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) Marlon and myself, and would do certain things to get a reaction from me." She said that Brando had a paternal relationship with her on the set, even though he suggested the acted sodomy scene. Bertolucci did not reveal this scene to her until just before the filming of it. In 2007, she said: In 2001, Schneider commented: Schneider and Brando remained friends until his death, although they did not speak of the movie for some time. She has said that due to her experience with the film – and her treatment afterward as a sex symbol rather than as