
Romy Schneider
Known for Acting · 118 credits
- Born
- 1938-09-23
- Died
- 1982-05-29
- Place of birth
- Vienna, Austria
- Also known as
- Romy Schneider-Albach · Rosemarie Magdalena Albach · رومي شنايدر · רומי שניידר · ロミー・シュナイダー · რომი შნაიდერი
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
TV Shows (26)

The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Die Drehscheibe
1964
as Self

Bambi
1948
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)

The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self (archive footage)

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self

Numéro un
1975
as Self
German Film Award
1951
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self

Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1968
as Self / Self (uncredited)

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self

Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self

Aktuelle Schaubude
1957
as Self
Der große Preis
1974
as Self

Dim Dam Dom
1965
as Self

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Reflets de Cannes
1954
as Self
Je später der Abend
1973
as Self
Treffpunkte
1970
as Self

Ludwig
1981
as Elisabeth of Austria
Sternstunde Kunst
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Legenden
1998
as Self (archive footage)
Movies (92)

Purple Noon
1960
as Freddy's Companion (uncredited)

The Trial
1962
as Leni

The Swimming Pool
1969
as Marianne

The Old Gun
1975
as Clara Dandieu

Sissi
1955
as Princess Elisabeth

Boccaccio '70
1962
as Pupe (segment "Il lavoro")

The Cardinal
1963
as Annemarie von Hartman

Christine
1958
as Christine Weiring

That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Nadine Chevalier

Sissi: The Young Empress
1956
as Empress Elisabeth

What's New Pussycat?
1965
as Carole Werner

Death Watch
1980
as Katherine Mortenhoe

Max and the Junkmen
1971
as Julia Anna 'Lily' Ackermann

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Katia
1959
as Katia

Sissi: The Fateful Years of an Empress
1957
as Empress Elisabeth

Ludwig
1973
as Elisabeth of Austria

The Lady Banker
1980
as Emma Eckhert

La Voleuse
1966
as Julia Kreuz

Love at the Top
1974
as Roberte Groult

Cesar and Rosalie
1972
as Rosalie

My Lover, My Son
1970
as Francesca Anderson

Triple Cross
1966
as Helga Lindstrom (The Countess)

Good Neighbor Sam
1964
as Janet Lagerlof

The Things of Life
1970
as Hélène

The Girl and the Legend
1957
as Maud Cantley

The Assassination of Trotsky
1972
as Gita Samuels

Girls in Uniform
1958
as Manuela von Meinhardis

The Inquisitor
1981
as Chantal Martinaud

Bloodline
1979
as Helene Martin

Mado
1976
as Hélène

The Victors
1963
as Regine

A Woman at Her Window
1976
as Margot Santorini

Otley
1969
as Imogen

Love at Sea
1965
as The Star

Monpti
1957
as Anne-Claire Jouvain

The Last Train
1973
as Anna Kupfer

Innocents with Dirty Hands
1975
as Julie Wormser

Trintignant by Trintignant
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Lady Caliph
1970
as La Califfa

The Passerby
1982
as Elsa Wiener / Lina Baumstein

The Story of Vickie
1954
as Princess Victoria / Queen Victoria

The Infernal Trio
1974
as Philomena Schmidt

Loving in the Rain
1974
as Elizabeth

Romy and Magda Schneider: Mother - Daughter - Rivals?
2025
as Self (archive footage)

Womanlight
1979
as Lydia Tovalski

The Sensuous Assassin
1970
as Marina

Le Combat dans l'île
1962
as Anne

Henri-Georges Clouzot's Inferno
2009
as Odette (archive footage)

Romy Schneider & Alain Delon: An Enduring Passion
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Ghost of Love
1981
as Anna Brigatti Zighi

L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)

Group Portrait with a Lady
1977
as Leni Gruyten

Sissi - Forever My Love
1962
as Princess Elizsabeth (archive footage)

10:30 P.M. Summer
1966
as Claire

Mythos Côte d'Azur - Liebe, Luxus, Leidenschaft
2021

Scampolo
1958
as Scampolo

Die schöne Lügnerin
1959
as Fanny Emmetsrieder

A Simple Story
1978
as Marie

Bob Hope: Entertaining the Troops
2016
as Self

Alain Delon, l'ombre au tableau
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Kitty and the Great Big World
1956
as Kitty Dupont

Bloomfield
1970
as Nora

An Angel on Wheels
1959
as Line / The Angel

Romy Schneider: A Woman in Three Notes
2008
as Self (archive footage)

Die Halbzarte
1959
as Nicole Dassau

The Incredible Mr. Piccoli
2017
as Self - Actress (archive footage)
Tausend Lieder ohne Ton
1977
as Die Geliebte

Claude Sautet, Romy, Yves, Michel et les autres
2017
as Self (archive footage)

Conversation with Romy Schneider
2018
as Self (voice)

Romy : 40 ans après, ultimes confidences
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Fireworks
1954
as Anna Oberholzer

Die Deutschmeister
1955
as Constanze " Stanzi " Hübner

Beautiful Like a Poem
2020
as Self (archive footage)

The Last Man
1955
as Niddy Hövelmann

Jean-Louis Trintignant - Mystérieux et insaisissable
2022

René Deltgen – Der sanfte Rebell
2008
as Self(archive footage) (uncredited)

Romy Schneider - Ein Nahaufnahme
2009
as Self

Sisi... und ich erzähle euch die Wahrheit
2012
as Sisi (archive footage)

Romy: Anatomy of a Face
1967
as Self

Die Sendung der Lysistrata
1961
as Myrrhine / Uschi Hellwig

Romy Schneider, face à son destin
2023
as Self (archive footage)

They Saw Inferno
2010
as Self

Romy Schneider, étrange étrangère
2002
as Self (archive footage)

Romy, A Free Woman
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Bailey on Visconti
1972
as Self

When the White Lilacs Bloom Again
1953
as Evchen Forster
Dios de monoambiente
2018
as Self (archive footage)

Undressing a Legacy
2021
as Self (archive footage)

Romy Schneider, à fleur de peau
2014
as Self (archive footage)

The Inferno Unseen
2017
as Self (archive footage)

Louis Dufay, la couleur et l'Héliophore
About Romy Schneider
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. With 118 credits spanning from 1948 to 2025, Romy Schneider has appeared in 92 films and 26 TV shows.
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Most Popular Romy Schneider Movies
- Purple Noon (1960) — as Freddy's Companion (uncredited)
- The Trial (1962) — as Leni
- The Swimming Pool (1969) — as Marianne
- The Old Gun (1975) — as Clara Dandieu
- Sissi (1955) — as Princess Elisabeth
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