
Brigitte Mira
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 20, 1910
- Died
- March 8, 2005 (aged 94)
- Birthplace
- 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Brigitte Mira, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Filmography

Kino im Rausch - Die Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Große Klappe, großes Herz
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

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

War’n Sie schon mal in mich verliebt?
Movie · as Self

Angst isst Seele auf
Movie · as Emmi
Ein roter Teppich für....
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Aszendent Liebe
Movie · as Olga von Reichenbach

Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen
Movie · as Käthe Mühlmann

Fassbinder's Women
Movie · as Self
Menschen der Woche
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Volle Kanne
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Der Clown
TV · as Hildegard · 1 ep
Alpha Forum
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The sweetness of strangers
Movie · as Mieterin

Blue Note - A Story of Modern Jazz
Movie · as Self
Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
TV · as Ria · 2 eps

Willi und die Windzors
Movie · as Queen Mum

Die Harald Schmidt Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Kanzlei Bürger
TV · as Emma Tamm · 1 ep

Für alle Fälle Stefanie
TV · as Hiltrud Steinmetz · 1 ep
Alles Glück dieser Erde
TV · as Clemma · 13 eps
Briefgeheimnis
TV · 13 eps
Der Showmaster
Movie · as Frau 1
Klippen des Todes
Movie · as Doris
Die Spur führt ins Verderben
Movie · as Frau im 'House of Usher'
Geheimakte Lenz
Movie

Murderous Decisions
Movie · as Mrs. Blondell
Gesucht wird Ricki Forster
Movie · as Old Lou
Die Mike Krüger Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

DAS!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Rosamunde
Movie · as Oma Kaminski
Zeil um Zehn
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Killer kennen keine Furcht
Movie
Spreepiraten
TV · as Frau Brachvogel · 26 eps

Zwei Münchner in Hamburg
TV · as Tante Käthe · 1 ep
Geschminkte Jugend
Movie
Trouble im Penthouse
Movie · as Mrs. Kluge
Dem Tod auf der Spur
Movie
Justitias kleine Fische
TV · as Betty Hansemann · 1 ep

Alles Nichts Oder?!
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Vicky und Nicky
Movie · as Vicky Fendrich

Der Landarzt
TV · as Lilli Merz · 1 ep
Was zu beweisen war
Movie · as Mrs. Pecari

Großstadtrevier
TV · as Madame Chantal · 2 eps

Die Wicherts von nebenan
TV · as Conny · 51 eps

Unternehmen Köpenick
TV · as Suhrbiers Schwester · 6 eps

Girl in a Boot
Movie · as Toilettenfrau
Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste
Movie · as Gemüsefrau
Die Spur der anderen
Movie · as Barfrau Erna
Alte Gauner
TV · as Lore · 1 ep
Funkes Laden
TV · as Brigitte Funke · 8 eps

Sigi, der Straßenfeger
Movie · as Mrs. Niendorf

Berliner Weiße mit Schuß
TV · as Imbißbudenfrau · 1 ep
Goldene Kamera
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Funkes Werkstatt
TV · as Brigitte Funke · 8 eps

The Roaring Fifties
Movie · as Frau Willmsen
Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl
Movie · as Frau Mürbes
Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood
Movie · as Frau Meyerdierks
Der Tod kommt durch die Tür
Movie · as Frau Friedrichs
Leute
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Drei gegen Hollywood
Movie · as Helen Hobart

Kamikaze '89
Movie · as Personnel Director
Leben im Winter
Movie · as Martha
Ab in den Süden
Movie · as Gerti
Bühnenbild mit Dame
Movie · as Garderobiere
Die Murmel
Movie · as Berta
Krimistunde
TV · as Tante Louise · 1 ep

So oder So ist das Leben
TV · 4 eps

After Midnight
Movie · as Denunziantin

Lili Marleen
Movie · as Nachbarin
Und ab geht die Post
Movie

Das Traumschiff
TV · as Mrs. Mayer · 1 ep

A Case For Two
TV · as Blumenfrau Moos, Haushälterin Anni · 1 ep

Wetten, dass..?
TV · as Self · 2 eps

Kintopp-Kintopp
TV · as Frau Prof. Adele Klinge-Stumm · 1 ep

Fabian
Movie · as Frau Hohfeld

Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt
Movie · as Frau Kulicke
Pension Schöller
Movie · as Wanda Staudinger

Heut' abend
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Achtung Zoll
TV · as Gerda Groth · 1 ep

Berlin Alexanderplatz
TV · as Frau Bast, Frau Wirtin Bast · 14 eps
Leute wie du und ich
TV · 1 ep
Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen
Movie

Die Protokolle des Herrn M
TV · as Schlesier-Grete · 1 ep

Locker vom Hocker
TV · as Ehefrau · 27 eps
Die beiden Freundinnen
Movie · as Mutter Link
The Woman Across the Way
Movie · as Simons Mutter
Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau?
Movie · as Minni - Tante Germinats
Die Geburtstagsfeier
Movie · as Meg

