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| caption            = Brigitte Helm in [[Metropolis (1927 film)|''Metropolis'']] (1927)
| caption            = Brigitte Helm in [[Metropolis (1927 film)|''Metropolis'']] (1927)
| birth_name        = Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm
| birth_name        = Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1908|03|17|df=y}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date|1908|3|17|df=y}}
| birth_place        = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire|Germany]]
| birth_place        = [[Berlin]], [[German Empire|Germany]]
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1996|06|11|1908|03|17|df=y}}
| death_date        = {{Death date and age|1996|6|11|1908|3|17|df=y}}
| death_place        = [[Ascona]], Switzerland
| death_place        = [[Ascona]], Switzerland
| occupation        = Actress
| occupation        = Actress
| years_active      = 1927–1935
| years_active      = 1927–1935
| spouse            = {{marriage|Richard Weisbach|1928|1934|end=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web| url=https://androom.home.xs4all.nl/index.htm?biography/p009933.htm| title=Brigitte Helm| website=The Androom Archives| date=April 19, 2020| access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref><br />{{marriage|Dr. Hugo Kunheim|1935|1986|end=his death}}
| spouse            = {{marriage|Richard Weisbach|1928|1934|end=divorced}}<ref>{{cite web| url=https://androom.home.xs4all.nl/index.htm?biography/p009933.htm| title=Brigitte Helm| website=The Androom Archives| date=April 19, 2020| access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref><br/>{{marriage|Dr. Hugo Kunheim|1935|1986|end=his death}}
| children          = 4
| children          = 4
}}
}}
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==Early life==
==Early life==
Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm was born on 17 March 1908 in Berlin, the daughter of Gretchen Gertrud Martha Schittenhelm (née Tews; 1877—1955) and merchant Edwin Alexander Johannes Schittenhelm (1871—1913).{{fact|date=December 2023}}
Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm was born on 17 March 1908 in Berlin, the daughter of Gretchen Gertrud Martha Schittenhelm (née Tews; 1877–1955) and merchant Edwin Alexander Johannes Schittenhelm (1871–1913).{{fact|date=December 2023}}


Helm took an interest in acting as a child, and by age 12 was taking the lead in school plays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.openculture.com/2016/08/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis-1927.html |title=Movie Program }}</ref>
Helm took an interest in acting as a child, and by age 12 was taking the lead in school plays.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.openculture.com/2016/08/read-the-original-32-page-program-for-fritz-langs-metropolis-1927.html |title=Movie Program }}</ref>


==Career==
==Career==
Helm's first movie role was that of Maria in ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', which she began work on while only 17 years old. She signed a ten-year contract with [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] in 1925.<ref name="Curtis">{{cite book| last=Curtis| first=James| date=June 1, 1998| title=James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters| location=Boston| publisher=Faber and Faber| isbn=978-0571199389| pages=243–44}}</ref> After ''Metropolis'', Helm made over 30 other films, including [[Sound film|talking pictures]], before retiring in 1935. Her other appearances include ''[[The Love of Jeanne Ney]]'' (1927), ''[[Alraune (1928 film)|Alraune]]'' (1928), ''[[L'Argent (1928 film)|L'Argent]]'' (1928), ''Gloria'' (1931), ''[[The Blue Danube (1932 film)|The Blue Danube]]'' (1932), ''[[L'Atlantide (1932 film)|L'Atlantide]]'' (1932), and ''[[Gold (1934 film)|Gold]]'' (1934). Helm was considered for the title role in ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'' before [[Elsa Lanchester]] was given the role.
Helm's first movie role was that of Maria in ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'', which she began work on while only 17 years old. She signed a ten-year contract with [[UFA GmbH|UFA]] in 1925.<ref name="Curtis">{{cite book |last=Curtis |first=James |title=James Whale: A New World of Gods and Monsters |date=1 June 1998 |publisher=Faber and Faber |isbn=978-0571199389 |location=Boston |pages=243–44}}</ref> After ''Metropolis'', Helm made over 30 other films, including [[talking pictures]], before retiring in 1935. Her other appearances include ''[[The Love of Jeanne Ney]]'' (1927), ''[[Alraune (1928 film)|Alraune]]'' (1928), ''[[L'Argent (1928 film)|L'Argent]]'' (1928), ''Gloria'' (1931), ''[[The Blue Danube (1932 film)|The Blue Danube]]'' (1932), ''[[L'Atlantide (1932 film)|L'Atlantide]]'' (1932) and ''[[Gold (1934 film)|Gold]]'' (1934). Helm was considered for the title role in ''[[Bride of Frankenstein]]'' before [[Elsa Lanchester]] was given the role.


