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An alluringly beautiful German actress, Brigitte Helm made her best-remembered impression with her striking... (Learn more)

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Brigitte Helm’s Milestones
"Discovered" when Helm's mother sent a photograph of her to Thea von Harbou, a screenwriter married to director Fritz Lang; signed to a contract by Ufa, the leading German film studio
Acted in plays while in boarding school
1926 Debut as film actress in Lang's "Metropolis"
1927 First film with director G.W. Pabst, "The Loves of Jeanne Ney"
1932 Made one film in England, "The Blue Danube", directed by Herbert Wilcox
1935 Retired from acting when she married; last film, "Ein idealer Gatte"
1942 Left Germany and moved to Italy with her husband; later returned after WWII was over

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Also known as

AKA : Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm
AKA : Eva Gisela Schittenhelm
Birth Name : Gisele Eve Schittenhelm

Born

March, 17 1906 in Berlin, Germany

Professions

actor