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Romy Schneider's first movie was Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (When the White Lilacs Bloom Again) in 1953, credited as Romy Schneider-Albach; this was ... the debut of Götz George. In the film Mädchenjahre einer Königin (The Story of Vicky [US] / Victoria in Dover [UK]) (1954) Romy Schneider for the first time portrayed a royal. This Austrian movie is about the early years of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, in particular her first encounter with Prince Albert of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. Schneider's breakthrough came with her portrayal of Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, the later Empress Consort of Austria, in the romantic biopic Sissi (1955) and its two sequels, Sissi - Die junge Kaiserin (1956) and Sissi - Schicksalsjahre einer Kaiserin (1957). Less stereotypical films during this busy period include Robinson soll nicht sterben (The Legend of Robinson Crusoe) (1957) putting her among a stellar cast and opposite a young Horst Buchholz, and Monpti (1957), directed by Helmut Käutner and again opposite Buchholz.
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Romy Schneider's first trip to America was in 1958 at the invitation of Walt Disney and agent Paul Kohner. Although she enjoyed the star treatment and her whirlwind tour of New York, Los Angeles and Disneyland, her Disney film offer fell through and Romy had to wait until 1963 for her Hollywood debut.
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At the age of seventeen Romy Schneider became suddenly a star with her first "Sissi"-movie in 1955. The unforgottable actress from Vienna who died in 1982 would have become 60 years at the 23. september. "The original negatives became worn with each copy from year to year ", says the material expert Paul Reichl from Kirch`s company Taurus -Film. And hundreds of copies were made from the "Sissi"-movies. The result : the colours faded and a grey veil of mist developed on the movies.
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Romy Schneider was only 14 when she appeared in her first film (billed as Romy Schneider-Albach) playing the cinematic daughter of her own real mother, actress Magda Schneider, in a German film called Wenn der weiße Flieder wieder blüht (1953). In her third film (Mädchenjahre einer Königin, 1953) and first starring role, she played a young Queen Victoria. But it was another royal role that stereotyped Schneider's image for years to come. In the sentimentally romantic Sissi (1955) and its two sequels, Schneider played Princess Elisabeth of Bavaria, the future Empress Elisabeth (“Sissi”) of Austria.
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Romy Schneider was found dead in her apartment in Paris on May 29, 1982, at the age of 43. It was suggested that she had committed suicide by taking a lethal cocktail of alcohol and sleeping pills. However, no post-mortem examination was carried out. Schneider was declared to have died from heart failure.
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Born into an old established and famous theatrical family, Romy Schneider was almost predestined to become an actress. As an internationally known German film star, she is second in fame only to Marlene Dietrich. Like Dietrich, she had an ambiguous relationship to Germany and chose not to live there.
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