==Personal life and death==
==Personal life and death==
Helm was involved in several traffic accidents, and was briefly imprisoned.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-brigitte-helm-1337656.html| title=Obituary: Brigitte Helm| first=Werner| last=Sudendorff| newspaper=[[The Independent]]| location=London| date=June 18, 1996| access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref><ref>Staedeli, Thomas. [http://www.cyranos.ch/smhelm-e.htm Portrait of the actress Brigitte Helm] {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203114342/http://www.cyranos.ch/smhelm-e.htm |date=February 3, 2012 }}. Cyranos.ch. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.</ref> According to the [[Nazi Party]]'s Press Chief [[Obergruppenführer]] [[Otto Dietrich]]'s book, ''The Hitler I Knew'', [[Adolf Hitler]] saw that [[manslaughter]] charges against her from an automobile accident were dropped.<ref>{{cite book | page=182| last=Dietrich| first=Otto| title=The Hitler I Knew: Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Mrm1wsNW_cC&q=The+Hitler+I+Knew| publisher=Skyhorse Publishing| location=New York| year=2010| isbn=978-1602399723}}</ref>
Helm was involved in several traffic accidents, and was briefly imprisoned.<ref name="Obit">{{cite news |last=Sudendorff |first=Werner |date=18 June 1996 |title=Obituary: Brigitte Helm |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-brigitte-helm-1337656.html |access-date=28 October 2020 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |location=London}}</ref><ref>Staedeli, Thomas. [http://www.cyranos.ch/smhelm-e.htm Portrait of the actress Brigitte Helm] {{webarchive | url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120203114342/http://www.cyranos.ch/smhelm-e.htm |date=February 3, 2012 }}. Cyranos.ch. Retrieved on 2013-11-02.</ref> According to the [[Nazi Party]]'s Press Chief [[Obergruppenführer]] [[Otto Dietrich]]'s book, ''The Hitler I Knew'', [[Adolf Hitler]] saw that [[manslaughter]] charges against her from an automobile accident were dropped.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dietrich |first=Otto |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8Mrm1wsNW_cC&q=The+Hitler+I+Knew |title=The Hitler I Knew: Memoirs of the Third Reich's Press Chief |publisher=Skyhorse Publishing |year=2010 |isbn=978-1602399723 |location=New York |page=182}}</ref>


