Was close friends with Yves Montand.

Best friends with French actor Michel Piccoli.

Her favorite co-star was the French actor Michel Piccoli.

The Prix Romy Schneider, named after her, has been awarded to young actresses by the French movie business since 1984.

30 October 1974: Her appearance on "Je später der Abend ..." (1973) made German television history when she passionately remarked to Burkhard Driest, a bank robber and author: "Sie gefallen mir. Sie gefallen mir sehr." (I like you. I like you a lot.).

Alain Delon placed a piece of paper with the following words on her tomb: "Tu n`as jamais été aussi belle, tu vois j`ai appris quelques mots allemands pour toi: Ich liebe dich meine Liebe" (You have never been so beautful, you see that I learned some words in German for you: I love you my love).

Her last longtime companion was Laurent Pétin, who found her dead in her Paris apartment on 29 May 1982. Although she was declared to have died from cardiac arrest, the media suggested that she committed suicide by taking a cocktail of alcohol and sleeping pills.

1999: Was voted "Greatest actress of all time" by the readers of French newspaper "Le Parisien".

Was good friends with Marlene Dietrich, one of her idols.

2000: Is portrayed on a 110 + 50 pfennig postage stamp by Deutsche Post.

24 November 2006: Ranked #3 in a survey by network ZDF searching Germany`s all-time favorite actor, which made her the highest ranked woman.

1953: Graduated at the Goldstein boarding school near Salzburg, Austria.

Pro-choice activist and supporter of the feminist movement.

She never overcame the loss of her son. She suffered from depressions after his death resulting in an alcohol problem.

Pedro Almodóvar`s film Todo sobre mi madre (1999) is partially dedicated to her.

After her first movie, Wolf Albach-Retty wrote his daughter: "Put your childhood in your pocket and run away because that`s everything you have!".

Her son - with Harry Meyen - David-Christopher (David Haubenstock) died in France on 5 July 1981 after being impaled on a fence.

Was nicknamed "Miss worried".

Is buried at Boissy-Sans-Avoir cemetery.

Her first husband Harry Meyen, a stage director, committed suicide in Hamburg on 15 April 1979.

Had a younger brother named Wolfgang Albach-Retty.

Shares birthday with French stage actor Jean Piat, singer Ray Charles, actor Gino Paoli and Spanish singer Julio Iglesias.

Was good friends with director Luchino Visconti.

Her role as Chantal in Garde à vue (1981) was held by Monica Bellucci in the American remake of the film Under Suspicion (2000).

Stepfather was Hans-Herbert Blatzheim, a restaurateur.

Cesar award winner.

Was good friends with French actor Jean-Claude Brialy and French TV presenter Michel Drucker.

30 April 2005: Ranked #1 in a list by tabloid "Bild" searching the "50 most beautiful Germans ever".

Good friends with German Bundeskanzler Willy Brandt. She was one of many celebrities supporting his politics of social novation.

In 8 femmes (2002), when Louise (Emmanuelle Béart) shows a picture of her former employer, it is a picture of Romy Schneider.

Portrayed on a postage stamp issued on Oct. 3, 1998 by the French Post Office.

Mother of Sarah Biasini and David Haubenstock.

Engaged to Alain Delon from 1959 to 1964.

Granddaughter of Rosa Albach-Retty and Karl Albach.