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Romy Schneider

1938 - 1982

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Rosemarie Magdalena Albach (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982), known professionally as Romy Schneider (German: [ˈʁoːmi ˈʃnaɪdɐ, ˈʁɔmi -] ), was a German-French actress. She is regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses of all time and became a cult figure due to her role as Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Sissi trilogy in the mid-1950s. She later reprised the role in a more mature version in Luchino Visconti's Ludwig (1973). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Romy Schneider has received more than 5,045,140 page views. Her biography is available in 58 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Romy Schneider is the 28th most popular actor (up from 30th in 2019), the 22nd most popular biography from Austria (up from 28th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Austrian Actor.

Romy Schneider is best known for her roles in the French film "La Piscine" and the American film "The Poseidon Adventure."

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  • 58

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 9.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.74

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Romy Schneider ranks 28 out of 13,578. Before her are Marlon Brando, Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jackie Chan, Sophia Loren, Danny DeVito, and James Stewart. After her are Patrick Swayze, Bud Spencer, Jim Carrey, Yul Brynner, Morgan Freeman, and Gina Lollobrigida.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Romy Schneider ranks 1. After her are Kofi Annan, Juan Carlos I of Spain, Beatrix of the Netherlands, Adriano Celentano, Claudia Cardinale, Rudolf Nureyev, Queen Sofía of Spain, Jon Voight, Nico, Islam Karimov, and Leonid Kuchma. Among people deceased in 1982, Romy Schneider ranks 5. Before her are Huang Xianfan, Grace Kelly, Leonid Brezhnev, and Ayn Rand. After her are Ingrid Bergman, Henry Fonda, Carl Orff, Roman Jakobson, Arthur Rubinstein, Philip K. Dick, and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

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In Austria

Among people born in Austria, Romy Schneider ranks 22 out of 1,424. Before her are Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1741), Karl Popper (1902), Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459), Alfred Adler (1870), Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor (1685), and Klara Hitler (1860). After her are Ferdinand I of Austria (1793), Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747), Rudolf, Crown Prince of Austria (1858), Charles I of Austria (1887), Anton Bruckner (1824), and Johann Strauss I (1804).

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Among ACTORS In Austria

Among actors born in Austria, Romy Schneider ranks 2. Before her are Arnold Schwarzenegger (1947). After her are Hedy Lamarr (1914), Christoph Waltz (1956), Maximilian Schell (1930), Helmut Berger (1944), Klaus Maria Brandauer (1943), Maria Schell (1926), Oskar Werner (1922), Katharina Schratt (1853), Senta Berger (1941), and Lotte Lenya (1898).

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Television and Movie Roles

The Swimming Pool
Marianne
Set in a magnificent villa near a sun-drenched St. Tropez, lovers Jean-Paul and Marianne are spending a happy, lazy summer holiday. Their only concern is to gratify their mutual passion - until the day when Marianne invites her former lover and his beautiful teenage daughter to spend a few days with them. From the first moment, a certain uneasiness and tension begin to develop between the four, which soon escalates in a dangerous love-game.
Jan 31o 19696.994 / 10
Sissi
Princess Elisabeth
The young Bavarian princess Elisabeth, who all call Sissi, goes with her mother and older sister Néné to Austria where Néné will be wed to an emperor named Franz Joseph, Yet unexpectedly Franz runs into Sissi while out fishing and they fall in love.
Dec 22o 19557.4 / 10
Sissi: The Young Empress
Empress Elisabeth
Sissi is now the empress of Austria and attempts to learn etiquette. While she is busy being empress she also has to deal with her difficult new mother-in-law, while the arch-duchess Sophie is trying to tell the emperor how to rule and also Sissi how to be a mother.
Dec 1o 19567.2 / 10