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Old 3 February 2014, 06:47 AM   #1
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Maximilian Schell dies at 83

Schell, one of the most successful German-speaking actors in English-language films, made his Hollywood debut in 1958 in the World War II film "The Young Lions," according to IMDb.

In his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans Rolfe in Stanley Kramer's classic "Judgment at Nuremberg," he won the 1961 Academy Award for Best Actor and beat out co-star Spencer Tracy for the Oscar, according to IMDb. He also earned a Golden Globe and the New York Film Critics Circle Award for the role, which brought him international acclaim.

Schell's acting eventually won him two more Oscar nominations -- in 1976 for Best Actor for "The Man in the Glass Booth" and in 1978 for Best Supporting Actor for "Julia," according to IMDb.

As a director, Schell's 1984 documentary on Marlene Dietrich, "Marlene" was nominated for a best documentary Oscar and praised as a masterpiece of the nonfiction genre, according to IMDb. Dietrich allowed herself to be recorded but refused to be filmed, bringing out the most in Schell's talent to penetrate images and uncover reality.

Schell was born in Vienna on December 8, 1930, and raised in Zurich, Switzerland.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/02/01/showbi...Top+Stories%29
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Old 3 February 2014, 06:52 AM   #2
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Old 3 February 2014, 07:03 AM   #3
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One heck of an actor.
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Old 3 February 2014, 07:21 AM   #4
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Rip. He did an outstanding job in Judgement at Nuremburg way back.
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I remember him for "Cross of Iron" and "A Bridge too Far".
He had a pretty impressive body of work.
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RIP to my fellow ethnic Austrian....he split Austria when my father did.
Schell (and my father) were class acts.
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