About
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...
Known for
The Old FoxSeries • 1977
A Case For TwoSeries • 1981
DerrickSeries • 1974
GroßstadtrevierSeries • 1986
Das TraumschiffSeries • 1981
Für alle Fälle StefanieSeries • 1995
The Country DoctorSeries • 1987
Drei Damen vom GrillSeries • 1977
Berlin AlexanderplatzSeries • 1980
Der ClownSeries • 1998
Eight Hours Don’t Make a DaySeries • 1972
Ali: Fear Eats the SoulMovie • 1974
The Enigma of Kaspar HauserMovie • 1974
Lili MarleenMovie • 1981
Chinese RouletteMovie • 1977
Mother Küsters Goes to HeavenMovie • 1975
Fox and His FriendsMovie • 1975
Satan’s BrewMovie • 1976
Tenderness of the WolvesMovie • 1973
Kamikaze '89Movie • 1982
Fear of FearMovie • 1976