Brigitte Helm (born Brigitte Gisela Eva Schittenhelm, 17 March 1908 – 11 June 1996) was a German actress, best remembered for her dual role as Maria and her double named Futura, in Fritz Lang's 1927 silent film, Metropolis.

[citation needed] Helm took an interest in acting as a child, and by age 12 was taking the lead in school plays.

[2] Helm's first movie role was that of Maria in Metropolis, which she began work on while only 17 years old.

Her other appearances include The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927), Alraune (1928), L'Argent (1928), Gloria (1931), The Blue Danube (1932), L'Atlantide (1932), and Gold (1934).

[6] Helm married her second husband, Dr. Hugo Kunheim, an industrialist, after her film contract expired in 1935.