Biography

From the early 1930s she was in a relationship with the married painter Willy Jaeckel for about six years. After their separation, she married the draftsman and illustrator Wilhelm M. Busch in 1936. Since then her name has been Brigitte Busch. The marriage produced three children, including the future illustrator Thomas Busch.

Dismissed as a saleswoman in the course of the economic crisis, Borchert then worked as a secretary. She frequented Berlin artist circles and was a guest at the Romanisches Café, the meeting point of the Berlin avant-garde.

In 1929-1930 she acted as an actress in some cinema advertising clips. These were created in the Sirius color system and are among the oldest surviving color films in the world. Those films are included in the Deutsche Kinemathek Foundation as the Brigitte Borchert collection.

In 2000, she spoke in the documentary Weekend am Wannsee about her memories of filming the feature film Menschen am Sonntag.

Borchert was working as a saleswoman in a Berlin record and gramophone store when she was discovered there by the theater producer Moritz Seeler for the film.