'Last Tango in Paris' star Schneider dies: Paper

French actress Maria Schneider, most famous for her role as Marlon Brando's lover in "Last Tango in Paris", has died aged 58, French media reported on Thursday.

February 03, 2011 / 23:34 IST

French actress Maria Schneider, most famous for her role as Marlon Brando's lover in "Last Tango in Paris", has died aged 58, French media reported on Thursday.

Le Figaro newspaper quoted her family as saying she had died on Thursday morning in Paris after a long illness.

The daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin and a Parisian bookshop owner, Schneider was l9 when she was cast in only her second screen role opposite Brando, who was 48.

Last Tango in Paris was controversial at the time of its release in 1972 for its sexual content.

Three years later, Schneider appeared opposite Jack Nicholson in "The Passenger."

(Reporting by Mike Collett-White, editing by Paul Casciato)

first published: Feb 3, 2011 09:52 pm

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