Romy Schneider.
born Rosemarie Magdalena Albach in Nazi-era Vienna, six months after the Anschluss, 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. Romy Schneider's first film, made when she was 15, was Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (When the White Lilacs Bloom Again) in 1953, credited as Romy Schneider-Albach. She starred the portrayal of Empress Elisabeth of Austria, in the romantic biopic Sissi (1955), Sissi – The Young Empress (1956) and Sissi – Fateful Years of an Empress (1957). She was found dead in her apartment in Paris on 29 May 1982. She had died from cardiac arrest.
Romy as Sissi in a Luchino Visconti’s movie Ludwig - 1972
Romy Schneider and Coco Chanel in Paris, 1961. Photo by Giancarlo Botti
Romy Schneider & Alain Delon, 1959.
On Set of the Movie Une Femme a Sa Fenetre
French director Pierre Granier-Deferre, Austrian actress Romy Schneider and French actor Victor Lanoux on set of Granier-Deferre’s movie Une Femme a Sa Fenetre (A Woman at Her Window).
Romy wears a beaded evening gown and fur stole for the opening night of a play. She attended the premiere with her mother, stage and film actress Magda Schneider, and her boyfriend, French actor Alain Delon.
