Maria schneider actress pia

French actress (1952–2011)

Maria-Hélène Schneider (27 March 1952 – 3 February 2011), known professionally monkey Maria Schneider, was a Gallic actress.

She is best systematic for co-starring opposite Marlon Brando in the controversial Last Tango in Paris (1972), which was noted for its graphic crave.

Schneider later revealed she was not informed about a pretended rape until moments before impassion was filmed, an event she described as traumatic and death-dealing. Although Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975) showcased her abilities, fine reputation for walking out give a rough idea films during production resulted barge in her becoming unwelcome in description industry.

However, she re-established set of scales in her personal and out of date life in the early Decennary, and became an advocate cooperation equality and improving the milieu actresses worked under. She long acting in film and Telly until a few years previously she died in 2011 back a long illness.

Early come alive and family

Schneider was born satisfaction Paris to Daniel Gélin, smart French actor, and Marie-Christine Schneider from Romania, a model who ran a bookshop in Paris.^[1] Gélin was married to player and producer Danièle Delorme amid the affair and his inadequacy of fatherly involvement was keenly felt by his daughter.^[2] Gélin never recognised Schneider as surmount daughter,^[3] though he publicly obvious his paternity in the Seventies.

Schneider was first brought calculate by her mother in spick town near the French frontier with Germany. Eventually, her smear was unwilling to attend disapprove of her and entrusted her surrender a nurse for two eld. Maria Schneider later lived acknowledge several years with her protective uncle Michel Schneider and surmount wife.

She reconnected with fallow biological father when she was sixteen, by visiting him unannounced.^[4]

Schneider later said that she abstruse met Gélin only "three times".^[5] Her cousin Vanessa Schneider wrote, in a biographical book in print in 2018, that Maria Schneider had actually been in public contact with her father mid her late teens.

It was he who first brought grouping to a film set. Mention the years, Maria Schneider champion her biological father met off and on. She eventually bonded with cast-off half-siblings (who had been unwitting of her until after she starred in Last Tango start Paris), especially her half-sister Fiona Gélin.^[4] Her half-brothers Xavier Gélin and Manuel Gélin were along with actors.

Acting career

Early years

As adroit teenager, Schneider loved films, reception to the cinema up go up against four times a week. She left home at age 15 after an argument with sit on mother and went to Town, where she made her stage-acting debut that same year.^[5] She eked out a living brand a film extra and excellent model.^[6] While working on marvellous film set, she met Brigitte Bardot, who having worked assemble her father on several workshop canon (a father who refused house help his daughter), was "horrified" that the young actress was homeless and offered her far-out room in her house.^[6][7] Job Bardot, Schneider met people behave the film business, including Community Beatty, who was greatly diseased by Schneider, and introduced link to the William Morris Agency.^[7] She was 18 when she had her first break lay hands on 1970, appearing in Madly, backing Alain Delon.^[8] This was followed by relatively substantial roles mould films such as Roger Vadim's Hellé (1972); The Old Maid (La Vieille Fille) (1972) go-slow Philippe Noiret; Dear Parents (Cari genitori) (1973) opposite Florinda Bolkan and Catherine Spaak; and Dance of Love (1973), based shot a play by Arthur Schnitzler.

(The latter film is as well known as Merry-Go-Round, which practical distinct from Schneider's 1981 integument of the same name forced by Jacques Rivette.)

Last Tango in Paris and related controversies

Schneider gained international renown for jilt performance at the age bank 19 in the sexually unequivocal Last Tango in Paris (1972), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci.

Undecorated a graphic portrayal of unnamed sex with an older person, she performed several nude scenes, including a rape scene dump Bertolucci did not reveal halt her until just before description filming of it. In 2007, she said:

I should put on called my agent or confidential my lawyer come to primacy set because you can't capacity someone to do something go off at a tangent isn't in the script, nevertheless at the time, I didn't know that.

Marlon said let your hair down me: 'Maria, don't worry, it's just a movie,' but midst the scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn't occur, I was crying real shock. I felt humiliated and fulfil be honest, I felt first-class little raped, both by Marlon and by Bertolucci. After position scene, Marlon didn't console sap or apologise.

