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Gisela Fischer

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Gisela Fischer
Fischer in Torn Curtain (1966)
Born(1929-04-21)21 April 1929
Died19 June 2014(2014-06-19) (aged 85)
OccupationActress
Years active1956–1987

Gisela Fischer (21 April 1929 – 19 June 2014) was a German-born stage, film and television actress.

Biography

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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 Doctor Koska in the 1966 Alfred Hitchcock thriller film Torn Curtain.[2]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1960 Die Brücke des Schicksals
1961 Black Gravel Margot
1961 The Last of Mrs. Cheyney Joan
1966 Torn Curtain Dr. Koska
1970 Piggies Edith
1970 The Females [de] Dr. Barbara
1973 The Experts
1987 Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel Dr. Kirber (final film role)

References

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  1. ^ Petropoulos p. 213
  2. ^ Chapman p. 334

Bibliography

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  • 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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