Name
Brigitte Mira
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-04-20
Deathday
2005-03-08 (95 years old)
Place of Birth
Hamburg, German Empire [now Germany]
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
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- 1974 Ali: Fear Eats the Soul as Emmi Kurowski
- 2018 Große Klappe, großes Herz as Self (archive footage)
- 1970 Das Stunden-Hotel von St. Pauli as Rose Schuh
- 1974 The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser as Haushälterin Käthe
- 1959 Schlag auf Schlag as Frau Hinze
- 1977 Chinese Roulette as Kast
- 1975 Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven as Emma Küsters
- 1975 Fear of Fear as Mutter
- 1996 Willi und die Windzors as Queen Mum
- 1958 Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen as Frau Knax
- 1988 Geschminkte Jugend
- 1968 Der Partyphotograph as Mrs. Bütow
- 1980 Fabian as Frau Hohfeld
- 1981 After Midnight as Denunziantin
- 1988 Trouble im Penthouse as Mrs. Kluge
- 1970 Prozeß Mariotti
- 1971 Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf as Wirtin
- 1975 The Secret Carrier as Betty Hopfen
- 1958 So ein Millionär hat's schwer as Madame Pillar
- 1976 Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr as Oma Wuttke
- 1948 The Berliner as Dirne
- 1983 The Roaring Fifties as Frau Willmsen
- 1982 Drei gegen Hollywood as Helen Hobart
- 1976 Everyone Dies Alone as Frau Häberle
- 1959 Du bist wunderbar as Madame Dupont
- 1982 Kamikaze '89 as Personnel Director
- 1985 Girl in a Boot as Toilettenfrau
- 1962 The Tragedy of Silence as Frau Ohl
- 1991 Murderous Decisions as Mrs. Blondell
- 1990 Rosamunde as Oma Kaminski
- 1976 Satan’s Brew as Walter's mother
- 1989 Killer kennen keine Furcht
- 1958 Der Stern von Santa Clara as Tante Theresa
- 1958 ...und abends in die Scala as Frau Mertens
- 1971 Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne as Hauswirtin Bauer
- 1973 Tenderness of the Wolves as Louise Engel
- 1984 Sigi, der Straßenfeger as Mrs. Niendorf
- 1986 Was zu beweisen war as Mrs. Pecari
- 1991 Gesucht wird Ricki Forster as Old Lou
- 1993 Der Showmaster as Frau 1
- 2000 Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen as Käthe Mühlmann
- 1982 Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl as Frau Mürbes
- 1972 Frau Jenny Treibel as Frau Schmolke
- 1983 Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood as Frau Meyerdierks
- 1983 Der Tod kommt durch die Tür as Frau Friedrichs
- 1977 Adolf and Marlene as Fortune Teller
- 1980 Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt as Frau Kulicke
- 1959 Die Liebe des Jahres as Lady Schocker, Journalistin
- 1970 Der Vetter aus Dingsda as Tante Wilhelmine
- 1978 Die beiden Freundinnen as Mutter Link
- 1982 Leben im Winter as Martha
- 1993 Klippen des Todes as Doris
- 1960 Im Namen einer Mutter as Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene
- 1960 Der Prozeß Mary Dugan as Marie Ducrot
- 1978 Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau? as Minni - Tante Germinats
- 1978 The Woman Across the Way as Simons Mutter
- 1966 Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball as Molly Zwitscherini
- 1967 Im Ballhaus ist Musike as Molly Zwitscherini
- 1982 Ab in den Süden as Gerti
- 2002 Angst isst Seele auf as Emmi
- 1993 Die Spur führt ins Verderben as Frau im 'House of Usher'
- 2001 Aszendent Liebe as Olga von Reichenbach
- 1971 Dreißig Silberlinge as Mrs. Scholler
- 1980 Pension Schöller as Wanda Staudinger
- 1973 Kleiner Mann, was nun?
- 1987 Vicky und Nicky as Vicky Fendrich
- 1992 Geheimakte Lenz
- 1974 Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
- 1963 Feuerwerk as Köchin
- 1974 Loriots Telecabinet as Gloria Miranda
- 1985 Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste as Gemüsefrau
- 1965 Mrs. Cheney's End as Sängerin
- 1962 So toll wie anno dazumal as Frau Sommer
- 1975 Fox and His Friends as Shopkeeper #2
- 1981 Lili Marleen as Nachbarin
- 1985 Die Spur der anderen as Barfrau Erna
- 1979 Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
- 1982 Bühnenbild mit Dame as Garderobiere
- 1977 Love Living, Live Loving as Hauswartfrau
- 1966 Wie lernt man Reisen?
- 1978 Die Geburtstagsfeier as Meg
- 2000 Fassbinder's Women as Self
- 1963 Jack and Jenny as Thea
- 2006 War’n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt? as Self
- 2007 When Fear Eats the Soul as Emmi Kurowski (archive footage)
- 1972 Der Fall Opa as Frau Löffler
- 1966 Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute as Erste Amme
- 1988 Dem Tod auf der Spur
- 1965 Annie Get Your Gun as Dolly Tate
- 1964 Frau Luna as Frau Pusebach
- 1961 Wie einst im Mai as Mechthilde von Kiefernspeck
- 1959 Drei Orangen as Sophia
- 1953 Was nicht im Baedecker steht: Bitte, einsteigen zu Käses Rundfahrt!
