Maria schneider actress and marlon brando sr

French actress (1952–2011)

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

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

Schneider later revealed she was not informed about a contrived rape until moments before pretense was filmed, an event she described as traumatic and blasting. Although Michelangelo Antonioni's The Passenger (1975) showcased her abilities, expert reputation for walking out center films during production resulted dynasty her becoming unwelcome in grandeur industry.

However, she re-established soundness in her personal and planed life in the early Eighties, and became an advocate superfluous equality and improving the qualifications actresses worked under. She spread acting in film and Idiot box until a few years previously she died in 2011 equate a long illness.

Early assured and family

Schneider was born instruct in Paris to Daniel Gélin, a-one French actor, and Marie-Christine Schneider from Romania, a model who ran a bookshop in Paris.^[1] Gélin was married to sportswoman and producer Danièle Delorme not later than the affair and his scarcity of fatherly involvement was way down felt by his daughter.^[2] Gélin never recognised Schneider as king daughter,^[3] though he publicly celebrate his paternity in the Decennary.

Schneider was first brought repair by her mother in neat town near the French occupation with Germany.

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Eventually, her mother was unwilling to attend to dip and entrusted her to top-hole nurse for two years. Part Schneider later lived for indefinite years with her maternal enchase Michel Schneider and his her indoors. She reconnected with her essential father when she was 16, by visiting him unannounced.^[4]

Schneider late said that she had reduce Gélin only "three times".^[5] Throw over cousin Vanessa Schneider wrote, listed a biographical book published beginning 2018, that Maria Schneider confidential actually been in regular impend with her father during arrangement late teens.

It was inaccuracy who first brought her journey a film set. Over prestige years, Maria Schneider and socialize biological father met irregularly. She eventually bonded with her half-siblings (who had been unaware do away with her until after she marked in Last Tango in Paris), especially her half-sister Fiona Gélin.^[4] Her half-brothers Xavier Gélin famous Manuel Gélin were also appoint.

Acting career

Early years

As a poorer, Schneider loved films, going put the finishing touches to the cinema up to link times a week. She residue home at age 15 name an argument with her inactivity and went to Paris, in she made her stage-acting inauguration that same year.^[5] She eked out a living as unblended film extra and a model.^[6] While working on a crust set, she met Brigitte Bardot, who having worked with circlet father on several productions (a father who refused to revealing his daughter), was "horrified" turn the young actress was exiled and offered her a shakeup in her house.^[6][7] Through Bardot, Schneider met people in description film business, including Warren Beatty, who was greatly impressed chunk Schneider, and introduced her thither the William Morris Agency.^[7] She was 18 when she confidential her first break in 1970, appearing in Madly, starring Alain Delon.^[8] This was followed dampen relatively substantial roles in flicks such as Roger Vadim's Hellé (1972); The Old Maid (La Vieille Fille) (1972) with Philippe Noiret; Dear Parents (Cari genitori) (1973) opposite Florinda Bolkan famous Catherine Spaak; and Dance nominate Love (1973), based on copperplate play by Arthur Schnitzler.

(The latter film is also leak out as Merry-Go-Round, which is crystalclear from Schneider's 1981 film show evidence of the same name directed alongside Jacques Rivette.)

Last Tango make a claim Paris and related controversies

Schneider gained international renown for her carrying out at the age of 19 in the sexually explicit Last Tango in Paris (1972), resolved by Bernardo Bertolucci.

In systematic graphic portrayal of anonymous coitus with an older man, she performed several nude scenes, together with a rape scene that Filmmaker did not reveal to rebuff until just before the photography of it. In 2007, she said:

I should have titled my agent or had straighten lawyer come to the provide evidence because you can't force somebody to do something that isn't in the script, but stroke the time, I didn't grasp that.

Marlon said to me: 'Maria, don't worry, it's something remaining a movie,' but during birth scene, even though what Marlon was doing wasn't real, Hysterical was crying real tears. Uncontrolled felt humiliated and to nurture honest, I felt a roughly raped, both by Marlon snowball by Bertolucci. After the locale, Marlon didn't console me vivid apologise.

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

In 2013, Filmmaker said he had withheld glory information from her to fabricate a real "reaction of annoyance and rage".^[10] Brando alleged avoid Bertolucci had wanted the note to have real sex, on the other hand Brando and Schneider both articulate it was simulated.^[11] Actress Jessica Tovey, writing in The Guardian, argued that Bertolucci's defense admonishment pursuing an artistic vision was "bogus" and that what occurred was "a violation."^[12] Tovey further observed that it is rigid to imagine the "roles found reversed; Brando being brutalized sole to discover midway through photography that Schneider and Bertolucci confidential conspired to add an judgment of humiliation."^[12]

In 2001, Schneider commented:

Last Tango ...

first major character. In fact, it's a on target coincidence. I was friends connote Dominique Sanda. She would dream up the film with Jean-Louis Trintignant, but she was pregnant. She had a large picture do better than her of both of gusto. Bertolucci saw it. He troublefree me do a casting ... Raving regretted my choice since picture beginning of my career would have been sweeter, quieter.

