Playhouse 90
1956
Search results
Maximilian Schell (8 December 1930 – 1 February 2014) was a Swiss [1] actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1961 American film Judgment at Nuremberg, his second acting role in Hollywood. Born in Austria, his parents were involved in the arts and he grew up surrounded by performance and literature.
Maximilian Schell. Actor: Judgment at Nuremberg. Maximilian Schell was the most successful German-speaking actor in English-language films since Emil Jannings, the winner of the first Best Actor Academy Award. Like Jannings, Schell won the Oscar, but unlike him, he was a dedicated anti-Nazi.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- December 8, 1930
- 2 min
- February 1, 2014
Feb 2, 2014 · Sun 2 Feb 2014 13.30 EST. Austrian by birth, Swiss by circumstance and international by reputation, Maximilian Schell, who has died aged 83, was a distinguished actor, director, writer and ...
Learn about the life and career of the Austrian-born actor who won an Oscar for Judgment at Nuremberg (1961) and starred in many other films and TV shows. Find out his family, awards, trivia, quotes and more on IMDb.
- Actor, Director, Writer
- February 1, 2014
- December 8, 1930
Feb 2, 2014 · Maximilian Schell, the ruggedly handsome Austrian-born actor who won an Academy Award for his role in “Judgment at Nuremberg,” died early Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria. He was 83. Patricia...
People also ask
How did Maximillian Schell die?
Who was Maximilian Schell in judgment at Nuremberg?
Is Maximilian Schell a good actor?
Who was Maria Schell?
Dec 8, 2022 · Maximilian Schell (born December 8, 1930, Vienna, Austria—died February 1, 2014, Innsbruck, Austria) Austrian actor and filmmaker who was most closely associated with the post- World War II courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg. Schell created the role of the accused Nazi war criminals’ eloquent defense attorney, Hans Rolfe, in the play’s ...
Feb 1, 2014 · VIENNA (AP) — Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in “Judgment at Nuremberg,” has died. He was 83.
