Maria Schneider (actress) 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" (1981), Predrag Golubović's "Peacetime in Paris" (1981), Enki Bilal's "Bunker Palace Hôtel"
Maria Mercedes (actress) Maria Mercedes (actress) Maria Moutsidis, known professionally as Maria Mercedes, is a Greek-Australian television, film and stage actress. Her notable roles include the original Australian productions of the musicals "Nine", "Sunset Boulevard" and "Love Never Dies". Mercedes' career began in 1973 when she won the Grand Final singing contests of both "Young Talent Time" and "New Faces". In 1981, she released a single titled "Then He Kissed Me", a cover version of The Crystals song, produced by James Freud and the Radio Stars bass player, Mick Prague and Molly Meldrum. It was also performed live on "Countdown" and "Hey Hey