Gisela Fischer
Fischer in Torn Curtain (1966)
Born(1929-04-21)21 April 1929
Died19 June 2014(2014-06-19) (aged 85)
OccupationActress
Years active19561987

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

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]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1960Die Brücke des Schicksals
1961Black GravelMargot
1961The Last of Mrs. CheyneyJoan
1966Torn CurtainDr. Koska
1970PiggiesEdith
1970The FemalesDr. Barbara
1973The Experts
1987Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und GretelDr. Kirber(final film role)

References

  1. Petropoulos p.213
  2. 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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