Brigitte Alexander

Brigitte Alexander (9 October 1911 - 10 May 1995) was a German-born Mexican author, actress, director and translator. When the Nazi party seized power in Germany, she fled to France. Facing arrest in France, her husband chose to enter the Foreign Legion. Assisted by friends and Albert Einstein, the family made their way to Mexico. Alexander, who spoke five languages, worked as a translator for UNESCO and Amnesty International, and performed in movies and plays in Mexico.

Biography Brigitte Kaufmann was born on 9 October 1911 in Stuttgart, Germany into a Jewish family. Her father was in the military and during her childhood they moved to Berlin, where she completed high school. Her studies focused on the classics and she wrote her thesis on Friedrich Hölderlin. She learned German, Spanish, French, Greek, Latin and English and later, due to her extensive knowledge of language, was employed as a translator for UNESCO and Amnesty International. He was given the choice of being interned in a labor camp or joining the Foreign Legion and chose the latter. which ran from March 1952 to July 1955 and was sponsored by the Lotería Nacional. She became the first woman in Mexico to produce and direct television programs and she was then asked to help structure the programming for Channel 11.

Alexander died on 10 May 1995 in Mexico City.

Selected works

Publishing Monograph: El retorno, in: Stefano, Giovanni di/Peters, Michaela (Hrsg.): México com punto de fuga real o imaginario. Munich: Meidenbauer, 301-304.

Theater plays: “La Opera de los tres centavos” “Fiesta teatral” (1946) “El Proceso” (1953) “El Médico a la fuerza” (1954) “Cómo ser una buena madre judía” (1979)

Filmography Film: Redondo (1986) Macho y hembras (1987) Fragmentos de un cuerpo (1988) Barroco (1989) Contigo en la distancia (1991) Mamá de Jose Como agua para chocolate (1992) Tía Mary Miroslava (1993) Abuela de Miroslava Ámbar (1994) Madre Kluzki ... aka Amber Perfume, efecto inmediato (1994)

Television: La Hora Marcada (1990) Cultura en movimiento (1993) (documentary)

Television writing/producing: Los Cuentos de Pepito (1951) TV series Ángeles de la calle (1952) TV series