Helm married her second husband, Dr. Hugo Kunheim, an industrialist, after her film contract expired in 1935.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/berlinale-metropolis-eine-goettin-kehrt-zurueck-1.67509-2| title=Die gefährliche Blondine| publisher=[[Sueddeutsche Zeitung]]| date=17 May 2010| language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | page=127| last=Hull| first=David Stewart| title=Film in the Third Reich, 1933-1945| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5qy-qkAleoC&q=Helm| publisher=University of California Press| year=1969| access-date=October 28, 2020}}</ref> Helm stated that she retired from films because she was "...disgusted with the Nazi takeover of the film industry..."<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/14/arts/brigitte-helm-88-cool-star-of-fritz-lang-s-metropolis.html| title=Brigitte Helm, 88, Cool Star Of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis'| first=Robert Mcg.| last=Thomas Jr.| page=B17| date=June 14, 1996| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| url-access=subscription}}</ref> In 1935, she moved to Switzerland, where she had four children with Kunheim. In her later years, she refused to grant any interviews concerning her film career.{{fact|date=December 2023}}
Helm married her second husband, Dr. Hugo Kunheim, an industrialist, after her film contract expired in 1935.<ref>{{cite news |date=17 May 2010 |title=Die gefährliche Blondine |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/berlinale-metropolis-eine-goettin-kehrt-zurueck-1.67509-2 |publisher=[[Sueddeutsche Zeitung]] |language=de}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Hull |first=David Stewart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g5qy-qkAleoC&q=Helm |title=Film in the Third Reich, 1933-1945 |publisher=University of California Press |year=1969 |page=127 |access-date=28 October 2020}}</ref> Helm stated that she retired from films because she was "...disgusted with the Nazi takeover of the film industry..."<ref>{{cite news |last=Thomas |first=Robert Mcg. Jr. |author-link=Robert McG. Thomas Jr. |date=14 June 1996 |title=Brigitte Helm, 88, Cool Star Of Fritz Lang's 'Metropolis' |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1996/06/14/arts/brigitte-helm-88-cool-star-of-fritz-lang-s-metropolis.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 October 2025 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |page=B17}}</ref> In 1935, she moved to Switzerland, where she had four children with Kunheim. In her later years, she refused to grant any interviews concerning her film career.{{fact|date=December 2023}}


Helm died, 11 June 1996, in [[Ascona]], [[Switzerland]].<ref name="Obit" />
Helm died 11 June 1996 in [[Ascona]], Switzerland.<ref name="Obit"/>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
* ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927), director: [[Fritz Lang]]
* ''[[Metropolis (1927 film)|Metropolis]]'' (1927), director: [[Fritz Lang]]
* ''[[At the Edge of the World (1927 film)|At the Edge of the World]]'', (''Am Rande der Welt'', 1927), director: [[Karl Grune]]
* ''[[At the Edge of the World (1927 film)|At the Edge of the World]]'', (''Am Rande der Welt'', 1927), director: [[Karl Grune]]
* ''[[The Love of Jeanne Ney]]'' (''Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney'', 1927), director: [[G.W. Pabst]]
* ''[[The Love of Jeanne Ney]]'' (''Die Liebe der Jeanne Ney'', 1927), director: [[G. W. Pabst]]
* ''[[Alraune (1928 film)|Alraune]]'' (1928), director: [[Henrik Galeen]]; title role
* ''[[Alraune (1928 film)|Alraune]]'' (1928), director: [[Henrik Galeen]]; title role
* ''[[The Devious Path]]'' also known as ''Abwege'' (1928) director: G.W. Pabst
* ''[[The Devious Path]]'' also known as ''Abwege'' (1928) director: G.W. Pabst
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* ''[[Manolescu (film)|Manolescu]]'' (1929), director: [[Victor Tourjansky]]
* ''[[Manolescu (film)|Manolescu]]'' (1929), director: [[Victor Tourjansky]]
* ''[[The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna]]'' (''Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna'', 1929), director: [[Hanns Schwarz]]
* ''[[The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna]]'' (''Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna'', 1929), director: [[Hanns Schwarz]]
* ''[[The Singing City]]'' (''Die singende Stadt'', 1930), director [[Carmine Gallone]]
* ''[[The Singing City]]'' (''Die singende Stadt'', 1930), director: [[Carmine Gallone]]
* ''[[Alraune (1930 film)|Alraune]]'' (1930), director: [[Richard Oswald]]; title role
* ''[[Alraune (1930 film)|Alraune]]'' (1930), director: [[Richard Oswald]]; title role
* ''[[Gloria (1931 film)|Gloria]]'' (1931), director: [[Hans Behrendt]]
* ''[[Gloria (1931 film)|Gloria]]'' (1931), director: [[Hans Behrendt]]
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* ''[[The Blue Danube (1932 film)|The Blue Danube]]'' (1932), director: [[Herbert Wilcox]]
* ''[[The Blue Danube (1932 film)|The Blue Danube]]'' (1932), director: [[Herbert Wilcox]]
* ''[[The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932 film)|The Countess of Monte Cristo]]'' (''Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo'', 1932), director: [[Karl Hartl]]
* ''[[The Countess of Monte Cristo (1932 film)|The Countess of Monte Cristo]]'' (''Die Gräfin von Monte-Christo'', 1932), director: [[Karl Hartl]]
* ''[[L'Atlantide (1932 film)|The Mistress of Atlantis]]'' (''Die Herrin von Atlantis'', 1932) director: G.W. Pabst
* ''[[The Mistress of Atlantis]]'' (''Die Herrin von Atlantis'', 1932) director: G.W. Pabst
* ''[[Three on a Honeymoon (1932 film)|Three on a Honeymoon]]'' (''Hochzeitsreise zu dritt'', 1932), director: Erich Schmidt
* ''[[Three on a Honeymoon (1932 film)|Three on a Honeymoon]]'' (''Hochzeitsreise zu dritt'', 1932), director: Erich Schmidt
* ''[[Honeymoon Trip]]'' (''Voyage de noces'', 1933), directors: [[Germain Fried]], [[Joe May]], Erich Schmidt
* ''[[Honeymoon Trip]]'' (''Voyage de noces'', 1933), directors: [[Germain Fried]], [[Joe May]], Erich Schmidt
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===Further reading===
===Further reading===
* {{cite book| last=Semler| first=Daniel| year=2008| title=Brigitte Helm: Der Vamp des deutschen Films| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZMLAQAAMAAJ&q=Brigitte+Helm:+Der+Vamp+des+deutschen+Films| location=Munich| publisher=Belleville| isbn=978-3936298567}}
* {{cite book |last=Semler |first=Daniel |year=2008 |title=Brigitte Helm: Der Vamp des deutschen Films |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sZMLAQAAMAAJ&q=Brigitte+Helm:+Der+Vamp+des+deutschen+Films |location=Munich |publisher=Belleville |isbn=978-3936298567}}


