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. Schneider died from cardiac arrest due to a weakened heart caused by a kidney operation she had had months before. From Wikipedia.

Romy Schneider

Acting Born September 23, 1938 – Died May 29, 1982 Vienna, Austria

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.

Schneider died from cardiac arrest due to a weakened heart caused by a kidney operation she had had months before.

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The Merv Griffin Show

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Spécial cinéma

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Sacrée soirée

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The Dick Cavett Show

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Champs-Elysées

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Die Drehscheibe

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Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

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Bambi

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Numéro un

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Midi trente

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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German Film Award

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