Gisela Fischer Explained

Gisela Fischer
Birth Date:21 April 1929
Birth Place:Berlin, German Empire
Death Place:Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:1956–1987

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

Filmography

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

Bibliography

Notes and References

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