Background
She was born in Vienna as Marianne Schifferer to a Jewish father, Karl Schifferer.
She was born in Vienna as Marianne Schifferer to a Jewish father, Karl Schifferer.
During her career she made over fifty appearances in film and television series and also enjoyed success as a singer. He emigrated to France following the Anchluss, but was arrested and died in Auschwitz concentration camp in 1942. Schönauer emerged as a star of Austrian cinema in the years following the Second World War in films such as G.W. Pabst"son