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)
Murderous Decisions
as Mrs. Blondell
(1991)
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
as Old Lou
(1990)
Rosamunde
as Oma Kaminski
(1989)
(1988)
(1988)
(1988)
Trouble im Penthouse
as Mrs. Kluge
(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)
Der Tod kommt durch die Tür
as Frau Friedrichs
(1983)
Die wilden Fünfziger
as Frau Willmsen
(1983)
Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood
as Frau Meyerdierks
(1982)
Kamikaze '89
as Personnel Director
(1982)
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
as Frau Mürbes
(1982)
Leben im Winter
as Martha
(1982)
Drei gegen Hollywood
as Helen Hobart
(1982)
Die Murmel
as Berta
(1982)
Bühnenbild mit Dame
as Garderobiere
(1982)
Ab in den Süden
as Gerti
(1981)
Lili Marleen
as Nachbarin
(1981)
After Midnight
as Denunziantin
(1981)
(1980)
Fabian
as Frau Hohfeld
(1980)
Pension Schöller
as Wanda Staudinger
(1980)
Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt
as Frau Kulicke
(1979)
(1978)
Die beiden Freundinnen
as Mutter Link
(1978)
Die Geburtstagsfeier
as Meg
(1978)
The Woman Across the Way
as Simons Mutter
(1978)
Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau?
as Minni - Tante Germinats
(1977)
Chinese Roulette
as Kast
(1977)
(1977)
Love Living, Live Loving
as Hauswartfrau
(1976)
Satan’s Brew
as Walter's mother
(1976)
Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr
as Oma Wuttke
(1976)
Everyone Dies Alone
as Frau Häberle
(1975)
Fox and His Friends
as Shopkeeper #2
(1975)
Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
as Emma Küsters
(1975)
Fear of Fear
as Mutter
(1975)
Like a Bird on a Wire
as Herself
(1975)
The Secret Carrier
as Betty Hopfen
(1974)
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
as Haushälterin Käthe
(1974)
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
as Emmi Kurowski
(1974)
(1974)
(1974)
Loriots Telecabinet
as Gloria Miranda
(1973)
Tenderness of the Wolves
as Louise Engel
(1973)
(1972)
Frau Jenny Treibel
as Frau Schmolke
(1972)
Der Fall Opa
as Frau Löffler
(1971)
(1971)
Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne
as Hauswirtin Bauer
(1971)
Dreißig Silberlinge
as Mrs. Scholler
(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)
(1966)
(1966)
Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball
as Molly Zwitscherini
(1965)
Mrs. Cheney's End
as Sängerin
(1965)
Annie Get Your Gun
as Dolly Tate
(1964)
Frau Luna
as Frau Pusebach
(1963)
Jack and Jenny
as Thea
(1963)
Feuerwerk
as Köchin
(1963)
(1963)
Die Belagerung der Josephine
as Madame Helene
(1962)
The Tragedy of Silence
as Frau Ohl
(1962)
So toll wie anno dazumal
as Frau Sommer
(1962)
Bubusch
as Mama
(1961)
Wie einst im Mai
as Mechthilde von Kiefernspeck
(1961)
Die Marquise von Arcis
as Clementine Duquenoy
(1960)
Im Namen einer Mutter
as Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene
(1960)
Der Prozeß Mary Dugan
as Marie Ducrot
(1959)
Die Liebe des Jahres
as Lady Schocker, Journalistin
(1959)
Du bist wunderbar
as Madame Dupont
(1959)
Schlag auf Schlag
as Frau Hinze
(1959)
Drei Orangen
as Sophia
(1958)
So ein Millionär hat's schwer
as Madame Pillar
(1958)
Der Stern von Santa Clara
as Tante Theresa
(1958)
Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
as Frau Knax
(1958)
...und abends in die Scala
as Frau Mertens
(1953)
(1948)
The Berliner
as Dirne