The Famous Hollywood Actor and Oscar winner Maximilian Schell has died on Sat. Feb.1, 2014. He was 83 years old. Maximilian Konrad Maria Immaculata Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was born in Vienna, Austria. He was the son of Margarethe (née Noe von Nordberg) an actress who also ran an acting school. His father was Hermann Ferdinand Schell, a Swiss poet, novelist, playwright and pharmacy owner. He came from a Roman Catholic family. His sister was a famous German actress Maria Schell. Maximilian made his acting debue at the age of 3 in Vienna. Schell's family fled Austria in 1938 and moved to Zurich, Switzerland. Schell served in the Swiss army for 1 year. He later attended the University of Zurich for a year and worked as a journalist. Schell moved to Germany after the war and studied at the University of Munic. He won an Academy Award for his portrayal of a defense lawyer in "Judgment at Nuremberg". He also won a Golden Globe Award. Schell directed the 1984 documentary on Marlene Dietrich entitle "Marlene." He married actress Natalya Andrejchenko (1985–2005) and then Iva Mihanovic (2013–2014). Schell and his wife Natalya had 1 daughter Anastasia Schell. He is the Godfather of Actress Angelina Jolie.
LIST OF MOVIES BY MAXIMILIAN SCHELL
2009 Darkness
LIST OF MOVIES BY MAXIMILIAN SCHELL
2009 Darkness
2009 Flores negras
2008 The Brothers Bloom
2007 Die Rosenkönigin
2007 Giganten
2003-2007 Der Fürst und das Mädchen
2006 The Shell Seekers
2006 House of the Sleeping Beauties
2006 Die Alpenklinik
2005 Die Liebe eines Priesters
2004 The Return of the Dancing Master
2003 Alles Glück dieser Erde
2003 Coast to Coast
2002 Der Bestseller - Mord auf italienisch
2002 Love, Lies, Passions
2001 Festival in Cannes
2001 The Song of the Lark
2000 Just Messing About
2000 I Love You, Baby
1999 Joan of Arc
1999 On the Wings of Love
1998 Deep Impact
1998 Vampire
1998 Left Luggage
1998 The Eighteenth Angel
1997 Telling Lies in America
1997 Biography
1997 Through Roses
1997 The Song of the Lark
1996 The Thorn Birds: The Missing Years
1996 The Vampyre Wars
1994 Little Odessa
1993 Abraham
1993 Candles in the Dark
1993 Justiz
1993 A Far Off Place
1992 Stalin
1992 Miss Rose White
1991 Young Catherine
1990 Wiseguy
1990 The Freshman
1989 The Rosegarden
1986 Peter the Great
1985 The Assisi Underground
1984 Morgen in Alabama
1983 The Islands
1983 The Phantom of the Opera
1981 The Chosen
1980 The Diary of Anne Frank
1979 The Black Hole
1979 Amo non amo
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods
1979 Avalanche Express
1979 Players
1977 Julia
1977 A Bridge Too Far
1977 Cross of Iron
1976 St. Ives
1975 The Day That Shook the World
1975 End of the Game
1975 The Man in the Glass Booth
1974 The Odessa File
1974 The Rehearsal
1973 The Pedestrian
1972 Paulina 188
1972 Pope Joan
1970 First Love
1969 Simón Bolívar
1969 Krakatoa, East of Java
1968 Heidi
1968 The Castle
1968 Beyond the Mountains
1967 Counterpoint
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1966 Die venezianischen Zwillinge
1966 The Deadly Affair
1965 Return from the Ashes
1965 Der seidene Schuh
1964 Topkapi
1964 Letters of Mozart - Briefe Mozarts
1962 The Reluctant Saint
1962 The Condemned of Altona
1962 Five Finger Exercise
1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 Hamlet
1960 Family Classics: The Three Musketeers
1960 Alcoa Theatre
1960 Sunday Showcase
1960 Buick-Electra Playhouse
1960 The Fifth Column
1959 Eine Dummheit macht auch der Gescheiteste
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse
1959 Playhouse 90
1958 Die Bernauerin
1958 Kinder der Berge
1958 The Young Lions
1958 Der Meisterdieb
1957 The Last Ones Shall Be First
1957 Taxi Driver Baenz
1956 Ein Herz kehrt heim
1956 Marriage of Dr. Danwitz
1956 The Girl from Flanders
1955 Ripening Youth
1955 The Plot to Assassinate Hitler
1955 Children, Mother, and the General
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