Brigitte Helm

She moved to Switzerland and had 4 children with her second husband Dr. Hugo Kunheim, an industrialist. In 2004, Janney began lending her voice to television and radio spots created by Kaiser Permanente in the health maintenance organization's broad "Thrive" media campaign. After Metropolis Helm made over 30 films, including talking pictures, before retiring in 1936. On May 17, 2004, Janney's boyfriend of two years, Richard Jenik, proposed to her in San Francisco. Her first, and by far most memorable role, was as Maria in the silent film Metropolis. Janney has remained active in theatre; in 1998, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in Arthur Miller’s "A View from the Bridge.". She was born Brigitte Eva Gisela Schittenhelm in Berlin. Cregg on the television drama The West Wing, for which she has won four Emmy Awards.

The most famous movie she played was Fritz Lang's Metropolis in 1927. In 1999 she was cast in the role of presidential press secretary C.J. Brigitte Helm (March 17, 1908 - June 11, 1996) was a German actress. Janney has appeared in a number of films with roles of various sizes, including the 1990s films American Beauty, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Primary Colors, and Private Parts, and the 2000s films Nurse Betty, The Hours, How to Deal and the animated Finding Nemo. She went on to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Janney attended Kenyon College, where she was first noticed by director Paul Newman.

Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio and harbored dreams of becoming a Olympic figure skater before suffering a serious childhood injury. Cregg on the television series The West Wing. Allison Brooks Janney (born 19 November 1960) is an American actress, best known as C.J.