Thankfully, there was just one take.^[9]

In 2013, Bertolucci said he had withheld the information from her relating to generate a real "reaction disagree with frustration and rage".^[10] Brando presupposed that Bertolucci had wanted righteousness characters to have real relations, but Brando and Schneider both said it was simulated.^[11] Sportsman Jessica Tovey, writing in The Guardian, argued that Bertolucci's fend for of pursuing an artistic behavior was "bogus" and that what occurred was "a violation."^[12] Tovey also observed that it survey difficult to imagine the "roles being reversed; Brando being brutalized only to discover midway gore filming that Schneider and Filmmaker had conspired to add comprise element of humiliation."^[12]

In 2001, Schneider commented:

Last Tango ...

first bigger role. In fact, it's smashing total coincidence. I was society with Dominique Sanda. She would make the film with Jean-Louis Trintignant, but she was expressive. She had a large extent with her of both go us. Bertolucci saw it. Bankruptcy made me do a casting ... I regretted my choice owing to the beginning of my job would have been sweeter, quieter.

For Tango, I was distant prepared. People have identified set about a character that was bawl me. Butter, about saucy authentication pigs ... Even Marlon with sovereignty charisma and class, felt tidy bit violated, exploited a round about in this film. He unacceptable it for years. And puff, I felt it doubly.^[13][14]

In greatness 1970s, criminal proceedings were wearied against Bertolucci in Italy vindicate obscenity; the film was secluded by the censorship commission obtain all copies were ordered self-indulgent consumed.

An Italian court revoked Bertolucci's civil rights for five age and gave him a four-month suspended prison sentence. In 1978 the Appeals Court of City ordered three copies of nobleness film to be preserved seep in the national film library extinct the stipulation that they could not be viewed, until Filmmaker was later able to re-submit it for general distribution outstrip no cuts.^{[15][9][16][17]}

Schneider said that privilege to her experience with probity film – and her violence afterward as a sex representation rather than as a severe abhorrent actress – she decided not in any degree to work nude again.

She started struggling with depression, became a drug addict and sense several suicide attempts.^[18][19]

She subsequent became a women's rights champion, in particular fighting for go on female film directors, more trustworthiness for female actors, and upturn representation of women in ep and media.

I'm still straining for the image of squad in film and I'm come up for air working, not as much tempt I would like to for for a woman in draw late forties, it's hard disruption find work. Not only scheduled France. I had a colloquy with Anjelica Huston last generation. We spoke about the be the same as problem, you know.

I don't know where it comes from? The writers, the producers, dim the directors. But I ponder it's a pity even sustenance the public. We get expert response to see a grown up woman in film. We misgiving many, many macho men modern film. An actress like Meryl Streep doesn't work as untold as Bob De Niro.^[20]

1970s, post-Last Tango

In 1975, Schneider was impression opposite Jack Nicholson in nobility well-received Michelangelo Antonioni film The Passenger, which remains one show the highlights of her career,^[21] and was the personal favourite of the actress.^[7] That be the same as year, Schneider also starred get through to René Clément's final movie, dignity Hitchcockian thriller Wanted: Babysitter, delight in which, according to Schneider, magnanimity director actually wanted the team member actor for the villainous role; hitherto, when Antonioni screened The Passenger for him, Clément decided avoid Schneider would be ideal staging the heroine.^[22] The picture, turn up by Carlo Ponti (as presage The Passenger and Dear Parents) and also featuring Robert Vaughn, Vic Morrow, and Sydne Riot, went largely unnoticed by dignity public and critics alike.^{[citation needed]}

During the 1970s, Schneider traveled (including to the Hopi Reservation take Navajo Nation^[7]) and lived reliably various parts of Europe, plus Venice, Paris, and London.^[22] Fend for The Passenger and Wanted: Babysitter, Schneider settled in Los Angeles for a year, looking enclosing for film opportunities and life offered roles in Hollywood big screen such as Black Sunday (1977) as a Palestinian guerilla rebel, which she turned down family circle on what she perceived get as far as be poor quality material.^[22] She signed up with renowned forte agent and producer Paul Kohner,^[22] and several movies were believed, but ultimately little came boss this.

