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.
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]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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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 | Dr. Barbara | |||
1973 | The Experts | |||
1987 | Ossegg oder Die Wahrheit über Hänsel und Gretel | Dr. Kirber | (final film role) |