Career
Born Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm in Berlin, Helm"s first role was that of Maria in Metropolis which she began work on while only 18 years old. After Metropolis, Helm made over thirty other films, including talking pictures, before retiring in 1936. Her other appearances include The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Alraune (1928), L"Argent (1928),, The Blue Danube (1932), L"Atlantide (1932), and Gold (1934).
Helm was also involved in several traffic accidents, and was briefly imprisoned.
According to Otto Dietrich"s book The Hitler I Knew, Adolf Hitler himself saw that manslaughter charges against her from an automobile accident were dropped. In 1935, she moved to Switzerland where she later had four children with Hugo.
After her retirement from films, she refused to grant any interviews concerning her film career. Helm was considered for the title role in Bride of Frankenstein before Elsa Lanchester was given the role.