Elsa Wagner
Age: N/A | From: Reval, Harrien County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia]
Person Details
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Aliases: Elisabeth Karoline Auguste "Elsa" Wagner , Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner
Gender: Female
Place of birth: Reval, Harrien County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia]
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Movie Involvements: 31
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
(1920) Landlady (uncredited)
The Student of Prague
(1935) Jarmila
Barcarole
(1935) Giacintas Dienerin Elvira
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
(1920) Assuntas's mother
Children of No Importance
(1926) Frau Martens
The Monster of London City
(1964) Emily the Housekeeper
The March to the Führer
(1940) Self
Luther
(1928) Luthers MutterActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Self | |
| 1971 | Emma | |
| 1964 | Nana | |
| Emily the Housekeeper | ||
| 1960 | Yvonne | |
| Tante Dolly | ||
| Frau Lengefeld | ||
| 1958 | Viktoria Burger | |
| 1949 | Marcellina | |
| 1947 | N/A | |
| Frau Heise | ||
| Niobe | ||
| 1944 | Klara | |
| 1941 | Mathilde Noack | |
| 1940 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| Hexe | ||
| 1939 | Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante | |
| 1938 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| Frau Köppen | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1937 | N/A | |
| Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard | ||
| N/A | ||
| Tante von Marie | ||
| 1935 | Jarmila | |
| Frau aus dem Volk | ||
| Giacintas Dienerin Elvira | ||
| 1934 | Mathilde | |
| 1933 | N/A | |
| Mutter Kroschelt | ||
| 1932 | Die Vermieteri | |
| 1931 | Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors | |
| Erikas Mutter | ||
| 1929 | N/A | |
| Anna, Heinrich's wife | ||
| N/A | ||
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| 1928 | Luthers Mutter | |
| Prinzeß Amalie | ||
| Prinzessin Amalie | ||
| 1927 | N/A | |
| 1926 | Frau Martens | |
| Mrs. Ritter | ||
| 1924 | N/A | |
| 1923 | Sesemi Weichbrodt | |
| 1922 | N/A | |
| 1921 | Frau Jepantschin | |
| Richard's mother | ||
| 1920 | N/A | |
| Assuntas's mother | ||
| Landlady (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1919 | Frau von Esslair | |
| 1918 | Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife) | |
| N/A | ||
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| Frau Hintze | ||
| 1916 | Frau von Glassner | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
