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Brigitte Helm(1906-1996)

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Brigitte Helm
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 An Ideal Spouse (1935) (An Ideal Spouse) in 1935.
BornMarch 17, 1906
DiedJune 11, 1996(90)
BornMarch 17, 1906
DiedJune 11, 1996(90)
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Brigitte Helm in Die singende Stadt (1930)
Brigitte Helm in Manolescu - Der König der Hochstapler (1929)
Brigitte Helm in L'étoile de Valencia (1933)
Brigitte Helm in Gold (1934)
Brigitte Helm and Joseph Schildkraut in The Blue Danube (1932)
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm in The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
Brigitte Helm
Brigitte Helm in Prince Woronzeff (1934)
Brigitte Helm in Alraune (1930)
Brigitte Helm and Jean Murat in Le secret des Woronzeff (1935)
Brigitte Helm in Prince Woronzeff (1934)

Known for

Brigitte Helm in Metropolis (1927)
Metropolis
8.3
  • Maria
  • Maschinenmensch
  • The Machine Man
  • 1927
Brigitte Helm in A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
A Daughter of Destiny
6.2
  • Alraune ten Brinken
  • 1928
Brigitte Helm in A Daughter of Destiny (1928)
Alraune
6.3
  • Alraune ten Brinken
  • Alma, a bar girl
  • 1930
L'Argent (1928)
L'Argent
7.5
  • La baronne Sandorf
  • 1928

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Actress

  • Wie im Traum
  • Georg Alexander, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Brigitte Helm, and Sybille Schmitz in An Ideal Spouse (1935)
    An Ideal Spouse
  • Brigitte Helm and Jean Murat in Le secret des Woronzeff (1935)
    Le secret des Woronzeff
  • Brigitte Helm in Prince Woronzeff (1934)
    Prince Woronzeff
  • Die Insel (1934)
    Die Insel
  • Brigitte Helm in Vers l'abîme (1934)
    Vers l'abîme
  • Brigitte Helm in L'or (1934)
    L'or
  • Gold (1934)
    Gold
  • Inge and the Millions (1933)
    Inge and the Millions
  • Goodbye Beautiful Days (1933)
    Goodbye Beautiful Days
  • Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez (1933)
    Die schönen Tage von Aranjuez
  • Jean Gabin and Brigitte Helm in L'étoile de Valencia (1933)
    L'étoile de Valencia
  • Karl Ludwig Diehl, Ernst Dumcke, Julius Falkenstein, Brigitte Helm, Oskar Homolka, Gerhard Lamprecht, Theodor Loos, Eduard von Winterstein, and J. Fenneker in Spies at Work (1933)
    Spies at Work
  • Paul Hartmann and Brigitte Helm in Der Läufer von Marathon (1933)
    Der Läufer von Marathon
  • Voyage de noces (1933)
    Voyage de noces

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    • March 17, 1906
    • Berlin, Germany
    • June 11, 1996
    • Ascona, Switzerland(heart failure)
    • April 1935 - 1986 (his death, 4 children)
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    • 1 Pictorial
    • 7 Magazine Cover Photos

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    Due to the coming of sound films and her disgust with Adolf Hitler's takeover of the German film industry, she retired to Switzerland in 1935 and never made another film. She lived out the rest of her life in quiet solitude, repeatedly refusing to talk about her film career anywhere at any time.

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