Elisabeth Bergner
ActingAlso Known As
Ella vel Ettel Bergner
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.
Movies
(26 total)
Cry of the Banshee
as Oona
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Catherine
As You Like It
as Rosalind
Escape Me Never
as Gemma Jones
Fräulein Else
as Else Thalhof
The Pedestrian
as Frau Lilienthal
Paris Calling
as Marianne Jannetier
Ariane
as Ariane Kusnetzowa
Strogoff
as Mother
Impetuous Youth
as Renee
Stolen Life
as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
Der Pfingstausflug
as Margarete Johannsen
Dreaming Lips
as Gaby Lawrence
Love
as Herzogin von Langeais
Der Evangelimann
as Magdalena
Dreaming Lips
as Gaby
Nachtdienst
as Baroness
The House on the Hill
as Ellen
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
as Self - Interviewee
TV Shows
(7 total)
BBC Play of the Month
as Catherine of Braganza
NDR Talk Show
as Self
Centre Play
as Ellen
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
as Self
Heut' abend
as Self