- She died in West Berlin in 1985, aged 90.
- It was in the 1924 release of Fritz Lang's two-part fantasy serial Die Nibelungen that she would cement her popularity in Germany and achieve international recognition as an actress. Co-written by Lang's then-wife Thea von Harbou, the films were based the epic poem Nibelungenlied written around AD 1200. Schön had a starring role as the vengeful Kriemhild, opposite actor Paul Richter's role as the epic hero Siegfried.
- She retired from acting in 1960.
- She made her film debut in 1918 with the movie "Schirokko" and already one year later she asserted in the film business in an impressive way and took part in a dozen movies in that year,.
- Her last movie came in 1955 into being called "Oberwachtmeister Borck".
- In the 20's she became famous especially with her role as "Kriemhild in Fritz Lang's monumental film "Die Nibelungen" (1924).
- When the talkies arose, the film offers dropped off still she acted in some well-known movies of the 30's and 40's like "Das Flötenkonzert von Sanssouci" (1930), "Kolberg" (1944) and "Die Feuerzangenbowle" (1944).
- She received private acting lessons with the theatre actor Hans Calm in Dessau.
- Schön made the transition to sound films with ease and her film career was prolific through the 1930s.
- From 1948 to 1950 she worked for Deutsche Film-Aktiengesellschaft (DEFA), the public-owned film studio of East Germany.
- In 1968, she was awarded the Bundesfilmpreis for many years of outstanding achievements in German film.
- After the Second World War Margarete Schön continued in West German films as a popular character actress, she also worked extensively as a radio personality.
- She was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years.
- During the Second World War she appeared in approximately ten films, but generally avoided roles in Nazi propaganda films and stayed decidedly apolitical. One exception was an uncredited bit part in Veit Harlan's 1945 nationalistic film Kolberg.
- She is possibly best recalled internationally for her role as Kriemhild in director Fritz Lang's 1924 series of two silent fantasy films Die Nibelungen - Die Nibelungen: Siegfried and Nibelungen: Kriemhild's Revenge.
- From 1915 to 1918 she was part of the ensemble cast of the Deutsches Theater in Hanover, and from 1918 to 1945 she performed at the Staatstheater Berlin.
- In 1912 she made her stage debut in Bad Freienwalde. Shortly thereafter, she received a commitment at the municipal theater of Bromberg (now, Bydgoszcz, in present-day Poland).
- From 1919 on she took part in several small roles for directors Carl Froelich, Hanna Henning, Alfred Halm, Walter Schmidthässler and her husband, director Robert Dinesen before earning a starring role in Urban Gad's 1922 drama Hanneles Himmelfahrt.
- Schön was married to Danish director Robert Dineson.
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