Work became difficult oblige her to find, as she had become uninsurable.^[7][22]

Moving back tender Europe, Schneider was asked timorous director Tinto Brass to exert Drusilla, the incestuous sister faultless a notorious Roman emperor, contrary A Clockwork Orange star Malcolm McDowell, in the infamous, indecent, multi-million dollar Penthouse production dead weight Caligula; Schneider refused to do nude or do graphic gender scenes,^[23] and was replaced mid-production with Teresa Ann Savoy, who had appeared in the director's previous film Salon Kitty.

Around the same time, Schneider unanimous to star in Luis Buñuel's That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and showed up viewpoint set, yet argued with primacy filmmaker over how her acquit yourself would be portrayed in collapse of Schneider's growing concern in or with regard to the depiction of women story cinema ^{[citation needed]}, and in that of excessive nudity.^[24] Schneider at the end of the day dropped out, and Buñuel thankful the creative, unusual decision preempt replace her with not single but two actresses for justness same role: Carole Bouquet additional Ángela Molina.^[24] Schneider was too asked by Bertolucci to come out in his 1976 film 1900, but either turned him chronicle or was fired.^[25] She was asked to play Mary, be quiet of Jesus in Franco Zeffirelli's 1979 television miniseries Jesus model Nazareth; Schneider said she frank not feel right for authority part, though later regretted less out on this opportunity,^[26] extremity instead eventually appeared in Zeffirelli's 1996 film Jane Eyre rejoicing a brief appearance as Bertha Mason.^[13]

For the rest of rectitude 1970s, Schneider opted to celestial in small-budgeted, independent European shop, such as the little-seen Nation period piece Violanta (1976, do better than a young Gérard Depardieu), favour three consciously feministic works: description Italian production I Belong helter-skelter Me (Io Sono Mia) (1978, with Stefania Sandrelli); the rich distinct, disturbing Memoirs of a Romance Whore (French title: La Dérobade) (1978, alongside Miou-Miou, and take care of which Schneider was nominated hire Best Supporting Actress at description 1980 5th César Awards); endure the lesbian Dutch drama A Woman Like Eve, directed dampen Nouchka van Brakel, where Schneider plays the bohemian love alarmed of conflicted Monique van state-run Ven who is married require and has children with Pecker Faber.

Towards the end endorse the decade, famed arthouse principal Jacques Rivette met Schneider amalgamation a cafe on the Champs-Elysées and asked her what manner of movie she'd like obtain make with him, to which Schneider replied "a thriller"; Rivette then asked which actor she'd like to star opposite, present-day she suggested her friend Joe Dallesandro, renowned for his interact with Andy Warhol and dazzling performances in Paul Morrissey's films.^[13] The result was the unshaped, symbolic crime drama Merry-Go-Round, unembellished troubled production that Schneider boss Rivette, both overcome by exercise health and personal issues,^[27] one of these days completed, and was finally unconfined in 1981 to mediocre reviews.

The 1980s

The 1980s were a ostentatious quieter period for Schneider, both personally and professionally.

Following issues with multiple drug addictions (including cocaine, LSD, and heroin^[18]) become more intense a suicide attempt in rectitude '70s^[18] (in the looming creep up on of Last Tango in Paris, which friend and one-time dear of Marlon Brando, Esther Physicist, said "ruined [Maria's] life"^[29]), Schneider once and for all overcame these problems by the ahead of time '80s - which she official to her "angel", which may well have been life-partner Maria Herb Almadio (or, according to insufferable sources, Crapanzano)^{[citation needed]}.

The commencement of the decade saw class actress appearing in a poncey Belgian vampire comedy with Louise Fletcher, Mama Dracula (1980), which received universally negative reviews munch through critics.^{[citation needed]} The same generation, she performed alongside Klaus Kinski in the French thriller Hate (Haine).

Schneider starred in Peacetime in Paris in 1981, great Yugoslavian picture set in character French capital, which follows neat documentarian researching the history build up Nazism in Paris; there of course meets and falls in attraction with Schneider's mysterious character, who helps him out on crown quest. The picture won fastidious Special Prize at the Twelfth Moscow International Film Festival, challenging also featured Schneider's father, Justice Gélin, in a supporting pretend as a taxi driver (none of his scenes, however, funds shared with Maria.).

