Magda Schneider was born in 1909 in Bavaria, Germany.   She made her stage debut in Munich.   In 1937 she married Austrian actor  Wolf Albach-Retty .   The following year she gave birth to her daughter Romy Schneider.   She made her film debut in 1932 in “Tell Me Tonight”.   In 1953 she made the film “When the White Lilacs Bloom Again”.   She supported her daughter when Romy made the “Sissi” trilogy.   Magda Schneider died in 1996.   Magda Schneider’s obituary in “The New York Times” here.