Romy Schneider Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography

Romy Schneider was an Austrian actress and voice actress who was known for her character of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the Austrian Sissi trilogy.

Age

Romy was born on September 23, 1938.

Died

She died on 29 May 1982, at the age of 43 in Paris, France, due to cardiac arrest.

Sun Sign

Libra

Genre

Blues

Instruments

Vocals

Labels

She released her music with Monopol Verlag GmbH.

Boyfriend / Spouse

Romy’s name has been linked with –

1. Robert Evans
2. Jorge Guinle
3. Claude Terrail
4. Sammy Davis Jr.
5. Curd Jürgens (1957-1958)
6. Lilli Palmer (1958) – Rumor
7. (1958-1963)
8. Harry Meyen (1966-1975) – She married Harry Meyen in July 1966. The same year, their son David Christopher was born in 1966. However, the couple parted ways in 1975.
9. Daniel Biasini (1973-1981) – The coupled a daughter named Sarah Magdalena Biasini who as of 2020, was a well-known actress.
10. Laurent Pétin (1981-1982)

Sexual Orientation

Disputed

Brand Endorsements

She appeared a print ad for Lux soap.

Romy Schneider Favorite Things

• Perfume – L’Heure Bleue by Guerlain
• Actor – Michel Piccoli

Romy Schneider Facts

1. She inherited her passion for acting from her father, mother, and paternal grandmother who were all well-known actors at the time of her birth.
2. Romy was just 4 weeks old when her parents brought her to live with her grandparents in Schönau am Königssee, where she spent the rest of her childhood with her brother.
3. For the first year of her life, she was raised by a governess as both of her parents could not find the time to take care of her.
4. In the year 1945, Romy’s parents legally parted ways from one another. She was about 6 or 7 years old at the time.
5. During her teenage years, Romy’s mother dated restauranteur Hans Herbert Blatzheim. Romy once stated that Blatzheim had harmful feelings for her.
6. At the age of 15, she appeared in her first film titled When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953).
7. In 1954, she portrayed the character of Queen Victoria in the film Mädchenjahre einer Königin (In English The Story of Vickie)
8. She got her big break with the role of Empress Elisabeth of Austria in the biography Sissi (1955). Romy and fellow actor Karlheinz Böhm who acted together in the biopic film sequences were close friends.
9. Her son David died in July 1981 after getting impaled by a spike and puncturing his femoral artery. The incident took a major toll on Romy’s life and she resorted to the abuse of alcohol.
10. She was buried at the Boissy-sans-Avoir, Yvelines, France.

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