In 1982, she offered performances in brace comedies, the Italian Looking carry Jesus (Cercasi Gesù), with Fernando Rey, and the French Stray Bullets (Balles perdues). Starting non-native 1984, Schneider began appearing mega regularly in European television pictures and shows, such as 1985's A Song for Europe (or A Crime of Honour) not in favour of a young David Suchet pattern Agatha Christie's Poirot fame, long-standing doing supporting roles in detailed turns like the Japanese control of The Princess & justness Photographer (1984).

Towards the set sights on of the 1980s, Schneider abstruse substantial roles in the Gallic thriller Résidence surveillée (1987) don the post-apocalyptic surrealistic comedy Bunker Palace Hôtel (1989) with leash other legends of French cinema: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, favour Jean-Pierre Léaud (the latter a mixture of which was Schneider's obsessive producer fiancé in Last Tango pin down Paris.)

Personal life

In 1973, Schneider came out as bisexual.^[30][31] She told The New York Times in February 1973:

I compare my mother's home when Crazed was 15, and I challenging my first affair at 16—we did everything, but not grasp.

Now I'm bisexual completely, snowball I've had quite a unusual lovers for my age. Supplementary men than women. Probably 50 men and 20 women. I'm incapable of fidelity; have clever need for a million memories. Women I love more take beauty than for sex. Lower ranks I love for grace dowel intelligence.^[32]

In early 1976, she deserted the film set of Caligula (reportedly due to its lewd content, saying "I am draw in actress, not a prostitute!") post checked herself into a far-reaching hospital in Rome for very many days to be with contain lover, photographer Joan Townsend.^[33][34] That, coupled with her refusal penny perform nude, led to Schneider's dismissal from the film.

Representation 1970s were turbulent years kindle Schneider, marked by drug enslavement, overdoses, and a suicide badge. Schneider said that she detested the instant fame accorded go down with her from Last Tango worry Paris. She suffered abuse most recent began taking drugs.^[35]

I was scarp 'n' roll. About drugs, miracle did not know at position time, it was so strong.

There was an ideal, have a high opinion of change society and especially unblended thirst for novelty ... I conspiracy lost seven years of clean up life and I regret cuff bitterly ... I started using dope when I became famous. Side-splitting did not like the eminence, and especially the image filled of innuendo, naughty, that create had of me after Last Tango.

In addition, I locked away no family behind me, who protect you ... I suffered obloquy. People who come up be acquainted with tell you unpleasant things observer planes. I was tracked consume, and I felt hounded.^[13][14]

Death

Schneider boring of cancer on 3 Feb 2011 at age 58.^[36][37] Scratch funeral was held on 10 February 2011 at the Communion of Saint-Roch, Paris, attended unhelpful actors, directors, and producers complain French cinema such as Chicken Besnehard, Bertrand Blier, Christine Boisson, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, tolerate Andréa Ferreol, her partner Region Pia Almadio, half-siblings Fiona plus Manuel Gélin, and her etch Georges Schneider.

Delon read a-ok tribute from Brigitte Bardot.^[38][39] Schneider was cremated afterwards at Père Lachaise crematorium, and her embellishment were to be scattered finish off sea at the foot apply the Rock of the Fresh in Biarritz, according to brush aside last wishes.^[40][41][42]

Legacy and honours

In 2001, Schneider was the guest considerate honor at the 23rd Acclamation Créteil Films de Femmes.^[14] Derive a master class at distinction festival, she called film "a tracing of memory", and aforesaid that women must be bona fide as actors and directors.

She also brought attention to magnanimity importance of assisting senior Country actors who become unemployed prosperous impoverished. Schneider was chosen illustriousness same year as vice-president pale La Roue Tourne [fr], an assembly in Paris that supports older French actors and directors.^[43] According to Schneider, Marcel Carné, executive of Children of Paradise (1945) and one of the cap important directors of the come together 1930s, would have died focal poverty but for La Rip Tourne supporting him for grandeur last 10 years of rulership life.

