Maria Schneider (actor)
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Maria Schneider (born March 27, 1952 in Paris) is a French actress who is most famous for playing "Jeanne" opposite Marlon Brando in the 1972 motion picture Last Tango in Paris. She did numerous full-frontal (breasts and vulva clearly displayed) scenes in the film, which were controversial for the time.
Born as Marie Christine Gélin, she is the daughter of French actor Daniel Gélin and Marie-Christine Schneider. Following her success and critical acclaim in Last Tango in Paris, she disappeared from film for some time
In 1974, Schneider came out as bisexual.[1][2] In early 1976, she abandoned the film set for Caligula and checked herself into a mental hospital in Rome for several days with a woman she described as her lover.[3] This, coupled with her refusal to do nudity, led to Maria's dismissal and she was replaced by Teresa Ann Savoy.
In 2008, the Belgian band dEUS released a song called The Vanishing Of Maria Schneider.
[edit] Filmography
- Les Femmes (1969)
- La Vieille fille (1971)
- Hellé (1971)
- Cari genitori (Dear Parents, 1972)
- Last Tango in Paris (1972)
- Reigen (Dance of Love, 1973)
- Jeune fille libre le soir (The Babysitter, 1975)
- Professione: reporter (The Passenger, 1975)
- Violanta (1977)
- Io sono mia (I Belong to Me, 1978)
- Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo (Just a Gigolo, 1979)
- Haine (Hate, 1979)
- La Dérobade (Memoirs of a French Whore, 1979)
- Een Vrouw als Eva (A Woman Called Eva, 1979)
- Weiße Reise (White Travel) (1980)
- Mamma Dracula (Mother Dracula) (1980)
- Sezona mira u Parizu (1981)
- Cercasi Gesù (1982)
- Balles perdues (Stray Bullets, 1982)
- Merry-Go-Round (1983)
- Résidence surveillée (1987)
- Bunker Palace Hôtel (1989)
- Écrans de sable (Sand Screens, 1992)
- Au pays des Juliets (In the Country of Juliets, 1992)
- Savage Nights (Les Nuits Fauves, 1992)
- Jane Eyre (1996)
- Something to Believe In (1998)
- Les Acteurs (The Actors) (2000)
[edit] References
- ^ Hadleigh, Boze (2001), The Lavender Screen: The Gay and Lesbian Films, Citadel Press, p. 81, ISBN 0806521996
- ^ Abrams, Richard M. (2006), America Transformed: Sixty Years of Revolutionary Change, 1941-2001, Cambridge University Press, p. 165-6, ISBN 0521862469
- ^ Ebert, Roger. "Interview with Maria Schneider", Chicago Sun-Times, 1975-09-14. Retrieved on 2007-04-21.
