The 1980s were a much quieter period for Schneider, both personally and professionally. Following issues with multiple drug addictions (including cocaine, LSD, and heroin) and a suicide attempt in the '70s (in the looming shadow of "Last Tango in Paris", which friend and one-time girlfriend of Marlon Brando, Esther Anderson, said "ruined [Maria's] life"), Schneider once and for all overcame these problems by the early '80s - which she accredited to her "angel", which may have been life-partner Maria Pia "Almadio" (or, according to some sources, "Crapanzano"). The beginning of the decade saw the actress appearing in a campy Belgian vampire comedy with Louise Fletcher, "Mama Dracula" (1980), which received universally negative reviews from critics. The same year, she performed alongside Klaus Kinski in the French thriller "Hate" ("Haine").