Born in the actors' family, she came to the movies very early
starring in the very popular series 'Sissi'. Her mother, who
supervised the daughter's career development, immediately approved
Romy's participation in 'Christine', the remake of Max Ophuls'
'Liebelei', where Magda Schneider once starred herself. But during
the filming of "Christine' young Schneider fell in love with her
co-star Alain Delon and eventually moved with him to Paris. Since
then she started a real international career collaborating with
such famous directors as Luchino Visconti and Orson Welles. In 1964
Delon broke up with her, and being frustrated, she eventually
married Harry Mayen. This was a doomed marriage and it rather
quickly ended with the divorce. Later she married Daniel Biasini
who either was no match for Alain Delon. Being unsatisfied with her
personal life, she turned to alcohol and drugs, but her cinematic
career remained intact. In 1976 she received Cesar as Best Actress
for "L'important c'est d'aimer' and in 1979 she got the same award
for "L'histoire simple'. The sudden death of her son, who was
impaled on a fence, was a hard blow to her and she never managed to
recover from this loss. Romy Schneider died on May 29, 1982. Some
sources said it was a heart attack, some considered it a suicide
with an overdose of sleep pills.
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