Maria Gella was born on February 2, 1890 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. She was an actress, known for Verrückte Nacht (1967), Kalosze szczescia (1958) and Das Haus in der Einöde (1949). She died on July 25, 1970 in Kraków, Malopolskie, Poland.