MS Franziska
TV · 1 ep
Wenn die Liebe hinfällt
TV · as Ellie Grutsch · 12 eps

Chinese Roulette
Movie · as Kast

Adolf and Marlene
Movie · as Fortune Teller

Love Living, Live Loving
Movie · as Hauswartfrau

Drei Damen vom Grill
TV · as Margarete Färber · 140 eps

The Old Fox
TV · as Hanna Lubach · 1 ep

Fear of Fear
Movie · as Mutter

Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr
Movie · as Oma Wuttke

Everyone Dies Alone
Movie · as Frau Häberle

Satan’s Brew
Movie · as Walter's mother

Ein Fall für Stein
TV · as Frau Schott · 1 ep
Die Unternehmungen des Herrn Hans
TV · 19 eps

Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven
Movie · as Emma Küsters

The Secret Carrier
Movie · as Betty Hopfen

Fox and His Friends
Movie · as Shopkeeper #2

Like a Bird on a Wire
Movie · as Herself

Nonstop Nonsens
TV · as Didis Schwiegermutter, Kammersängerin · 1 ep
Musik ist Trumpf
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Movie · as Emmi Kurowski

The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser
Movie · as Haushälterin Käthe

Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas
Movie

Loriots Telecabinet
Movie · as Gloria Miranda

1 Berlin-Harlem
Movie · as Landlady Aunt Biggy

Derrick
TV · as Frau Hässler, Frau Tobbe · 1 ep

Die Montagsmaler
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Tenderness of the Wolves
Movie · as Louise Engel

Kleiner Mann, was nun?
Movie
Sechs unter Millionen
TV · as Wirtin · 13 eps
Je später der Abend
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frau Jenny Treibel
Movie · as Frau Schmolke
Der Fall Opa
Movie · as Frau Löffler
Semesterferien
TV · as Prof. Kaiser · 1 ep

Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day
TV · as Frau Andreas · 1 ep

Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf
Movie · as Wirtin

Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne
Movie · as Hauswirtin Bauer
Dreißig Silberlinge
Movie · as Mrs. Scholler
Die Computer-Show
Movie · as Green Widow

Dalli Dalli
TV · as Self - Candidate · 1 ep

Hotel by the Hour
Movie · as Rose Schuh
Prozeß Mariotti
Movie
Der Vetter aus Dingsda
Movie · as Tante Wilhelmine

Drüben bei Lehmanns
TV · as Else Lehmann · 26 eps
Recht oder Unrecht
TV · 8 eps

Alle Hunde lieben Theobald
TV · as Fahrgast mit Bernhardiner · 1 ep

Der Partyphotograph
Movie · as Mrs. Bütow
Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft
Movie
Im Ballhaus ist Musike
Movie · as Molly Zwitscherini

Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball
Movie · as Molly Zwitscherini
Wie lernt man Reisen?
Movie
Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute
Movie · as Erste Amme

Wilhelmina
TV · as Tante Sophie · 5 eps
Mrs. Cheney's End
Movie · as Sängerin

Annie Get Your Gun
Movie · as Dolly Tate

Der Forellenhof
TV · as Frau Reinhardt · 1 ep

Unser Pauker
TV · as Mrs. Puhlke · 4 eps

Frau Luna
Movie · as Frau Pusebach
Einer wird gewinnen
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Feuerwerk
Movie · as Köchin

Jack and Jenny
Movie · as Thea
Berlin-Melodie
Movie
Die Belagerung der Josephine
Movie · as Madame Helene
The Tragedy of Silence
Movie · as Frau Ohl

So toll wie anno dazumal
Movie · as Frau Sommer
Bubusch
Movie · as Mama
Jedermannstraße 11
TV · as Frau Lehmann · 26 eps
Wie einst im Mai
Movie · as Mechthilde von Kiefernspeck
Die Marquise von Arcis
Movie · as Clementine Duquenoy
Im Namen einer Mutter
Movie · as Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene
Der Prozeß Mary Dugan
Movie · as Marie Ducrot

Schlag auf Schlag
Movie · as Frau Hinze

Du bist wunderbar
Movie · as Madame Dupont
Die Liebe des Jahres
Movie · as Lady Schocker, Journalistin
Drei Orangen
Movie · as Sophia

Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen
Movie · as Frau Knax

So ein Millionär hat's schwer
Movie · as Madame Pillar

Der Stern von Santa Clara
Movie · as Tante Theresa

...und abends in die Scala
Movie · as Frau Mertens
Zum blauen Bock
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Was nicht im Baedecker steht: Bitte, einsteigen zu Käses Rundfahrt!
Movie
German Film Award
TV · as Self · 2 eps

The Berliner
Movie · as Dirne

Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep

