Elisabeth Bergner
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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. She originated it in London and on Broadway, and later reprised it in the 1935 film adaptation, which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Known for
Credits
Dreaming Lips (1932)
as Gaby
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
as Catherine
Love (1927)
as Herzogin von Langeais
Ariane (1931)
as Ariane Kusnetzowa
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
as Oona
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte (1984)
as Sophie Kaiser
Fräulein Else (1929)
as Else Thalhof
Paris Calling (1941)
as Marianne Jannetier
As You Like It (1936)
as Rosalind
Escape Me Never (1935)
as Gemma Jones
Husbands or Lovers (1924)
as Nju
The Pedestrian (1973)
as Frau Lilienthal
Der Garten (1983)
as Mrs. Merriman
Strogoff (1970)
as Mother
The House on the Hill (1975)
as Ellen
Dreaming Lips (1937)
as Gaby Lawrence
Nachtdienst (1975)
as Baroness
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
as Frau Thorwald
Der Pfingstausflug (1978)
as Margarete Johannsen
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (1973)
as Self
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)
as Self - Interviewee
Der Evangelimann (1924)
as Magdalena
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung (1982)
as Else
Lady Juan (1928)
as Doña Juana
Impetuous Youth (1926)
as Renee
Stolen Life (1939)
as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence