Elisabeth 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.

Known For

NDR Talk Show

Self

Heut' abend

Self

Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

Self

Cry of the Banshee

Oona

The Rise of Catherine the Great

Catherine

Husbands or Lovers

Nju

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1984	Wenn ich dich nicht hätte	Sophie Kaiser
1983	Der Garten	Mrs. Merriman
1982	Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung	Else
1978	Der Pfingstausflug	Margarete Johannsen
1976	Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture	Self - Interviewee
1975	Nachtdienst	Baroness
1975	The House on the Hill	Ellen
1973	The Pedestrian	Frau Lilienthal
1973	Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt	Self
1970	Strogoff	Mother
1970	Cry of the Banshee	Oona
1962	The Happy Years of the Thorwalds	Frau Thorwald
1941	Paris Calling	Marianne Jannetier
1939	Stolen Life	Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
1937	Dreaming Lips	Gaby Lawrence
1936	As You Like It	Rosalind
1935	Escape Me Never	Gemma Jones
1934	The Rise of Catherine the Great	Catherine
1932	Dreaming Lips	Gaby
1931	Ariane	Ariane Kusnetzowa
1929	Fräulein Else	Else Thalhof
1928	Love	Herzogin von Langeais
1928	Lady Juan
1926	Impetuous Youth	Renee
1924	Husbands or Lovers	Nju
1924	Der Evangelimann	Magdalena

Year	TV Show	Role
1980	Heut' abend	Self
1979	Zeugen des Jahrhunderts	Self
1979	NDR Talk Show	Self
1962	Das Profil	Self
1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self