Marianne Schönauer (1920–1997) was an Austrian stage, television and film actress. During her career she made over fifty appearances in film and television series and also enjoyed success as a singer.
She was born in Vienna as Marianne Schifferes to a Jewish father, Carl Schifferes.
Schönauer emerged as a star of Austrian cinema in the years following the Second World War in films such as G.W. Pabst's The Trial (1948).<ref>Rentschler p/200</
"Mandy" married on July 23, 1945 Gustav Manker (1913–1988; divorced in 1956) and afterwards a Romanian singer so he can stay in Austria. She had a relationship with Ernst Kubista (1910 in Glogegnitz – 2002 in Vienna). She has the twin daughters "Nani" Marianne Schoenauer (same name) who lived in England and "Feli" Felicitas, who is a cardiologist in Vienna.