Elsa Wagner
Acting • Born 1881-01-24 – Died 1975-08-17
Biography
Elsa Wagner (January 24, 1881 – August 17, 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now Tallinn, Estonia, Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in Saint Petersburg, Russia prior to making her acting debut in Berlin, Germany in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including Faust and Peer Gynt, she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Morn to Midnight) in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 Das Brennende Acker (The Burning Earth), Gerhard Lamprecht's Die Buddenbrooks and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 Atlantik.
Filmography
61 credits
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Movie • 1920
Landlady (uncredited)
Emil and the Detectives
Movie • 1964
Nana
Der Etappenhase
Movie • 1937
Tante von Marie
Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint
Movie • 1929
Friedrich's Mother
The Haunted Castle
Movie • 1960
Yvonne
Frühlingsfluten
Movie • 1924
Musik im Blut
Movie • 1934
Mathilde
Children of No Importance
Movie • 1926
Frau Martens
Barcarole
Movie • 1935
Giacintas Dienerin Elvira
People Among Us
Movie • 1926
Mrs. Ritter
The Loves of Pharaoh
Movie • 1922
The Night of Queen Isabeau
Movie • 1920
Marriage of Figaro
Movie • 1949
Marcellina
Großalarm
Movie • 1938
Frau Köppen
The Song of Life
Movie • 1931
Erikas Mutter
Mad Love
Movie • 1921
Richard's mother
Die blaue Mauritius
Movie • 1918
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.
Movie • 1931
Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors
Joan of Arc
Movie • 1935
Frau aus dem Volk
Ehe in Not
Movie • 1929
The March to the Führer
Movie • 1940
Self
Hansel and Gretel
Movie • 1940
Hexe
The Old Fritz
Movie • 1928
Prinzessin Amalie
The Old Fritz II
Movie • 1928
Prinzeß Amalie
Das wandernde Licht
Movie • 1916
Frau von Glassner
Das Leben ruft
Movie • 1944
Klara
Das Werkzeug des Cosimo
Movie • 1919
Frau von Esslair
The Rosentopf Case
Movie • 1918
Frau Hintze
The Buddenbrooks
Movie • 1923
Sesemi Weichbrodt
Was wissen denn Männer
Movie • 1933
Mutter Kroschelt
Three from the stamp office
Movie • 1932
Die Vermieteri
Was wird hier gespielt?
Movie • 1940
No Place for Love
Movie • 1947
Niobe
Gasparone
Movie • 1937
Luther
Movie • 1928
Luthers Mutter
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
Movie • 1938
Gefährliches Spiel
Movie • 1937
Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard
From Morning to Midnight
Movie • 1920
The Monster of London City
Movie • 1964
Emily the Housekeeper
Die göttliche Jette
Movie • 1937
Der Geburtstag unserer Ehe
Movie • 1960
Tante Dolly
Wozzeck
Movie • 1947
The Leghorn Hat
Movie • 1939
Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante
...and the Sky Above Us
Movie • 1947
Frau Heise
The Waitress Anna
Movie • 1941
Mathilde Noack
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
Movie • 1929
Die Sieger
Movie • 1918
Du und ich
Movie • 1938
Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen
Movie • 1927
Wandering Souls
Movie • 1921
Frau Jepantschin
The Student of Prague
Movie • 1935
Jarmila
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
Movie • 1920
Assuntas's mother
Atlantic
Movie • 1929
Anna, Heinrich's wife
Dawn
Movie • 1933
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Movie • 1973
Self
Seine Majestät Gustav Krause
Movie • 1971
Emma
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Movie • 1918
Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
Sweetheart of the Gods
Movie • 1960
Frau Lengefeld
Altes Herz geht auf die Reise
Movie • 1938
Ihr 106. Geburtstag
Movie • 1958
Viktoria Burger
Gold
Movie • 1934