--- name: "Brigitte Mira" canonical: "https://film.one/person/brigitte-mira" fi1m_id: "brigitte-mira" imdb_id: "nm0591930" tmdb_id: 2726 wikidata_id: "Q69648" roles: ["Actor"] born: "20 April 1910" died: "8 March 2005" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 83 average_as: "actor" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-26T17:54:15.151213+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Brigitte Mira ## Identity Brigitte Mira - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brigitte-mira - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** brigitte-mira - **IMDb ID:** nm0591930 - **TMDB ID:** 2726 - **Wikidata ID:** Q69648 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Mira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2726 Actor. Born 20 April 1910 in Hamburg, German Empire [now Germany]. Died 8 March 2005. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 20 April 1910, Hamburg, German Empire [now Germany] - **Died:** 8 March 2005 - **Active:** 1974–1975 - **Also known as:** Elisabeth Wally Stramm - **Berlin International Film Festival:** 1 Berlin prize (1 won) - **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as actor, over 2 titles - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigitte_Mira, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q69648, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0591930/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2726 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Ali: Fear Eats the Soul*](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) (88) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Brigitte Mira (also credited as Elisabeth Wally Stramm) was a German actress. Born in Hamburg in 1910, she moved to Berlin at a young age and worked extensively in theatre, cabaret and film. Her mother was German and her father Russian Jewish; during the Nazi period she appeared in the propaganda series Liese und Miese using false papers. Mira collaborated frequently with Rainer Werner Fassbinder. She played Emmi Kurowski in his 1974 film *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul*, for which she received the German Film Award for Best Leading Actress. Other Fassbinder credits include roles in *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), *Fox and His Friends* (1975), *Chinese Roulette* (1977) and *Lili Marleen* (1981). She appeared in the television series *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980) and achieved further success in the 1980s as Oma Färber in the long-running series *Drei Damen vom Grill*. Mira died in Berlin in 2005. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, theguardian.com, filmportal.de.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Fox and His Friends* (1975), Fi1m 78, as Shopkeeper #2 — [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) - *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), Fi1m 88, as Emmi Kurowski — [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) ## Complete filmography (145) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *When Fear Eats the Soul* (2007), as Emmi Kurowski (archive footage) - *Angst isst Seele auf* (2002), as Emmi - *Aszendent Liebe* (2001), as Olga von Reichenbach - *Ein lasterhaftes Pärchen* (2000), as Käthe Mühlmann - *Der Clown* (1998), series, as Hildegard - *Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen* (1997), series, as Ria - *The sweetness of strangers* (1997), as Mieterin - *Willi und die Windzors* (1996), as Queen Mum - *Kanzlei Bürger* (1995), series, as Emma Tamm - *Für alle Fälle Stefanie* (1995), series, as Hiltrud Steinmetz - *Briefgeheimnis* (1994), series, Actor - *Alles Glück dieser Erde* (1994), series, as Clemma - *Der Showmaster* (1993), as Frau 1 - *Die Spur führt ins Verderben* (1993), as Frau im 'House of