Half-sister of Sacha Darwin.
Her favorite co-star was the French actor Michel Piccoli.
Her first husband Harry Meyen, a stage director, committed suicide in Hamburg on 15 April 1979.
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.
Her role as Chantal in Garde à vue (1981) was held by Monica Bellucci in the American remake of the film Under Suspicion (2000).
Her son - with Harry Meyen - David-Christopher (David Haubenstock) died in France on 5 July 1981 after being impaled on a fence.
In 8 Women (2002), when Louise (Emmanuelle Béart) shows a picture of her former employer, it is a picture of Romy Schneider.
In January 1981, Alain Delon and Romy were named "the actors preferred by the public" in a French magazine.
Is buried at Boissy-Sans-Avoir cemetery.
Is close friends with her Sissi co-star Karlheinz Bohm.
Mother of Sarah Biasini and David Haubenstock.
Portrayed on a postage stamp issued on Oct. 3, 1998 by the French Post Office.
Pro-choice activist and supporter of the feminist movement.
Recorded with Michel Piccoli the song entitled "Helene", for their film The Things of Life (1970)).
Shares birthday with French stage actor Jean Piat, singer Ray Charles, actor Gino Paoli and Spanish singer Julio Iglesias.
She never overcame the loss of her son. She suffered from depressions after his death resulting in an alcohol problem.
She smoked up to three packets of Marlboro cigarettes per day.
Stepfather was Hans-Herbert Blatzheim, a pub owner in Cologne/ Germany.
The Prix Romy Schneider, named after her, has been awarded to young actresses by the French movie business since 1984.