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Brigitte Helm (1906–1996)

Actress

After her role in Metropolis she made a string of movies in which she almost always had the starring role, easily making the transition to sound films. Her last film was Ein idealer Gatte (An Ideal Spouse) in 1935. See full bio »

Born:

Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm
in Berlin, Germany

Died:

(age 90) in Ascona, Switzerland
Still of Alfred Abel, Brigitte Helm and Rudolf Klein-Rogge in Metropolis Still of Brigitte Helm in Metropolis Still of Brigitte Helm in Metropolis
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1978 Wie im Traum (short)
 
1935 Ein idealer Gatte
Lady Gertrud Chiltern
 
1935 Le secret des Woronzeff
Diane
 
1934 Fürst Woronzeff
Diane Morell
 
1934 Die Insel
Karin, seine Tochter
 
1934 Vers l'abîme
Karine
 
1934 L'or
Florence Wills
 
1934 Gold
Florence Wills
 
1933 Inge und die Millionen
Inge, seine Sekretärin
 
1933 Adieu les beaux jours
Olga
 
1933 Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
Olga
 
1933 L'étoile de Valencia
Marion Savedra
 
1933 Spies at Work
Marchesa Marcella Galdi
 
1933 Der Läufer von Marathon
Lore Steinkopf
 
1933 Honeymoon Trip
Anita Paglione
 
1932 Three on a Honeymoon
Anita Berndt
 
1932 The Lost Atlantis
Antinea
 
1932 Gilgi: One of Us
Gisela Kron, Gilgi
 
1932 Queen of Atlantis
Antinea
 
1932 L'Atlantide
Antinéa
 
1932 The Countess of Monte-Christo
Jeanette Heider, Filmkomparsin
 
1932 The Blue Danube
Countess Gabrielle
 
1931/II Gloria
Véra Latour
 
1931/I Gloria
Maria, seine Frau
 
1931 In the Employ of the Secret Service
Vera Lanskaja
 
1930 Die singende Stadt
Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe
 
1930 Alraune
Alraune ten Brinken / Alma, a bar girl
 
1929 Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler
Cleo
 
1929 The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna
Nina Petrowna
 
1929 Scandal in Baden-Baden
Vera Kersten
 
1928 L'argent
La baronne Sandorf
 
1928 Secrets of the Orient
 
1928 The Devious Path
Irene Beck, seine Frau
 
1928 Yacht of the Seven Sins
Marfa Petrowna
 
1928 A Daughter of Destiny
Alraune ten Brinken
 
1927 The Love of Jeanne Ney
Gabrielle
 
1927 Am Rande der Welt
Magda
 
1927 Metropolis
The Creative Man / The Machine Man / Death / …
 
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1929 Autour de l'argent (documentary short)
Herself
 
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2013 Natan (documentary)
La baronne Sandorf
 
2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2010 Die Reise nach Metropolis (TV documentary)
Maria / The Robot (uncredited)
 
2004 Fritz Lang: Circle of Destiny (TV documentary)
Maria/The Robot (in "Metropolis") (uncredited)
 
2003 Queen: Greatest Video Hits 2 (video documentary)
Maria (segment "Radio Ga Ga")
 
2003 Before - After: Metropolis as an Example for Film Restoration (video documentary short)
Maria / The Robot (uncredited)
 
2003 Der Fall Metropolis (video documentary)
Maria / The Robot
 
1997 The 69th Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
1995 Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1994 Cinegrafias (documentary short)
Herself
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1958 It Only Happened Once
Herself, Brigitte Helm
 
1950 Wonderful Times (documentary)
Herself
 
1929 Rund um die Liebe
 
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