Gisela Fischer

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

Gisela Fischer
Fischer in Torn Curtain (1966)
Born	(1929-04-21)21 April 1929 Berlin, Germany
Died	19 June 2014(2014-06-19) (aged 85) Zürich, Switzerland
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1956–1987

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

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)