People
Elisabeth Bergner
- Name: Elisabeth Bergner
- Birthday: 1897-08-22
- Also known as: Ella vel Ettel Bergner
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- Popularity: 1.072
Biography:
Elisabeth Bergner (born Elisabeth Ettel; 22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was a European actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris, before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in Escape Me Never, a play written for her by Margaret Kennedy. Bergner, known in Europe as La Bergner, played Gemma first in London, and then made her Broadway debut with the role in 1935. She later repeated it in a film version, for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1943, Bergner returned to Broadway in the play The Two Mrs. Carrolls, for which she was awarded the Distinguished Performance Medal by the Drama... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Wenn ich dich nicht hätte as Sophie Kaiser | 1984-09-23 |
| Der Garten as Mrs. Merriman | 1983-02-22 |
| Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung as Else | 1982-03-12 |
| Der Pfingstausflug as Margarete Johannsen | 1978-12-23 |
| Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture as Self - Interviewee | 1976-10-07 |
| The House on the Hill as Ellen | 1975-01-20 |
| Nachtdienst as Baroness | 1975-01-01 |
| Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt as Self | 1973-10-30 |
| The Pedestrian as Frau Lilienthal | 1973-09-05 |
| Strogoff as Mother | 1970-10-28 |
| Cry of the Banshee as Oona | 1970-07-22 |
| The Happy Years of the Thorwalds as Frau Thorwald | 1962-11-16 |
| Paris Calling as Marianne Jannetier | 1941-12-04 |
| Stolen Life as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence | 1939-01-18 |
| Dreaming Lips as Gaby Lawrence | 1937-02-02 |
| As You Like It as Rosalind | 1936-09-02 |
| Escape Me Never as Gemma Jones | 1935-05-24 |
| The Rise of Catherine the Great as Catherine | 1934-02-09 |
| Dreaming Lips as Gaby | 1932-09-12 |
| Ariane as Ariane Kusnetzowa | 1931-02-09 |
| Fräulein Else as Else Thalhof | 1929-03-07 |
| Love as Herzogin von Langeais | 1928-12-16 |
| Lady Juan | 1928-01-24 |
| Impetuous Youth as Renee | 1926-03-10 |
| Husbands or Lovers as Nju | 1924-11-21 |
| Der Evangelimann as Magdalena | 1924-01-04 |
