Romy Schneider was not just a star — she was a symbol of European cinema, a woman around whom passions burned. Her romance with Alain Delon became the biggest scandal of its time: the young beauty had already dazzled the world as Sissi, while the rising actor was only beginning his path to fame. Their love was a tempest, but it ended in betrayal — Romy learned about his affair from the newspapers.
In an attempt to escape the pain, she married director Harry Meyen and gave birth to her son David, but the past continued to haunt her — the marriage fell apart. With her second husband, Daniel Biasini, she had a daughter, Sarah, yet this union also didn’t survive. The death of 14-year-old David was a blow from which the actress never recovered.
The tragedy broke Romy completely. Alcohol, antidepressants, loneliness — all of this became her reality. In 1982, the heart of the screen legend stopped at just 43 years old, leaving fans in shock and making her death as iconic as her life.
Today, Romy’s legacy is carried by her only daughter — Sarah Biasini. She followed in her mother’s footsteps, studied at the Sorbonne and in the United States, performs in theater, writes plays, and in 2021 published a candid book La beauté du ciel — at the very age her mother died. Now she is the guardian of the great Romy’s memory.
