
Brigitte Mira
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Brigitte Mira (20 April 1910 – 8 March 2005) was a German actress. She worked in both theater and film, often with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Brigitte Mira's mother was German and her father was Jewish Russian. During the Nazi dictatorship, Mira took part in the propaganda series Liese und Miese. She played Miese (germ. bad one)--the bad role model according to Nazi ideology that listened to enemy radio stations and stockpiled rationed food. But her acting skills turned the "bad" character she portrayed into a likeable one. The series was soon cancelled for being counter productive. The propaganda directors did not know that Mira was half-Jewish. Even though she insisted on her naivete as a young woman and the fact she had to hide her identity, she was criticized later by some for taking part in these ads at all. Even if Mira was born in Hamburg she early on moved to Berlin and through her TV work came to embody the typical Berlin sense of humor. Notable performances include Emmi Kurowski in Fear Eats the Soul (1974), a role for which she won a German Film Award. In the 1980s Mira achieved another big success with the television series Drei Damen vom Grill. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Mira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits

The Secret Carrier (1975)
as Betty Hopfen

Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli (1970)
as Rose Schuh
Der Prozeß Mary Dugan (1960)
as Marie Ducrot
Dreißig Silberlinge (1971)
as Mrs. Scholler

Fassbinder's Women (2000)
as Self

Aszendent Liebe (2001)
as Olga von Reichenbach
Die Spur führt ins Verderben (1993)
as Frau im 'House of Usher'

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)
as Emmi Kurowski

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven (1975)
as Emma Küsters
Drei Orangen (1959)
as Sophia

Fox and His Friends (1975)
as Shopkeeper #2

Chinese Roulette (1977)
as Kast

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (1974)
as Haushälterin Käthe
Murderous Decisions (1991)
as Mrs. Blondell

The Roaring Fifties (1983)
as Frau Willmsen

Jack and Jenny (1963)
as Thea
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster (1991)
as Old Lou
Im Namen einer Mutter (1960)
as Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene

Lili Marleen (1981)
as Nachbarin
The Woman Across the Way (1978)
as Simons Mutter

Satan’s Brew (1976)
as Walter's mother

Frau Luna (1964)
as Frau Pusebach

Sigi, der Straßenfeger (1984)
as Mrs. Niendorf

Schlag auf Schlag (1959)
as Frau Hinze

Willi und die Windzors (1996)
as Queen Mum

Tenderness of the Wolves (1973)
as Louise Engel

Kamikaze '89 (1982)
as Personnel Director
Im Ballhaus ist Musike (1967)
as Molly Zwitscherini

Du bist wunderbar (1959)
as Madame Dupont
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen (1979)
Actor
Der Vetter aus Dingsda (1970)
as Tante Wilhelmine

Fear of Fear (1975)
as Mutter

Girl in a Boot (1985)
as Toilettenfrau
Feuerwerk (1963)
as Köchin

Love Living, Live Loving (1977)
as Hauswartfrau
Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau? (1978)
as Minni - Tante Germinats
Die Marquise von Arcis (1961)
as Clementine Duquenoy
Trouble im Penthouse (1988)
as Mrs. Kluge

The Berliner (1948)
as Dirne
Die Belagerung der Josephine (1963)
as Madame Helene
Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste (1985)
as Gemüsefrau

Angst isst Seele auf (2002)
as Emmi

After Midnight (1981)
as Denunziantin
Bubusch (1962)
as Mama

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz (1997)
as Self

Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen (2000)
as Käthe Mühlmann

Der Stern von Santa Clara (1958)
as Tante Theresa
Die Geburtstagsfeier (1978)
as Meg

When Fear Eats the Soul (2007)
as Emmi Kurowski (archive footage)

Adolf and Marlene (1977)
as Fortune Teller

Everyone Dies Alone (1976)
as Frau Häberle
Die Computer-Show (1971)
as Green Widow

1 Berlin-Harlem (1974)
Actor

...und abends in die Scala (1958)
as Frau Mertens

War’n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt? (2006)
as Self
Was nicht im Baedecker steht: Bitte, einsteigen zu Käses Rundfahrt! (1953)
Actor
Und ab geht die Post (1981)
Actor

Kino im Rausch - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo (2022)
as Self (archive footage)

So ein Millionär hat's schwer (1958)
as Madame Pillar

So toll wie anno dazumal (1962)
as Frau Sommer
The Tragedy of Silence (1962)
as Frau Ohl

Der Partyphotograph (1968)
as Mrs. Bütow
Klippen des Todes (1993)
as Doris
Große Klappe, großes Herz (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Die Liebe des Jahres (1959)
as Lady Schocker, Journalistin
Killer kennen keine Furcht (1989)
Actor

Fabian (1980)
as Frau Hohfeld

Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball (1966)
as Molly Zwitscherini

Kleiner Mann, was nun? (1973)
Actor
Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute (1966)
as Erste Amme

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen (1958)
as Frau Knax
Pension Schöller (1980)
as Wanda Staudinger

Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne (1971)
as Hauswirtin Bauer
Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf (1971)
as Wirtin
Prozeß Mariotti (1970)
Actor

Rosamunde (1990)
as Oma Kaminski
Der Showmaster (1993)
as Frau 1

Like a Bird on a Wire (1975)
as Herself

Drei gegen Hollywood (1982)
as Helen Hobart
Geschminkte Jugend (1988)
Actor
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl (1982)
as Frau Mürbes
Berlin-Melodie (1963)
Actor
Die Murmel (1982)
as Berta

Vicky und Nicky (1987)
as Vicky Fendrich
Wie lernt man Reisen? (1966)
Actor
Der Tod kommt durch die Tür (1983)
as Frau Friedrichs
Was zu beweisen war (1986)
as Mrs. Pecari
Geheimakte Lenz (1992)
Actor
Dem Tod auf der Spur (1988)
Actor
Ab in den Süden (1982)
as Gerti
Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood (1983)
as Frau Meyerdierks

Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr (1976)
as Oma Wuttke
Bühnenbild mit Dame (1982)
as Garderobiere

Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas (1974)
Actor
The sweetness of strangers (1997)
as Mieterin

Annie Get Your Gun (1965)
as Dolly Tate
Leben im Winter (1982)
as Martha
Frau Jenny Treibel (1972)
as Frau Schmolke
Mrs. Cheney's End (1965)
as Sängerin
Die Spur der anderen (1985)
as Barfrau Erna

Loriots Telecabinet (1974)
as Gloria Miranda
Die beiden Freundinnen (1978)
as Mutter Link

Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt (1980)
as Frau Kulicke
Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft (1968)
Actor
Der Fall Opa (1972)
as Frau Löffler
Wie einst im Mai (1961)
as Mechthilde von Kiefernspeck



