Maria Schneider (actress) cousin Vanessa Schneider published "Tu t'appelais Maria Schneider", a book about her. Maria Schneider (actress) Maria-Hélène Schneider (27 March 1952 – 3 February 2011), known as Maria Schneider, was a French actress. She starred opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's film "Last Tango in Paris" (1972). Schneider worked in more than 50 films and television productions between 1969 and 2008, including "Last Tango in Paris", Michelangelo Antonioni's "The Passenger" (1975), opposite Jack Nicholson, René Clément's "" (1975), Daniel Schmid's "Violanta" (1976), Nouchka van Brakel's "A Woman Like Eve" (1979), Daniel Duval's "Memoirs of a French Whore" (1979), Jacques Rivette's "Merry-Go-Round"
Maria Schneider (actress) (1989), Marco Bellocchio's "The Conviction" (1991), Mehdi Charef's "In the Country of Juliets" (1992), Cyril Collard's "Savage Nights" (1992), Franco Zeffirelli's "Jane Eyre" (1996), and Josiane Balasko's "A French Gigolo" (2008). Throughout her career, she was a strong advocate for improving the work conditions of women in film. In 2001, Schneider was the guest of honor at the 23rd Festival Créteil Films de Femmes. Schneider was born in Paris to Daniel Gélin, a French actor, and Marie-Christine Schneider from Romania, who ran a bookshop in Paris. Gélin was married to actress and producer Danièle Delorme during his affair with Marie-Christine