Usher' - *Klippen des Todes* (1993), as Doris - *Geheimakte Lenz* (1992), Actor - *Murderous Decisions* (1991), as Mrs. Blondell - *Gesucht wird Ricki Forster* (1991), as Old Lou - *Rosamunde* (1990), as Oma Kaminski - *Killer kennen keine Furcht* (1989), Actor - *Zwei Münchner in Hamburg* (1989), series, as Tante Käthe - *Spreepiraten* (1989), series, as Frau Brachvogel - *Trouble im Penthouse* (1988), as Mrs. Kluge - *Justitias kleine Fische* (1988), series, as Betty Hansemann - *Geschminkte Jugend* (1988), Actor - *Dem Tod auf der Spur* (1988), Actor - *Vicky und Nicky* (1987), as Vicky Fendrich - *The Country Doctor* (1987), series, as Lilli Merz - *Großstadtrevier* (1986), series, as Madame Chantal - *Die Wicherts von nebenan* (1986), series, as Conny - *Was zu beweisen war* (1986), as Mrs. Pecari - *Unternehmen Köpenick* (1986), series, as Suhrbiers Schwester - *Alte Gauner* (1985), series, as Lore - *Funkes Laden* (1985), series, as Brigitte Funke - *Die Spur der anderen* (1985), as Barfrau Erna - *Girl in a Boot* (1985), as Toilettenfrau - *Schwarzer Lohn und weiße Weste* (1985), as Gemüsefrau - *Sigi, der Straßenfeger* (1984), as Mrs. Niendorf - *Berliner Weiße mit Schuß* (1984), series, as Imbißbudenfrau - *Funkes Werkstatt* (1984), series, as Brigitte Funke - *The Roaring Fifties* (1983), as Frau Willmsen - *Kein Reihenhaus für Robin Hood* (1983), as Frau Meyerdierks - *Zwei Tote im Sender und Don Carlos im PoGl* (1983), as Frau Mürbes - *Der Tod kommt durch die Tür* (1983), as Frau Friedrichs - *Die Murmel* (1982), as Berta - *So oder So ist das Leben* (1982), series, Actor - *Kamikaze '89* (1982), as Personnel Director - *Krimistunde* (1982), series, as Tante Louise - *Drei gegen Hollywood* (1982), as Helen Hobart - *Ab in den Süden* (1982), as Gerti - *Bühnenbild mit Dame* (1982), as Garderobiere - *Leben im Winter* (1982), as Martha - *Das Traumschiff* (1981), series, as Mrs. Mayer - *After Midnight* (1981), as Denunziantin - *A Case For Two* (1981), series, as Blumenfrau Moos, Haushälterin Anni - *Und ab geht die Post* (1981), Actor - *Lili Marleen* (1981), as Nachbarin - *Kintopp-Kintopp* (1981), series, as Frau Prof. Adele Klinge-Stumm - *Berlin Alexanderplatz* (1980), series, as Frau Bast, Frau Wirtin Bast - *Achtung Zoll* (1980), series, as Gerda Groth - *Fabian* (1980), as Frau Hohfeld - *Primel macht ihr Haus verrückt* (1980), as Frau Kulicke - *Leute wie du und ich* (1980), series, Actor - *Pension Schöller* (1980), as Wanda Staudinger - *Nachbarn und andere nette Menschen* (1979), Actor - *Locker vom Hocker* (1979), series, as Ehefrau - *Die Protokolle des Herrn M* (1979), series, as Schlesier-Grete - *The Woman Across the Way* (1978), as Simons Mutter - *Wann heiraten Sie meine Frau?* (1978), as Minni - Tante Germinats - *Die beiden Freundinnen* (1978), as Mutter Link - *Wenn die Liebe hinfällt* (1978), series, as Ellie Grutsch - *MS Franziska* (1978), series, Actor - *Die Geburtstagsfeier* (1978), as Meg - *Adolf and Marlene* (1977), as Fortune Teller - *The Old Fox* (1977), series, as Hanna Lubach - *Chinese Roulette* (1977), as Kast - *Drei Damen vom Grill* (1977), series, as Margarete Färber - *Love Living, Live Loving* (1977), as Hauswartfrau - *Fear of Fear* (1976), as Mutter - *Satan’s Brew* (1976), as Walter's mother - *Anita Drögemöller und die Ruhe an der Ruhr* (1976), as Oma Wuttke - *Ein Fall für Stein* (1976), series, as Frau Schott - *Everyone Dies Alone* (1976), as Frau Häberle - *Die Unternehmungen des Herrn Hans* (1976), series, Actor - *Mother Küsters Goes to Heaven* (1975), as Emma Küsters - *The Secret Carrier* (1975), as Betty Hopfen - *Fox and His Friends* (1975), as Shopkeeper #2 — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/fox-and-his-friends.md) - *Nonstop Nonsens* (1975), series, as Didis Schwiegermutter, Kammersängerin - *Loriots Telecabinet* (1974), as Gloria Miranda - *The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser* (1974), as Haushälterin Käthe - *Derrick* (1974), series, as Frau Hässler, Frau Tobbe - *Käpt'n Senkstakes Abenteuer - Ehrenhäuptling der Watubas* (1974), Actor - *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* (1974), as Emmi Kurowski — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/ali-fear-eats-the-soul.md) - *1 Berlin-Harlem* (1974), as Landlady Aunt Biggy - *Kleiner Mann, was nun?