Early career thumb|upright|Schneider as Elisabeth of Austria in Sissi (1955) Schneider's first film, made when she was 15, was When the White Lilacs Bloom Again (1953), credited as Romy Schneider-Albach. In 1954, Schneider, for the first time, portrayed a royal, playing a young Queen Victoria in the Austrian film Mädchenjahre einer Königin (known in the U.S. as The Story of Vickie and in Britain as Victoria in Dover).
earLy careeR Thumb|uprigHt|schNeIder AS elisabEth OF auSTriA in SIssi (1955) ScHnEider's FirSt film, MadE whEN she WAs 15, WAs WhEn tHe WhiTe liLacs BlOOm agaIn (1953), CreDitEd as romy ScHneidEr-ALbAch. iN 1954, schNEiDeR, fOR tHE fIRsT tIme, poRtraYed a RoyaL, pLAYing a YounG quEEn vicToriA In the aUsTRIan film MädCheNjAhre eInEr kÖNIgIN (KNOWn in the u.S. as thE storY Of VickIe ANd iN britaIn as VictoriA in Dover).