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Jun 14, 1996 · Brigitte Helm, the German actress who defined the unobtainable, cool-eyed screen vamp as the haunting teen-age star of Fritz Lang's futuristic 1926 masterpiece, "Metropolis," died on Tuesday in...
Mar 17, 2017 · March 17, 2017 2 Comments. By Mitch Hemann. “There can be no understanding between the hand and the brain unless the heart acts as mediator.”. Arguably one of the most recognizable and beloved vamps of the silent era, Brigitte Helm’s life was complicated both on and off screen, and there’s no greater example of the complexities of this ...
Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm (Brigitte Helm), actress: born Berlin 17 March 1906; married secondly Hugo Kuenheim (four sons); died Ascona, Switzerland 11 June 1996.
Apr 11, 2024 · The Muse Of Steel And Electricity: Brigitte Helm. Posted on April 11, 2024 by Lea S. There is the glittering scythe and behind it the swing of the scythe. That is Helm, acting. –Robert Herring, 1930. Her screen presence hovered somewhere between “virginal” and “vamp,” although she was usually typecast as the latter.
German actress who starred in the cult classic Metropolis. Born Eva Gisela Schittenhelm (also seen as Gisele Eve Schittenhelm) in Berlin, Germany, on March 17, 1908 (some sources cite 1906); died in Anscona, Switzerland, on June 11, 1996; married Hugh Kunheim (an industrialist).
Jun 11, 1996 · The Mistress of Atlantis. Gold. Alraune. Acting. Brigitte Helm (17 March 1906 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best-remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double, the Maschinenmensch, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film Metropolis.
Jun 11, 1996 · Biography. Read More. An alluringly beautiful German actress, Brigitte Helm made her best-remembered impression with her striking if sometimes overwrought debut performance as both the innocent heroine Maria and her scheming robot double in Fritz Lang's memorable, trailblazing science-fiction epic, "Metropolis" (1926).
