Thursday, February 03, 2011

Maria Schneider, R. I. P.

iWon News - 'Last Tango in Paris' star Maria Schneider dies: "Maria Schneider, the French actress who was Marlon Brando's young co-star in the steamy 1972 film 'Last Tango in Paris,' has died, her talent agency said. She was 58.

A representative of the Act 1 agency said Schneider died in Paris on Thursday 'following a long illness,' but declined to provide details.

Schneider was 19 when she starred opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's racy 'Last Tango in Paris.' In it, she played a young Parisian woman who takes up with a middle-aged American businessman, played by Brando."

Hat tip to Jeff Meyerson.

2 comments:

Cap'n Bob said...

I think of her every time I use butter. She died way too young.

Todd Mason said...

Pity she'll be remembered so widely for such a typically poor Bertolucci film.