Elisabeth Bergner

Person Details

Birthday: 1897-08-22 20:54:07

Death: 1986-05-12 20:54:07

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Drohobych, Ukraine

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Movie Involvements: 19

TV Involvements: 1

Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

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Acting

Year	Character	Movie/Tv
1984	Sophie Kaiser	Wenn ich dich nicht hätte 1984-09-23 Movie
1983	Mrs. Merriman	Der Garten 1983-02-22 Movie
1982	Else	Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung 1982-03-12 Movie
1980	Self	Heut' abend 1980-02-03 TV Show
1979	Self	NDR Talk Show 1979-02-09 TV Show
1978	Margarete Johannsen	Der Pfingstausflug 1978-12-23 Movie
1976	Self - Interviewee	Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture 1976-10-07 Movie
1975	N/A	Nachtdienst 1975-01-01 Movie
1973	Self	Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt 1973-10-30 Movie
	Frau Lilienthal	The Pedestrian 1973-09-05 Movie
1970	Mother	Strogoff 1970-10-28 Movie
	Oona	Cry of the Banshee 1970-07-22 Movie
1962	Frau Thorwald	The Happy Years of the Thorwalds 1962-11-16 Movie
	N/A	Das Profil 1962-01-29 TV Show
1951	Self	Deutscher Filmpreis 1951-01-01 TV Show
1941	Marianne Jannetier	Paris Calling 1941-12-04 Movie
1939	Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence	Stolen Life 1939-01-18 Movie
1937	Gaby Lawrence	Dreaming Lips 1937-02-02 Movie
1936	Rosalind	As You Like It 1936-09-02 Movie
1935	Gemma Jones	Escape Me Never 1935-05-24 Movie
1934	Catherine	The Rise of Catherine the Great 1934-02-09 Movie
1932	Gaby	Dreaming Lips 1932-09-12 Movie
1931	Ariane Kusnetzowa	Ariane 1931-02-09 Movie
1929	Else Thalhof	Fräulein Else 1929-03-07 Movie
1928	Herzogin von Langeais	Love 1928-12-16 Movie
	N/A	Lady Juan 1928-01-24 Movie
1926	Renee	Impetuous Youth 1926-03-10 Movie
1924	Nju	Husbands or Lovers 1924-11-21 Movie
	Magdalena	Der Evangelimann 1924-01-04 Movie
Year	Character	Movie/Tv