During the Nazi era, Mira took part in the propaganda series Liese und Miese.

Although she insisted on her naivete as a young woman and that she had to conceal her origins, she was criticized later by some for taking part in these ads at all.

Notable performances include Emmi Kurowski in Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974), a role for which she won a German Film Award.

In the 1980s, Mira achieved another big success with the television series Drei Damen vom Grill.

She appeared in the 1991 stage production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies in Berlin.