- 1963 Berlin-Melodie
- 1963 Die Belagerung der Josephine as Madame Helene
- 1962 Bubusch as Mama
- 1968 Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft
- 1961 Die Marquise von Arcis as Clementine Duquenoy
- 1982 Die Murmel as Berta
- 1997 The sweetness of strangers as Mieterin
- 1975 Like a Bird on a Wire as Herself
- 1981 Und ab geht die Post
- 1974 1 Berlin-Harlem
- 1997 Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz as Self
- 2022 Kino im Rausch - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo as Self (archive footage)
- 1971 Die Computer-Show as Green Widow
- 1980 Heut' abend ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2002 Ein roter Teppich für.... ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1983 Leute ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1977 Drei Damen vom Grill ( 140 episodes ) as Margarete Färber
- 1984 Berliner Weiße mit Schuß ( 1 episode ) as Imbißbudenfrau
- 1981 Das Traumschiff ( 1 episode ) as Mrs. Mayer
- 1986 Großstadtrevier ( 2 episodes ) as Madame Chantal
- 1966 Wilhelmina ( 5 episodes ) as Tante Sophie
- 1989 Spreepiraten ( 26 episodes ) as Frau Brachvogel
- 1970 Drüben bei Lehmanns ( 26 episodes ) as Else Lehmann
- 1986 Die Wicherts von nebenan ( 51 episodes ) as Conny
- 1998 Der Clown ( 1 episode ) as Hildegard
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Frau Hässler
- 1975 Nonstop Nonsens ( 1 episode ) as Didis Schwiegermutter
- 1975 Nonstop Nonsens ( 1 episode ) as Kammersängerin
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Hanna Lubach
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Frau Tobbe
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Haushälterin Anni
- 1981 A Case For Two ( 1 episode ) as Blumenfrau Moos
- 1976 Ein Fall für Stein ( 1 episode ) as Frau Schott
- 1979 Die Protokolle des Herrn M ( 1 episode ) as Schlesier-Grete
- 1994 Alles Glück dieser Erde ( 13 episodes ) as Clemma
- 1978 MS Franziska ( 1 episode )
- 1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1980 Achtung Zoll ( 1 episode ) as Gerda Groth
- 1976 Die Unternehmungen des Herrn Hans ( 19 episodes )
- 1985 Alte Gauner ( 1 episode ) as Lore
- 1980 Berlin Alexanderplatz ( 14 episodes ) as Frau Bast
- 1973 Sechs unter Millionen ( 13 episodes ) as Wirtin
- 1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1964 Einer wird gewinnen ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1995 Kanzlei Bürger ( 1 episode ) as Emma Tamm
- 1994 Briefgeheimnis ( 13 episodes )
- 1975 Musik ist Trumpf ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1978 Wenn die Liebe hinfällt ( 12 episodes ) as Ellie Grutsch
- 1989 Zwei Münchner in Hamburg ( 1 episode ) as Tante Käthe
- 1988 Justitias kleine Fische ( 1 episode ) as Betty Hansemann
- 1980 Leute wie du und ich ( 1 episode )
- 1974 Die Montagsmaler ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1988 Alles Nichts Oder?! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1962 Jedermannstraße 11 ( 26 episodes ) as Frau Lehmann
- 1987 The Country Doctor ( 1 episode ) as Lilli Merz
- 1969 Alle Hunde lieben Theobald ( 1 episode ) as Fahrgast mit Bernhardiner
- 1997 Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen ( 2 episodes ) as Ria
- 1965 Der Forellenhof ( 1 episode ) as Frau Reinhardt
- 1995 Für alle Fälle Stefanie ( 1 episode ) as Hiltrud Steinmetz
- 1965 Unser Pauker ( 4 episodes ) as Anna Eulalia Clothilde Puhlke
- 1972 Semesterferien ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Kaiser
- 1982 Krimistunde ( 1 episode ) as Tante Louise
- 1970 Recht oder Unrecht ( 8 episodes )
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 1 episode ) as Self - Candidate
- 1991 Die Mike Krüger Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1981 Kintopp-Kintopp ( 1 episode ) as Frau Prof. Adele Klinge-Stumm
- 1979 Locker vom Hocker ( 27 episodes ) as Ehefrau
- 1951 German Film Award ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1984 Goldene Kamera ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1986 Unternehmen Köpenick ( 6 episodes ) as Suhrbiers Schwester
- 1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1957 Zum blauen Bock ( 5 episodes ) as Self
- 1999 Volle Kanne ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 2000 Menschen der Woche ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1998 Alpha Forum ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1991 DAS! ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1973 Je später der Abend ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1990 Zeil um Zehn ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1982 So oder So ist das Leben ( 4 episodes )
- 1980 Berlin Alexanderplatz ( 10 episodes ) as Frau Wirtin Bast
- 1972 Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day ( 1 episode ) as Frau Andreas
- 1984 Funkes Werkstatt ( 8 episodes ) as Brigitte Funke
- 1985 Funkes Laden ( 8 episodes ) as Brigitte Funke
