Elisabeth Bergner
Acting • Born 1897-08-22 – Died 1986-05-12
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 League.
Filmography
33 credits
Strogoff
Movie • 1970
Mother
Cry of the Banshee
Movie • 1970
Oona
The Pedestrian
Movie • 1973
Frau Lilienthal
As You Like It
Movie • 1936
Rosalind
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Movie • 1934
Catherine
Paris Calling
Movie • 1941
Marianne Jannetier
Fräulein Else
Movie • 1929
Else Thalhof
Escape Me Never
Movie • 1935
Gemma Jones
Husbands or Lovers
Movie • 1924
Nju
Stolen Life
Movie • 1939
Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
Ariane
Movie • 1931
Ariane Kusnetzowa
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
Movie • 1962
Frau Thorwald
Der Pfingstausflug
Movie • 1978
Margarete Johannsen
Dreaming Lips
Movie • 1932
Gaby
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
Movie • 1984
Sophie Kaiser
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
Movie • 1982
Else
Der Garten
Movie • 1983
Mrs. Merriman
Nachtdienst
Movie • 1975
Baroness
Impetuous Youth
Movie • 1926
Renee
The House on the Hill
Movie • 1975
Ellen
Dreaming Lips
Movie • 1937
Gaby Lawrence
Love
Movie • 1928
Herzogin von Langeais
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Movie • 1976
Self - Interviewee
Der Evangelimann
Movie • 1924
Magdalena
Lady Juan
Movie • 1928
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Movie • 1973
Self
German Film Award
TV • 1951
Self
Das Profil
TV • 1962
Self
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
TV • 1979
Self
NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979
Self
Heut' abend
TV • 1980
Self
BBC Play of the Month
TV • 1965
Catherine of Braganza
Centre Play
TV • 1973
Ellen