Margarete Schön (born Margarethe Schippang; 7 April 1895 – 26 December 1985)[1] was a German stage and film actress whose career spanned nearly fifty years.

Born in Magdeburg, Germany as Margarethe Schippang, she received private acting lessons with the theatre actor Hans Calm in Dessau.

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 on the epic poem Nibelungenlied written around AD 1200.

After the Second World War Schön continued in West German films as a popular character actress, she also worked extensively as a radio personality.