==External links==
==External links==
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Brigitte Helm (born Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm, 17 March 1908 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double named Futura, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, Metropolis.

Early life

Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm was born on 17 March 1908 in Berlin, the daughter of Gretchen Gertrud Martha Schittenhelm (née Tews; 1877–1955) and merchant Edwin Alexander Johannes Schittenhelm (1871–1913).Template:Fact

Helm took an interest in acting as a child, and by age 12 was taking the lead in school plays.[1]

Career

Helm's first movie role was that of Maria in Metropolis, which she began work on while only 17 years old. She signed a ten-year contract with UFA in 1925.[2] After Metropolis, Helm made over 30 other films, including talking pictures, before retiring in 1935. Her other appearances include The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Alraune (1928), L'Argent (1928), Gloria (1931), The Blue Danube (1932), L'Atlantide (1932) and Gold (1934). Helm was considered for the title role in Bride of Frankenstein before Elsa Lanchester was given the role.

Personal life and death

Helm was involved in several traffic accidents, and was briefly imprisoned.[3][4] According to the Nazi Party's Press Chief Obergruppenführer Otto Dietrich's book, The Hitler I Knew, Adolf Hitler saw that manslaughter charges against her from an automobile accident were dropped.[5]

Helm married her second husband, Dr. Hugo Kunheim, an industrialist, after her film contract expired in 1935.[6][7] Helm stated that she retired from films because she was "...disgusted with the Nazi takeover of the film industry..."[8] In 1935, she moved to Switzerland, where she had four children with Kunheim. In her later years, she refused to grant any interviews concerning her film career.Template:Fact

Helm died 11 June 1996 in Ascona, Switzerland.[3]

Selected filmography

References

Notes

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External links

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