Schell Family History & Genealogy

John Schell of New York, New York United States was born on March 31, 1916, and died at age 63 years old in March 1980.

Theresa Schell has a brother John Schell. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Theresa Cecelia Schell .

Famous Austrian-born actor and director. Schell was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Margarethe (née Noe von Nordberg), an actress who ran an acting school, and Hermann Ferdinand Schell, a Swiss poet, novelist, playwright, and pharmacy owner. His parents were Roman Catholic. Schell's father was never enthusiastic about young Maximilian becoming an actor like his mother, feeling that it could not lead to "real happiness". However, Schell was surrounded by acting in his early youth: I grew up in a theatre atmosphere and took it for granted. I remember the theatre, as a child, the way most people remember their mother's cooking. People acting was all around me, and so was poetry. I made my debut in the theatre at the age of three, in Vienna . . . The Schell family was forced to flee Vienna in 1938 to get "away from Hitler" after the Anschluss when Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany. They resettled in Zurich, Switzerland. In Zurich, Schell "grew up reading the classics", and when he was ten, wrote his first play. Schell recalls that as a child, growing up surrounded by the theatre, he took acting for granted and did not want to become an actor at first: "What I wanted was to become a painter, a musician, or a playwright", like his father. Schell later attended the University of Zurich for a year, where he also played soccer and was on the rowing team, along with writing for newspapers as a part-time journalist for income. Following the end of World War II, he moved to Germany where he enrolled in the University of Munich and studied philosophy and art history. During breaks, he would sometimes return home to Zurich or stay at his family's farm in the country so he could write in seclusion: My father and my uncle hunt deer there, but I do not like to hunt. I like to walk through the forest by myself. In 1948 and 1949, when I wrote part of my first novel, which I have never shown to anyone, I isolated myself in one of the hunting cabins for three months, without a telephone, without electricity, with heat only from a large open fireplace. Schell then returned to Zurich, where he served in the Swiss Army for a year, after which he re-entered the University of Zurich for another year, and later, the University of Basel for six months. During that period, he acted professionally in small parts, in both classical and modern plays, and decided that he would from then on to devote his life to acting rather than to pursuing academic studies: I then decided, either you are a scientist or an artist. . . . To me it is much more important . . . to admire and feel and be stimulated and inspired. So as soon as I made up my mind, there was no sense anymore in continuing to study and in getting a degree. It is like an award; it does not mean anything in itself. . . . A university degree is just a title. I don't think an artist should have a title. It was time for me to concentrate on acting. Schell began acting at the Basel Theatre. Schell's late elder sister, Maria Schell, was also an actress, as were their two siblings, Carl (1927–2019) and Immaculata "Immy" Schell (1935–1992).

Elizabeth Marie Schell of Ford City, Pennsylvania United States was born on April 24, 1974 in Brackenridge to Theresa Marie Schue and Marvin Eugene Church. Elizabeth Schell has siblings Patricia Ann Weige and Marvin Eugene Church Jr. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Elizabeth Marie Schell.

Theodore W Schell of Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA was born on April 10, 1921, and died at age 87 years old on March 1, 2009. Theodore Schell was buried at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery Section 33-A Site 69 Rr2, Box 484 - Indiantown Gap Road, in Annville.

Melvin L Schell of McKinney, Collin County, TX was born on October 5, 1922, and died at age 72 years old on January 16, 1995.

Floyd K Schell of Reading, Berks County, PA was born on May 31, 1923, and died at age 83 years old on November 20, 2006.

Floyd C Schell of York, York County, PA was born on January 6, 1928, and died at age 59 years old in June 1987.

Lee J Schell of Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri was born on August 24, 1912, and died at age 70 years old in August 1982.

Lerald A Schell of Bloomsburg, Columbia County, PA was born on April 13, 1928, and died at age 73 years old on October 17, 2001.

Carroll Schell of Richmond, Wayne County, Indiana was born on January 29, 1916, and died at age 62 years old in June 1978.

Carroll J Schell of Woodland, Yolo County, California was born on March 3, 1906, and died at age 68 years old in December 1974.

John T Schell of Moriches, Suffolk County, NY was born on December 5, 1945, and died at age 65 years old on July 25, 2011. John Schell was buried at Calverton National Cemetery Section 33 Site 1076 210 Princeton Boulevard - Rt 25, in Calverton.

John A Schell of Portland, Multnomah County, OR was born on March 20, 1923, and died at age 80 years old on September 18, 2003.

John J Schell Sr of Shawano, Shawano County, WI was born on November 28, 1919, and died at age 69 years old on May 9, 1989.

John A Schell of Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington was born on July 4, 1913, and died at age 70 years old in May 1984.

John J Schell of OH was born on February 12, 1919, and died at age 90 years old on October 16, 2009. John Schell was buried at Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery Section 11 Site 3066 10175 Rawiga Rd - Po Box #8, in Rittman.

John E Schell of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio was born on September 25, 1908, and died at age 76 years old in March 1985.

John S Schell of Georgia was born on August 1, 1918, and died at age 58 years old in April 1977.

John F Schell of Norristown, Montgomery County, PA was born on July 25, 1912, and died at age 82 years old in April 1995.