Maria Schneider (actress) miniseries "Jesus of Nazareth" (1979), in which Schneider said she did not feel right for the part of Mary, mother of Jesus, though later regretted missing out on this opportunity and instead eventually appeared in Zeffirelli's 1996 film "Jane Eyre" in a brief appearance as Bertha Mason. The 1970s were turbulent years for Schneider, marked by drug addiction, overdoses, and a suicide attempt. Schneider said that she disliked the instant fame accorded to her from "Last Tango in Paris". She suffered abuse and began taking drugs. By the 1980s, however, her life had improved: Schneider died of breast cancer on
Maria Roy Jayasurya. Maria Roy Maria Roy is an Indian actress who entered into the Indian film industry in late 2006. Roy is a South Indian film actress primarily working in the Malayalam film industry. Her first movie was "Notebook", directed by Roshan Andrews, in which she played a schoolgirl named Sridevi. She spent six years in the UK and New York for detailed studies in different dance styles. In "Notebook", she was cast as Sreedevi, the relatively quiet girl of the three friends in the film, who dies midway through. Her second role was in the 2013 Malayalam film "Hotel California",