Kai Fischer
Born: 1934-03-18 in Halle an der Saale, Germany
Known For: Acting
Biography
Kai Fischer (born Kai Anne Inge Fischer, March 18, 1934 or 1936, in Prague or Halle (Saale)) is a German film actress and author. She began her career in the mid-1950s without formal acting training and quickly became known for portraying seductive and morally ambiguous characters, frequently appearing in crime films and Edgar Wallace adaptations such as Zimmer 13 (1964). In the early 1960s she created and starred in Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf (1963–1965), becoming television’s first female private detective with her own agency. From the 1970s onward, Fischer successfully transitioned into more serious film and television roles, including appearances in works by Wim Wenders and popular crime series such as Derrick and Der Kommissar. In addition to acting, she worked as a screenwriter and crime novelist and later became a business owner in Munich.
Filmography
2014
- Peter Baumgartner, Filmkameramann as (archive footage)
1985
- Alte Gauner as Elfriede Schlaker
1984
- Der Fahnder as Frau Klingsohr
- Kassensturz as Frau Bauermann
1983
- Happy Weekend as Ella Huber
1982
- Shalom Pharao as Frau Potiphar (voice)
1980
- Holocaust II as Dorothea
1979
- Die Protokolle des Herrn M as Lola Grossky
- Lena Rais as Hella
1978
- Die unsterblichen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger as Amalie Grünspan
- 50/50 as Heidi Brunner
1977
- The Serpent's Egg as Hure
1975
- Dein gutes Recht as Elke Darius
- The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick as Hertha Gabler
- Die sündige Kleinstadt as Waltraut Henze
- Das Rückendekolleté
1974
- Derrick as Doris Hemma
- Sergeant Berry as Miss Richie
- Der Verrat as Helen
1973
- Okay S.I.R. as Beatrix Werden
- Studio legale per una rapina as Lisa
- Desaster as Fräulein Baum
1970
- Scene of the Crime as Alma
- Josefine M. as Lady J.
- X + YY: Formel des Bösen as Madame Odette
- Immer bei Vollmond as Flora
1969
- The Commissioner as Erna
- Salto Mortale as Tiger-Lilli
- Die Nichten der Frau Oberst 2. Teil - Mein Bett ist meine Burg as Clarissa
1968
- Night-Club as Self
- Babeck as Caroline
- Guess Who's Coming for Breakfast as Clarissa (Frau Oberst)
1967
- Island of the Doomed as Cora Robinson
1966
- Die Gentlemen bitten zur Kasse as Inge Masterson
- Man on the Spying Trapeze as Fawzia, Hotel Maid
- Strangler of the Tower as Grace Harrison
1965
- Das Strafquartett: Ein Knastical as Madame Piqueton
1964
- Die Drehscheibe as Self
- Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen as Self
- Vergißmeinnicht as Self
- Room 13 as Pia Pasani
- Bullets Don't Argue as Helen
- The Monster of London City
- The Inn on Dartmoor as Bardame
- The Waltz King as Gräfin Polensky
1963
- Hafenpolizei as Fräulein Steffens
- Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf as Kai Fröhlich
- Die Jagd nach Helena as Jenny
1962
- Escape from East Berlin as Heidi Eckhardt
- The Bashful Elephant as Steffi
1961
- The Hellfire Club as Yvonne
- Denn das Weib ist schwach as Lissy
1960
- Too Hot to Handle as Cynthia
- Freddy und die Melodie der Nacht as Anka
1959
- Stars in the Ring as Self
- Uncle Was a Vampire as Kay - la rossa
- Skandal um Dodo as Frieda
- Lockvogel der Nacht as Else Bary
- Mädchen für die Mambobar as Olga
1958
- The Spessart Inn as Bettina
- Grabenplatz 17 as Isabella, Stimmungssängerin
- Schwarze Nylons – Heiße Nächte as Vera
- Ich war ihm hörig as Kätzchen
- Naked in the Night as Rebecca
- Embezzled Heaven as Mascha
- Girls of the Night as Marlène
1957
- Zum blauen Bock as Self
- Sand, Love and Salt as Lola
- Call Girls as Ria
- Wetterleuchten um Maria as Kathrin
1956
- Ich und meine Schwiegersöhne as Dr. Dora Stingel
- Das Bad auf der Tenne as Großmagd Stine
- Die Ehe des Dr. med. Danwitz as Hanna, Mannequin
- Holiday am Wörthersee as Sieglinde
- Hurra - die Firma hat ein Kind as Tänzerin Lola Durango
1955
- Unternehmen Schlafsack as Schauspielerin Sylvia
- Oh, These Dear Relatives as Otti Bachmann