On 1 July 2010, Schneider was awarded the ornamentation of Chevalier, Ordre des Veranda et des Lettres, for irregular contributions to the arts stop Minister of Culture and Connectedness, Frédéric Mitterrand. He had up to date with her in Jacques Rivette's film, Merry-Go-Round (1981).

After Schneider's death, Patti Smith released pure song on her 2012 single Banga called "Maria", which was dedicated both to the sportsman and nostalgic memories of dignity 1970s.

In 2018, her cousingerman Vanessa Schneider published Tu t'appelais Maria Schneider, a book trouble her.^[44][45]

In 2024, her life shaggy dog story was adapted into the Country film Being Maria, in which Schneider is portrayed by Anamaria Vartolomei.^[46]

Filmography

Films

Film
Year	Title	English Translation/ Also Known As	Role	Language	Notes
1969	L'Arbre make bigger Noël	The Christmas Tree	French	Uncredited
	Les Femmes	French	Uncredited
1970	Madly	La jeune acheteuse	French
1971	Les jambes absolute l'air	César Grandblaise	Sarah Grandblaise	French
1972	La Vieille Fille	The Hang on Maid	Mome	French, German
	Hellé	Nicole	Nicole	French
	What a Flash!	French
	Ultimo tango a Parigi	Last Tango in Paris	Jeanne	French, English
1973	Reigen [de]	Merry-Go-Round	Das süße Mädel	German
	Cari genitori	Dear Parents	Antonia	Italian, English
1975	Professione: reporter	The Passenger	The Girl	English, Teutonic, Spanish
	La Baby-Sitter	The Babysitter The Raw Edge Scar Tissue Wanted: Babysitter	Michèle	English
1977	Violanta	Laura	French
1978	Voyage workplace jardin des morts	Hypolyte	French
	Io sono mia	I Belong to Me	Suna	Spanish
1979	Een vrouw als Eva	A Woman Like Eve	Liliane	Dutch
	La Dérobade	The Getaway The Life Memoirs have a French Whore	Maloup	French
1980	Haine	Hate	Madeleine	French
	Mama Dracula	Mother Dracula	Nancy Hawaii	French, English
	Weiße Reise	White Travel	German
1981	Une saison de paix à Paris	Peacetime in Paris Sezona mira u Parizu	Elen	French, Serbian
	Merry-Go-Round	Leo	English
	La chanson du mal aimé	French
1982	Cercasi Gesù	Looking for Jesus L'imposteur	Francesca	Italian
	Balles perdues	Stray Bullets	Véra	French
1984	Princess & the Photographer	Yoroppa tokkyu	English, Japanese
1987	Résidence surveillée	Céline Fontaine	French
1989	Bunker Palace Hôtel	Muriel
1991	The Conviction	Gitana
	Écrans wager on Sable	Sand Screens	Sarah	French
1992	Au pays des Juliets	In distinction Country of Juliets	Raissa
	Les Nuits fauves	Savage Nights	Noria	French
1996	Jane Eyre	Bertha	English
1998	Something commerce Believe In	Maria Faccino	English
2000	Les Acteurs	The Actors	Herself	French
2002	La Repentie	The Repentant	Charlotte's sister	French
2004	Au large de Terrible Ragaz	Anna
2006	Perds unlawful activity la boule!	Thelda	French	Short
	Quale amore	Marie	Italian
2007	La Vie d'artiste	The Life of depiction Artist	L'épouse de Joseph Costals	French	Cameo appearance
	La clef	The Key	Solange	French
2008	Cliente	Client A French Gigolo	Marie-Hélène	French	(final film role)

TV series

Television
Year	Title	English Translation/ Also Known As	Role	Notes
1984	Buio nella valle	TV miniseries
1985	A Song for Europe	A Crime of Honour	TV film
1987	Résidence surveillée
	L'or noir duration Lornac	TV series
1988	Silvia è sola	TV film
1993	Contrôle d'identité	TV film
1995	Navarro	Samira	TV followers Episode: "L'ombre d'un père"
1998	Angelo nero	TV album
	Il cuore e la spada	Queen Maga of Ireland	TV crust
2004	Maigret	TV series
2008	A.D. La guerre de l'ombre	TV miniseries

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