Brigitte Mira
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1910-04-20
Day of Death
2005-03-08 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamburg, German Empire [now Germany]
Brigitte Mira
Biography
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.
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Known For
Acting
(2022)
Kino im Rausch - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
as Self (archive footage)
(2018)
Große Klappe, großes Herz
as Gast
(2007)
When Fear Eats the Soul
as Emmi Kurowski (archive footage)
(2006)
(2002)
Angst isst Seele auf
as Emmi
(2001)
Aszendent Liebe
as Olga von Reichenbach
(2000)
Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen
as Käthe Mühlmann
(2000)
Fassbinder's Women
as Self
(1997)
(1997)
The sweetness of strangers
as Mieterin
(1996)
Willi und die Windzors
as Queen Mum
(1993)
Die Spur führt ins Verderben
as Frau im 'House of Usher'
(1993)
Klippen des Todes
as Doris
(1993)
Der Showmaster
as Frau 1
(1992)
(1991)
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
as Old Lou
(1991)
Murderous Decisions
as Mrs. Blondell
(1990)
Rosamunde
as Oma Kaminski
(1989)
(1988)
(1988)
Trouble im Penthouse
as Mrs. Kluge
(1988)
(1987)
Vicky und Nicky
as Vicky Fendrich
(1986)
Was zu beweisen war
as Mrs. Pecari
(1985)
Girl in a Boot
as Toilettenfrau
(1985)
Die Spur der anderen
as Barfrau Erna
(1985)
Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste
as Gemüsefrau
(1984)
Sigi, der Straßenfeger
as Mrs. Niendorf
(1983)
Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood
as Frau Meyerdierks
(1983)
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Frau Willmsen
(1983)
Der Tod kommt durch die Tür
as Frau Friedrichs
(1982)
Kamikaze '89
as Personnel Director
(1982)
Leben im Winter
as Martha
(1982)
Ab in den Süden
as Gerti
(1982)
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
as Frau Mürbes
(1982)
Die Murmel
as Berta
(1982)
Bühnenbild mit Dame
as Garderobiere
(1982)
Drei gegen Hollywood
as Helen Hobart
(1981)
Lili Marleen
as Nachbarin
(1981)
After Midnight
as Denunziantin
(1981)
(1980)
Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt
as Frau Kulicke
(1980)
Pension Schöller
as Wanda Staudinger
(1980)
Fabian
as Frau Hohfeld
(1979)
(1978)
Die beiden Freundinnen
as Mutter Link
(1978)
The Woman Across the Way
as Simons Mutter
(1978)
Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau?
as Minni - Tante Germinats
(1978)
Die Geburtstagsfeier
as Meg
(1977)
(1977)
Chinese Roulette
as Kast
(1977)
Love Living, Live Loving
as Hauswartfrau
(1976)
Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr
as Oma Wuttke
(1976)
Satan’s Brew
as Walter's mother
(1976)
Everyone Dies Alone
as Frau Häberle
(1975)
Fear of Fear
as Mutter
(1975)
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Herself
(1975)
Fox and His Friends
as Shopkeeper #2
(1975)
The Secret Carrier
as Betty Hopfen
(1975)
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Emma Küsters
(1974)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Emmi Kurowski
(1974)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Haushälterin Käthe
(1974)
(1974)
Loriots Telecabinet
as Gloria Miranda
(1974)
(1973)
(1973)
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Louise Engel
(1972)
Frau Jenny Treibel
as Frau Schmolke
(1972)
Der Fall Opa
as Frau Löffler
(1971)
Dreißig Silberlinge
as Mrs. Scholler
(1971)
(1971)
Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne
as Hauswirtin Bauer
(1971)
Die Computer-Show
as Green Widow
(1970)
Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli
as Rose Schuh
(1970)
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
as Tante Wilhelmine
(1970)
(1968)
Der Partyphotograph
as Mrs. Bütow
(1968)
(1967)
Im Ballhaus ist Musike
as Molly Zwitscherini
(1966)
Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball
as Molly Zwitscherini
(1966)
(1966)
(1965)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Dolly Tate
(1965)
Mrs. Cheney's End
as Sängerin
(1964)
Frau Luna
as Frau Pusebach
(1963)
Jack and Jenny
as Thea
(1963)
(1963)
Feuerwerk
as Köchin
(1963)
Die Belagerung der Josephine
as Madame Helene
(1962)
So toll wie anno dazumal
as Frau Sommer
(1962)
Bubusch
as Mama
(1962)
The Tragedy of Silence
as Frau Ohl
(1961)
Wie einst im Mai
as Mechthilde von Kiefernspeck
(1961)
Die Marquise von Arcis
as Clementine Duquenoy
(1960)
Der Prozeß Mary Dugan
as Marie Ducrot
(1960)
Im Namen einer Mutter
as Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene
(1959)
Schlag auf Schlag
as Frau Hinze
(1959)
Drei Orangen
as Sophia
(1959)
Die Liebe des Jahres
as Lady Schocker, Journalistin
(1959)
Du bist wunderbar
as Madame Dupont
(1958)
...und abends in die Scala
as Frau Mertens
(1958)
Der Stern von Santa Clara
as Tante Theresa
(1958)
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
as Madame Pillar
(1958)
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
as Frau Knax
(1953)
(1948)
The Berliner
as Dirne