Elisabeth Bergner
Actor
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
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Catherine 1934
As You Like It
as Rosalind 1936
Husbands or Lovers
as Nju 1924
Escape Me Never
as Gemma Jones 1935
Fräulein Else
as Else Thalhof 1929
The Pedestrian
as Frau Lilienthal 1973
Paris Calling
as Marianne Jannetier 1941
Ariane
as Ariane Kusnetzowa 1931
Strogoff
as Mother 1970
Impetuous Youth
as Renee 1926
Stolen Life
as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence 1939
Der Pfingstausflug
as Margarete Johannsen 1978
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
as Else 1982
Dreaming Lips
as Gaby Lawrence 1937
Love
as Herzogin von Langeais 1928
Der Evangelimann
as Magdalena 1924