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Brigitte Helm (1906–1996)

After her role in Metropolis (1927) 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 (1935) (An Ideal Spouse) in 1935. See full bio »

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(age 90) in Ascona, Switzerland
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Known For

Metropolis
Metropolis The Machine Man / Maria
(1927)
Die Herrin von Atlantis
Die Herrin von Atlantis Antinéa
(1932)
A Daughter of Destiny
A Daughter of Destiny Alraune ten Brinken
(1928)
L'étoile de Valencia
L'étoile de Valencia Marion Savedra
(1933)
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 1978 Wie im Traum (Short)
 1935 Ein idealer Gatte
Lady Gertrud Chiltern
 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 L'étoile de Valencia
Marion Savedra
 1933 Spies at Work
Marchesa Marcella Galdi
 1933 Der Läufer von Marathon
Lore Steinkopf
 1933 Voyage de noces
Anita Paglione
 1932 Hochzeitsreise zu dritt
Anita Berndt
 1932 The Mistress of Atlantis
Antinea
 1932 Gilgi: One of Us
Gisela Kron, Gilgi
 1932 Die Herrin von Atlantis
Antinéa
 1932 L'Atlantide
Antinéa
 1932 Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo
Jeanette Heider, Filmkomparsin
 1932 The Blue Danube
Countess Gabrielle
 1931/II Gloria
Véra Latour
 1931/I Gloria
Maria, seine Frau
 1930 Die singende Stadt
Claire Landshoff - junge Witwe
 1930 Alraune
Alraune ten Brinken / Alma, a bar girl
 1929 Skandal in Baden-Baden
Vera Kersten
 1928 L'argent
La baronne Sandorf
 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, seine Totcher
 1927 Metropolis
The Machine Man / Maria
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She received a German journalist at the end of the 1980s only on the condition that the conversation was entirely about fashion and the fashion designer Werner Mahrenholz who had emigrated to England. See more »

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