Bowie wrote in a column for The Star that Schubert's "precocious debut" to the stage was during a visit to the Royal Palace at Sri Menanti in Negeri Sembilan: "We were in the Great Hall.
But before the assembled adults could begin to dance, this three-year-old girl took the floor and stole the show.
[4] At the time of her death, Schubert had returned to Malaysia to perform in a play produced and directed by Kedah-born actress, Susan Lankester.
In February 2016, Schubert was rushed to Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur with stomach fluid buildup due to an inoperable tumor caused by pancreatic cancer.
In accordance with her final wishes, Schubert's remains was interred along with her father Carl, along with those of her brothers Richard and Peter at the Cheras cemetery.