1926 - 2005
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 905,303 page views. Her biography is available in 36 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 33 in 2019). Maria Schell is the 438th most popular actor (up from 459th in 2019), the 187th most popular biography from Austria 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."
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Among actors, Maria Schell ranks 438 out of 9,996. Before her are Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ed O'Neill, Sean Bean, Nebahat Çehre, James Cromwell, and James Earl Jones. After her are Javier Bardem, Brian Dennehy, Larry Hagman, Mickey Rooney, Lillian Gish, and Jayne Mansfield.
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 432
1946 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 433
1959 - Present
HPI: 63.43
Rank: 434
1944 - Present
HPI: 63.40
Rank: 435
1940 - Present
HPI: 63.39
Rank: 436
1931 - Present
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 437
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 438
1969 - Present
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 439
1938 - 2020
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 440
1931 - 2012
HPI: 63.36
Rank: 441
1920 - 2014
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 442
1893 - 1993
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 443
1933 - 1967
HPI: 63.33
Rank: 444
Among people born in 1926, Maria Schell ranks 43. Before her are Richard Crenna, Neal Cassady, Necmettin Erbakan, Beji Caid Essebsi, Hilary Putnam, and Louise Hay. After her are Irwin Rose, Mel Brooks, Valdas Adamkus, Ingeborg Bachmann, Steve Reeves, and Alcides Ghiggia. Among people deceased in 2005, Maria Schell ranks 31. Before her are Sister Lúcia, Philip Johnson, Ernst Mayr, Ezer Weizman, Milton Obote, and George F. Kennan. After her are Max Schmeling, Moustapha Akkad, Anne Bancroft, Joseph Rotblat, Ibrahim Ferrer, and George Dantzig.
1926 - 2003
HPI: 63.85
Rank: 37
1926 - 1968
HPI: 63.83
Rank: 38
1926 - 2011
HPI: 63.79
Rank: 39
1926 - 2019
HPI: 63.78
Rank: 40
1926 - 2016
HPI: 63.61
Rank: 41
1926 - 2017
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 42
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 43
1926 - 2015
HPI: 63.18
Rank: 44
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.15
Rank: 45
1926 - Present
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 46
1926 - 1973
HPI: 62.96
Rank: 47
1926 - 2000
HPI: 62.75
Rank: 48
1926 - 2015
HPI: 62.70
Rank: 49
1907 - 2005
HPI: 65.10
Rank: 25
1906 - 2005
HPI: 64.36
Rank: 26
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.96
Rank: 27
1924 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 28
1925 - 2005
HPI: 63.74
Rank: 29
1904 - 2005
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 30
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 31
1905 - 2005
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 32
1930 - 2005
HPI: 63.08
Rank: 33
1931 - 2005
HPI: 62.88
Rank: 34
1908 - 2005
HPI: 62.59
Rank: 35
1927 - 2005
HPI: 62.39
Rank: 36
1914 - 2005
HPI: 62.22
Rank: 37
Among people born in Austria, Maria Schell ranks 187 out of 1,237. Before her are Josef Stefan (1835), Maximilian III, Archduke of Austria (1558), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach (1656), Maria Theresa of Austria (1816), and Alfred Schütz (1899). After her are Anna of Tyrol (1585), Ludwig Minkus (1826), Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852), Karl Philipp, Prince of Schwarzenberg (1771), Franz I, Prince of Liechtenstein (1853), and Karl Böhm (1894).
1835 - 1893
HPI: 63.64
Rank: 181
1558 - 1618
HPI: 63.58
Rank: 182
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 183
1656 - 1723
HPI: 63.51
Rank: 184
1816 - 1867
HPI: 63.48
Rank: 185
1899 - 1959
HPI: 63.42
Rank: 186
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 187
1585 - 1618
HPI: 63.34
Rank: 188
1826 - 1917
HPI: 63.31
Rank: 189
1852 - 1925
HPI: 63.21
Rank: 190
1771 - 1820
HPI: 63.20
Rank: 191
1853 - 1938
HPI: 63.14
Rank: 192
1894 - 1981
HPI: 63.12
Rank: 193
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 Katharina Schratt (1853), Oskar Werner (1922), Lotte Lenya (1898), Senta Berger (1941), Helene Weigel (1900), and Christine Kaufmann (1945).
1938 - 1982
HPI: 76.91
Rank: 2
1914 - 2000
HPI: 73.16
Rank: 3
1956 - Present
HPI: 70.21
Rank: 4
1930 - 2014
HPI: 68.01
Rank: 5
1944 - Present
HPI: 66.19
Rank: 6
1943 - Present
HPI: 63.55
Rank: 7
1926 - 2005
HPI: 63.38
Rank: 8
1853 - 1940
HPI: 60.78
Rank: 9
1922 - 1984
HPI: 60.15
Rank: 10
1898 - 1981
HPI: 59.83
Rank: 11
1941 - Present
HPI: 59.11
Rank: 12
1900 - 1971
HPI: 56.33
Rank: 13
1945 - 2017
HPI: 55.85
Rank: 14