Elisabeth Bergner

Actor

Born: August 22, 1897
Died: May 12, 1986 (age 88)
From: Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire

Elisabeth Bergner (born Ella vel Ettel Bergner; August 22, 1897 – May 12, 1986) was an Austrian and British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris, before she moved to London to work in films. She is best known for her title role in The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) and arguably her signature role, Gemma Jones in Margaret Kennedy's play Escape Me Never.…

Filmography (26)

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