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
Cast Credits
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
Character: Sophie Kaiser
MOVIE • 1984
Der Garten
Character: Mrs. Merriman
MOVIE • 1983
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
Character: Else
MOVIE • 1982
Heut' abend
Character: Self
TV • 1980
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
Character: Self
TV • 1979
NDR Talk Show
Character: Self
TV • 1979
Der Pfingstausflug
Character: Margarete Johannsen
MOVIE • 1978
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Character: Self - Interviewee
MOVIE • 1976
The House on the Hill
Character: Ellen
MOVIE • 1975
Nachtdienst
Character: Baroness
MOVIE • 1975
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1973
The Pedestrian
Character: Frau Lilienthal
MOVIE • 1973
Strogoff
Character: Mother
MOVIE • 1970
Cry of the Banshee
Character: Oona
MOVIE • 1970
BBC Play of the Month
Character: Catherine of Braganza
TV • 1965
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
Character: Frau Thorwald
MOVIE • 1962
Das Profil
Character: Self
TV • 1962
German Film Award
Character: Self
TV • 1951
Paris Calling
Character: Marianne Jannetier
MOVIE • 1941
Stolen Life
Character: Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
MOVIE • 1939
Crew
