Maria Schneider (actress) a room in her house. Through Bardot, Schneider met people in the film business and Bardot introduced her to the William Morris Agency. She was 18 when she had her first break in 1970, appearing in "Madly", starring Alain Delon. Schneider gained international renown for her performance at the age of 19 in the sexually explicit "Last Tango in Paris" (1972), directed by Bernardo Bertolucci. She performed several nude scenes in a graphic portrayal of anonymous sex with an older man. In an interview in 2007, Schneider said of Bertolucci: "He was fat and sweaty and very manipulative, both of
Maria Schneider (cartoonist) Maria Schneider (cartoonist) Maria Schneider (born August 18, 1968) is an American humorist, cartoonist and illustrator best known for her work with the satirical online newspaper "The Onion" and her comic strip "Pathetic Geek Stories". Born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin, Schneider moved to New York City with the staff of "The Onion" in 2001. Her contributions include writing humor columns as a variety of characters: T. Herman Zweibel, Jean Teasdale and Herbert Kornfield. Schneider's comic strip, "Pathetic Geek Stories", illustrates tales of pain and humiliation, usually during adolescence, sent to her by readers. In 2004, "Pathetic Geek Stories" formally