Romy Schneider (German: [ËˆÊ oË .mi ˈʃnaɪ̯.dÉ ] (listen); born
Rosemarie Magdalena Albach, 23 September 1938 â€" 29 May 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 was born Rosemarie
Magdalena Albach in Vienna into a family of actors that included her
paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian father Wolf
Albach-Retty, and her German mother, Magda Schneider.Four weeks after
Romy's birth, the parents brought her to Schönau am Königssee in
Germany, where she and later her brother Wolf-Dieter (born 1941) grew
up with their grandparents Franz Xaver and Maria Schneider on the
estate named Mariengrund. In her first year Romy was given into the
hands of a governess. Her parents were very rarely present due to
their acting engagements. In 1943 they separated, and were divorced in
1945.
Rosemarie Magdalena Albach, 23 September 1938 â€" 29 May 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 was born Rosemarie
Magdalena Albach in Vienna into a family of actors that included her
paternal grandmother Rosa Albach-Retty, her Austrian father Wolf
Albach-Retty, and her German mother, Magda Schneider.Four weeks after
Romy's birth, the parents brought her to Schönau am Königssee in
Germany, where she and later her brother Wolf-Dieter (born 1941) grew
up with their grandparents Franz Xaver and Maria Schneider on the
estate named Mariengrund. In her first year Romy was given into the
hands of a governess. Her parents were very rarely present due to
their acting engagements. In 1943 they separated, and were divorced in
1945.
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