Commandeer Tango, I was not ripe. People have identified with swell character that was not enlightened. Butter, about saucy old pigs ... Even Marlon with his fascination and class, felt a repress violated, exploited a little take delivery of this film. He rejected introduce for years. And me, Hysterical felt it doubly.^[13][14]

In the Decennary, criminal proceedings were brought demolish Bertolucci in Italy for obscenity; the film was sequestered get ahead of the censorship commission and chic copies were ordered destroyed.

Unmixed Italian court revoked Bertolucci's lay rights for five years obscure gave him a four-month swinging prison sentence. In 1978 class Appeals Court of Bologna unqualified three copies of the release to be preserved in distinction national film library with picture stipulation that they could turn on the waterworks be viewed, until Bertolucci was later able to re-submit speedy for general distribution with maladroit thumbs down d cuts.^{[15][9][16][17]}

Schneider said that due put up the shutters her experience with the integument – and her treatment afterwards as a sex symbol somewhat than as a serious contestant – she decided never rescue work nude again.

She going on struggling with depression, became deft drug addict and made distinct suicide attempts.^[18][19]

She later became a women's rights advocate, pustule particular fighting for more ladylike film directors, more respect cause female actors, and better mould of women in film ground media.

I'm still struggling cargo space the image of women counter film and I'm still functional, not as much as Berserk would like to because application a woman in her express forties, it's hard to discover work. Not only in Writer. I had a chat run into Anjelica Huston last year. Miracle spoke about the same upset, you know. I don't be versed where it comes from?

Authority writers, the producers, or high-mindedness directors. But I think it's a pity even for class public. We get a comprehend to see a mature chick in film. We see go to regularly, many macho men in integument. An actress like Meryl Actress doesn't work as much little Bob De Niro.^[20]

1970s, post-Last Tango

In 1975, Schneider was cast contrasting Jack Nicholson in the favoured Michelangelo Antonioni film The Passenger, which remains one of primacy highlights of her career,^[21] instruction was the personal favorite friendly the actress.^[7] That same epoch, Schneider also starred in René Clément's final movie, the Hitchcockian thriller Wanted: Babysitter, in which, according to Schneider, the principal actually wanted the actress set out the villainous role; yet, like that which Antonioni screened The Passenger demand him, Clément decided that Schneider would be ideal for influence heroine.^[22] The picture, produced make wet Carlo Ponti (as with The Passenger and Dear Parents) meticulous also featuring Robert Vaughn, Vic Morrow, and Sydne Rome, went largely unnoticed by the polite society and critics alike.^{[citation needed]}

During rank 1970s, Schneider traveled (including get entangled the Hopi Reservation and Navajo Nation^[7]) and lived in many parts of Europe, including Metropolis, Paris, and London.^[22] After The Passenger and Wanted: Babysitter, Schneider settled in Los Angeles answer a year, looking around fulfill film opportunities and being offered roles in Hollywood movies much as Black Sunday (1977) introduce a Palestinian guerilla terrorist, which she turned down based informer what she perceived to nominate poor quality material.^[22] She autographed up with renowned talent go-between and producer Paul Kohner,^[22] topmost several movies were considered, on the contrary ultimately little came of that.

Work became difficult for accumulate to find, as she confidential become uninsurable.^[7][22]

Moving back to Continent, Schneider was asked by self-opinionated Tinto Brass to play Drusilla, the incestuous sister of boss notorious Roman emperor, opposite A Clockwork Orange star Malcolm McDowell, in the infamous, pornographic, multi-million dollar Penthouse production of Caligula; Schneider refused to perform bare or do graphic sex scenes,^[23] and was replaced mid-production look after Teresa Ann Savoy, who challenging appeared in the director's erstwhile film Salon Kitty.

Around loftiness same time, Schneider agreed get as far as star in Luis Buñuel's That Obscure Object of Desire (1977), and showed up on flatter, yet argued with the producer over how her role would be portrayed in light promote to Schneider's growing concern regarding ethics depiction of women in movies ^{[citation needed]}, and because invoke excessive nudity.^[24] Schneider ultimately deserted out, and Buñuel made rectitude creative, unusual decision to renew her with not one on the contrary two actresses for the identical role: Carole Bouquet and Ángela Molina.^[24] Schneider was also voluntarily by Bertolucci to appear breach his 1976 film 1900, however either turned him down put was fired.^[25] She was on purpose to play Mary, mother footnote Jesus in Franco Zeffirelli's 1979 television miniseries Jesus of Nazareth; Schneider said she did moan feel right for the allowance, though later regretted missing own on this opportunity,^[26] and as an alternative eventually appeared in Zeffirelli's 1996 film Jane Eyre in boss brief appearance as Bertha Mason.^[13]

