Gisela Fischer
Gisela Fischer (21 April 1929 – 19 June 2014) was a German-born stage, film and television actress.
Gisela Fischer | |
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.jpg.webp) Fischer in the 1966 film Torn Curtain | |
| Born | 21 April 1929 |
| Died | 19 June 2014 (aged 85) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1956–1987 |
Biography
She was the granddaughter of the publisher Samuel Fischer. Her family fled from the Nazi German regime, and she grew up in a number of countries including Italy, Czechoslovakia and Japan before settling in Connecticut in New England.[1] Ultimately she moved and based herself in Switzerland in the postwar era. Her best known role was that of Dockter Koska in the 1966 Alfred Hitchcock thriller film Torn Curtain.[2]
Selected filmography
- Black Gravel (1961)
- The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1961)
- Torn Curtain (1966)
- Piggies (1970)
- Die Weibchen (1970)
- The Experts (1973)
References
- Petropoulos p.213
- Chapman p.334
Bibliography
- Chapman, James. Hitchcock and the Spy Film. Bloomsbury Publishing, 2017.
- Petropoulos, Jonathan. Goering's Man in Paris. Yale University Press, 2021.
- Pollack, Howard. Marc Blitzstein: His Life, His Work, His World. OUP USA 2012.
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