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Nationality:
orig. Austrian; longtime citizen of Switzerland
Birthplace:
Vienna, Austria
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Darkly handsome, Austrian-born Maximilian Schell began his career in Germany, where he appeared in a number of films before making his Hollywood debut as a Nazi officer in Edward Dmytryk's "The Young Lions" (1958). He returned repeatedly to World War II and its aftermath, becoming arguably the most recognized "German" actor in American films. Best-remembered for his powerful Oscar-winning turn as a relentless defense attorney in Stanley Kramer's "Judgment at Nuremberg" (1961), a role he had originated in the "Playhouse 90" (1959) original, he won his second Best Actor Oscar nomination for his
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1938
Fled Austria to Switzerland
1948
Did military service in Swiss Army; achieved rank of corporal
1953
Began career at Basel Theater
Worked with theaters in Essen, Bonn, Lubeck, Munich and Berlin in Germany
1955
Screen debut in "Kinder, Mutter und ein General"
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