* (1973), Actor - *Tenderness of the Wolves* (1973), as Louise Engel - *Sechs unter Millionen* (1973), series, as Wirtin - *Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day* (1972), series, as Frau Andreas - *Der Fall Opa* (1972), as Frau Löffler - *Semesterferien* (1972), series, as Prof. Kaiser - *Frau Jenny Treibel* (1972), as Frau Schmolke - *Wir hau’n den Hauswirt in die Pfanne* (1971), as Hauswirtin Bauer - *Zwanzig Mädchen und die Pauker: Heute steht die Penne kopf* (1971), as Wirtin - *Dreißig Silberlinge* (1971), as Mrs. Scholler - *Die Computer-Show* (1971), as Green Widow - *Drüben bei Lehmanns* (1970), series, as Else Lehmann - *Prozeß Mariotti* (1970), Actor - *Recht oder Unrecht* (1970), series, Actor - *Hotel by the Hour* (1970), as Rose Schuh - *Der Vetter aus Dingsda* (1970), as Tante Wilhelmine - *Alle Hunde lieben Theobald* (1969), series, as Fahrgast mit Bernhardiner - *Der Partyphotograph* (1968), as Mrs. Bütow - *Im Ballhaus wird geschwoft* (1968), Actor - *Im Ballhaus ist Musike* (1967), as Molly Zwitscherini - *Schwarzer Peter - Märchenoper für kleine und große Leute* (1966), as Erste Amme - *Wilhelmina* (1966), series, as Tante Sophie - *Wie lernt man Reisen?* (1966), Actor - *Bei Pfeiffers ist Ball* (1966), as Molly Zwitscherini - *Mrs. Cheney's End* (1965), as Sängerin - *Der Forellenhof* (1965), series, as Frau Reinhardt - *Unser Pauker* (1965), series, as Mrs. Puhlke - *Annie Get Your Gun* (1965), as Dolly Tate - *Frau Luna* (1964), as Frau Pusebach - *Jack and Jenny* (1963), as Thea - *Die Belagerung der Josephine* (1963), as Madame Helene - *Feuerwerk* (1963), as Köchin - *Berlin-Melodie* (1963), Actor - *Jedermannstraße 11* (1962), series, as Frau Lehmann - *So toll wie anno dazumal* (1962), as Frau Sommer - *Bubusch* (1962), as Mama - *The Tragedy of Silence* (1962), as Frau Ohl - *Die Marquise von Arcis* (1961), as Clementine Duquenoy - *Wie einst im Mai* (1961), as Mechthilde von Kiefernspeck - *Im Namen einer Mutter* (1960), as Mutter Reitner, Strafgefangene - *Der Prozeß Mary Dugan* (1960), as Marie Ducrot - *Die Liebe des Jahres* (1959), as Lady Schocker, Journalistin - *Du bist wunderbar* (1959), as Madame Dupont - *Schlag auf Schlag* (1959), as Frau Hinze - *Drei Orangen* (1959), as Sophia - *So ein Millionär hat's schwer* (1958), as Madame Pillar - *Der Stern von Santa Clara* (1958), as Tante Theresa - *Wehe, wenn sie losgelassen* (1958), as Frau Knax - *...und abends in die Scala* (1958), as Frau Mertens - *Was nicht im Baedecker steht: Bitte, einsteigen zu Käses Rundfahrt!* (1953), Actor - *The Berliner* (1948), as Dirne ## Awards ### Berlin International Film Festival — 1 won - 2005: Berliner Bär (won) ### Other awards — 8 won - Brisant Brillant 2003: Brisant Brillant (won) - Goldene Kamera 2000: Goldene Kamera (won) - Order of Merit of Berlin 1996: Order of Merit of Berlin (won) - Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1995: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) - Bambi Award 1992: Bambi Award (won) - Filmband in Gold 1989: Filmband in Gold (won) - Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1981: Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) - German Film Award 1974: German Film Award (won), for *Ali: Fear Eats the Soul* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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