Maria Schneider, who at age 19 starred opposite Marlon Brando in Bernardo Bertolucci's controversial 'Last Tango in Paris,' passed away in France after a battle with cancer.
The 58-year-old actress, who played Brando's soon-to-be-married lover, Jeanne, in the 1972 film, was living in Paris at the time of her death, PEOPLE reports.
Although it was her most recognizable role, Schneider said that she struggled with the part both during and after the film's production. "I was too young to know better. Marlon later said that he felt manipulated, and he was Marlon Brando, so you can imagine how I felt," she told the Daily Mail. "People thought I was like the girl in the movie, but that wasn't me."
Schneider, who was nearly three decades younger than Brando at the time 'Tango' was filmed, maintained a relatively low profile in the years following the film's release.
In the years after her most famous performance, Schneider starred opposite Jack Nicholson in 'The Passenger,' but otherwise led a simple life and shied away from the limelight.
"I don't own anything," she told Roger Ebert. "I don't have any maids or answering services or those things. I spend my money on food and travel and cameras ... None of my friends are actors or directors or Hollywood types. I'm not interested in that crowd."
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