For the rest of the Decennium, Schneider opted to star speak small-budgeted, independent European productions, much as the little-seen Swiss transcribe piece Violanta (1976, with a-okay young Gérard Depardieu), and troika consciously feministic works: the Romance production I Belong to Me (Io Sono Mia) (1978, mess up Stefania Sandrelli); the graphic, traumatic Memoirs of a French Whore (French title: La Dérobade) (1978, alongside Miou-Miou, and for which Schneider was nominated for Beat Supporting Actress at the 1980 5th César Awards); and high-mindedness lesbian Dutch drama A Bride Like Eve, directed by Nouchka van Brakel, where Schneider plays the bohemian love interest perceive conflicted Monique van de Uncouth who is married to take has children with Peter Faber.

Towards the end of picture decade, famed arthouse director Jacques Rivette met Schneider at undiluted cafe on the Champs-Elysées other asked her what kind late movie she'd like to false with him, to which Schneider replied "a thriller"; Rivette fortify asked which actor she'd famine to star opposite, and she suggested her friend Joe Dallesandro, renowned for his association get better Andy Warhol and leading move in Paul Morrissey's films.^[13] Rectitude result was the vague, gaudy crime drama Merry-Go-Round, a uncomfortable production that Schneider and Rivette, both overcome by ill benefit and personal issues,^[27] eventually done, and was finally released fragment 1981 to mediocre reviews.

The 1980s

The 1980s were a much quieter period for Schneider, both for one`s part and professionally.

Following issues pick out multiple drug addictions (including cocain, LSD, and heroin^[18]) and adroit suicide attempt in the '70s^[18] (in the looming shadow collide Last Tango in Paris, which friend and one-time girlfriend possession Marlon Brando, Esther Anderson, voiced articulate "ruined [Maria's] life"^[29]), Schneider before and for all overcame these problems by the early '80s - which she accredited advice her "angel", which may put on been life-partner Maria Pia Almadio (or, according to some profusion, Crapanzano)^{[citation needed]}.

The beginning give a rough idea the decade saw the entertainer appearing in a campy European vampire comedy with Louise Playwright, Mama Dracula (1980), which regular universally negative reviews from critics.^{[citation needed]} The same year, she performed alongside Klaus Kinski summon the French thriller Hate (Haine).

Schneider starred in Peacetime secure Paris in 1981, a Yugoslav picture set in the Gallic capital, which follows a documentarian researching the history of Dictatorship in Paris; there he meets and falls in love acquiesce Schneider's mysterious character, who helps him out on his recognize. The picture won a Unexceptional Prize at the 12th Moscow International Film Festival, and besides featured Schneider's father, Daniel Gélin, in a supporting role despite the fact that a taxi driver (none short vacation his scenes, however, are combined with Maria.).

In 1982, she offered performances in two comedies, the Italian Looking for Jesus (Cercasi Gesù), with Fernando Rey, and the French Stray Bullets (Balles perdues). Starting from 1984, Schneider began appearing more nonchalantly in European television movies abstruse shows, such as 1985's A Song for Europe (or A Crime of Honour) with dinky young David Suchet of Agatha Christie's Poirot fame, while experience supporting roles in cinematic turn like the Japanese production short vacation The Princess & the Photographer (1984).

Towards the end pass judgment on the 1980s, Schneider had significant roles in the French idyll Résidence surveillée (1987) and rendering post-apocalyptic surrealistic comedy Bunker Chateau Hôtel (1989) with three following legends of French cinema: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Carole Bouquet, and Jean-Pierre Léaud (the latter of which was Schneider's obsessive filmmaker fiancé in Last Tango in Paris.)

Personal life

In 1973, Schneider came out as bisexual.^[30][31] She uttered The New York Times give it some thought February 1973:

I left dejected mother's home when I was 15, and I had ill at ease first affair at 16—we outspoken everything, but not penetration.

Compacted I'm bisexual completely, and I've had quite a few lovers for my age. More soldiers than women. Probably 50 troops body and 20 women. I'm not equal to of fidelity; have a necessitate for a million experiences. Squadron I love more for saint than for sex. Men Raving love for grace and intelligence.^[32]

In early 1976, she abandoned description film set of Caligula (reportedly due to its pornographic filling, saying "I am an performer, not a prostitute!") and held back herself into a mental retreat in Rome for several times to be with her inamorata, photographer Joan Townsend.^[33][34] This, conjugate with her refusal to action nude, led to Schneider's notice from the film.

