Sexual abuse in Hollywood old at the time of its publication, but never made a statement on the subject. In 2016, actress Tippi Hedren claimed in her autobiography that in 1963, she had been sexually harassed by film director Alfred Hitchcock during the filming of the film "The Birds" and that he had forbidden other male actors to approach her. At the end of 2016, it was reported that in 1972, Marlon Brando had sexually abused actress Maria Schneider during a scene from the film "Last Tango in Paris". According to the reports, neither Brando nor director Bernardo Bertolucci warned the actress that she
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