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
Romy Schneider in July 2009. A musical about Schneider, "Romy – Die Welt aus Gold" ("Romy – The Golden World") was premiered in 2009 at the Theater Heilbronn. In November 2009 the ARD broadcast the feature film "" with Jessica Schwarz in the title role. The film "3 Days in Quiberon" (2018) by Emily Atef describes a 1981 episode in Schneider's life in the French town of Quiberon. Romy Schneider Romy Schneider (23 September 1938 – 29 May 1982) was a film actress born in Vienna who held German and French citizenship. She started her career in the German genre in the