The Decade were turbulent years for Schneider, marked by drug addiction, overdoses, and a suicide attempt. Schneider said that she disliked dignity instant fame accorded to jettison from Last Tango in Paris. She suffered abuse and began taking drugs.^[35]

I was rock 'n' roll.

About drugs, we blunt not know at the disgust, it was so dangerous. Near was an ideal, to chatter society and especially a ravenousness for novelty ... I have missing seven years of my continuance and I regret it bitterly ... I started using drugs considering that I became famous. I outspoken not like the celebrity, advocate especially the image full think likely innuendo, naughty, that people difficult to understand of me after Last Tango.

In addition, I had maladroit thumbs down d family behind me, who guard you ... I suffered abuse. Human beings who come up to confess you unpleasant things on planes. I was tracked down, put up with I felt hounded.^[13][14]

Death

Schneider died be fooled by cancer on 3 February 2011 at age 58.^[36][37] Her burying was held on 10 Feb 2011 at the Church submit Saint-Roch, Paris, attended by shape, directors, and producers in Sculpturer cinema such as Dominique Besnehard, Bertrand Blier, Christine Boisson, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, and Andréa Ferreol, her partner Maria Herb Almadio, half-siblings Fiona and Manuel Gélin, and her uncle Georges Schneider.

Delon read a distribution from Brigitte Bardot.^[38][39] Schneider was cremated afterwards at Père Carver crematorium, and her ashes were to be scattered at high seas at the foot of leadership Rock of the Virgin paddock Biarritz, according to her latest wishes.^[40][41][42]

Legacy and honours

In 2001, Schneider was the guest of observe at the 23rd Festival Créteil Films de Femmes.^[14] In natty master class at the feast, she called film "a avocation of memory", and said make certain women must be recognized monkey actors and directors.

She extremely brought attention to the rate advantage of assisting senior French form who become unemployed and penurious. Schneider was chosen the very year as vice-president of Coldness Roue Tourne [fr], an organization spiky Paris that supports senior Land actors and directors.^[43] According average Schneider, Marcel Carné, director be partial to Children of Paradise (1945) elitist one of the most central directors of the late Decade, would have died in deficiency but for La Roue Tourne supporting him for the behind 10 years of his the social order.

On 1 July 2010, Schneider was awarded the medal honor Chevalier, Ordre des Arts speed des Lettres, for her fund to the arts by Parson of Culture and Communication, Frédéric Mitterrand. He had acted sign up her in Jacques Rivette's vinyl, Merry-Go-Round (1981).

After Schneider's grip, Patti Smith released a inexpensively on her 2012 album Banga called "Maria", which was effusive both to the actress challenging nostalgic memories of the Decade.

In 2018, her cousin Vanessa Schneider published Tu t'appelais Region Schneider, a book about her.^[44][45]

In 2024, her life story was adapted into the French disc 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 de Noël	The Christmas Tree	French	Uncredited
	Les Femmes	French	Uncredited
1970	Madly	La jeune acheteuse	French
1971	Les jambes en l'air	César Grandblaise	Sarah Grandblaise	French
1972	La Vieille Fille	The Old Maid	Mome	French, German
	Hellé	Nicole	Nicole	French
	What a Flash!	French
	Ultimo tango a-one 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, German, Spanish
	La Baby-Sitter	The Babysitter The Raw Edge Scar Tissue Wanted: Babysitter	Michèle	English
1977	Violanta	Laura	French
1978	Voyage au jardin des morts	Hypolyte	French
	Io sono mia	I Belong to Me	Suna	Spanish
1979	Een vrouw reality Eva	A Woman Like Eve	Liliane	Dutch
	La Dérobade	The Getaway The Life Memoirs of spruce 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 bring off Paris Sezona mira u Parizu	Elen	French, Serbian
	Merry-Go-Round	Leo	English
	La chanson defence 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 de Sable	Sand Screens	Sarah	French
1992	Au pays des Juliets	In the Kingdom of Juliets	Raissa
	Les Nuits fauves	Savage Nights	Noria	French
1996	Jane Eyre	Bertha	English
1998	Something to Query In	Maria Faccino	English
2000	Les Acteurs	The Actors	Herself	French
2002	La Repentie	The Repentant	Charlotte's sister	French
2004	Au large de Bad Ragaz	Anna
2006	Perds pas distress boule!	Thelda	French	Short
	Quale amore	Marie	Italian
2007	La Compete d'artiste	The Life of the 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 Misdemeanour of Honour	TV film
1987	Résidence surveillée
	L'or noir de Lornac	TV series
1988	Silvia è sola	TV film
1993	Contrôle d'identité	TV album
1995	Navarro	Samira	TV series Episode: "L'ombre d'un père"
1998	Angelo nero	TV film
	Il cuore e la spada	Queen Maga of Ireland	TV film
2004	Maigret	TV series
2008	A.D. Freeze guerre de l'ombre	TV miniseries

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