Helm, Brigitte b. March 17, 1908 d. June 11, 1996 Actress. Most famous for her first film role as 'Maria' and her robot doppleganger in Fritz Lang's 1927 classic film "Metropolis" (she was only 19 at the time). She starred in more than thirty films throughout the late 1920s and early 1930s, such as "Desire", "The Mistress of Atlantis" and "Am rand der Welt" (At the Edge of the World). Working with a perfectionist Lang on "Metropolis" was so physically tasking that she refused to make another film with him. She was Josef Von Sternberg's first...[Read More] Ascona Cemetery, Locarno, Ticino, Switzerland
b. March 17, 1908 d. June 11, 1996