Actress Maria Schneider died

French actress Maria Schneider, died in Paris aged 58 after a long illness . She was  best known for playing Marlon Brando's lover in Last Tango in Paris.

She was born in 1952 in Paris and a  daughter of French actor Daniel Gelin. She began her film career in 1970 film Madly

Last Tango in Paris provoked such controversy that the actress resolved never to do nude scenes again.The film was banned in several countries due to its explicit content.
Three years later in Jack Nicholson film The Passenger, she was briefly seen naked. Lastly in 2008 she was  seen on the big screen ,film Cliente.
Schneider battled drug addiction in the 1970s but went on to star in mostly low-budget European films.

Actress Maria Schneider died