
Vond-Ah
Mild-mannered Clark Kent works as a reporter at the Daily Planet alongside his crush, Lois Lane. Clark must summon his superhero alter-ego when the nefarious Lex Luthor launches a plan to take over the world.
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The Odessa File
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Oct 17o 19746.6 / 10
Le Notti Bianche
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