Brigitte Mira

Brigitte Mira was born on April 20, 1910 in Hamburg, Germany. She was an actress, known for Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), Mother Kusters Goes to Heaven (1975) and Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980). She was married to Frank Guerente, Paul Cornelius, Horst Fabian, Reinhold Tabatt and Peter Schütte. She died on March 8, 2005 in Berlin, Germany.

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Fox

Working class and middle-upper class worlds come together in this interesting look at class conflict within the gay world from the German director Reiner Werner Fassbinder. Fassbinder plays Fox, he is working class, a former circus performer who wins the lottery of DM 500,000. His life starts to look up…

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Was awarded the Cross of Merit, 1. Class (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse) in 1981. This was upgraded in 1995 to the Great Cross of Merit (Großes Verdienstkreuz).

Her father was a Russian pianist who emigrated to Germany, her mother was German.

Began her career as a ballet dancer and cabarest artist. In the 70s, her movie and television roles made her very popular.

Married five times.

German actress and singer, an embodiment of "Berliner Schnauze"". On stage in Cologne from 1929. Her early career encompassed ballet and cabaret

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