Elisabeth Bergner

Elisabeth Bergner

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: Acting

Born: null, 1897-08-22

Died: 1986-05-12

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1924	Der Evangelimann	Magdalena	40
2	1924	Husbands or Lovers	Nju	53
3	1926	Impetuous Youth	Renee	67
4	1928	Lady Juan		0
5	1928	Love	Herzogin von Langeais	60
6	1929	Fräulein Else	Else Thalhof	63
7	1931	Ariane	Ariane Kusnetzowa	50
8	1932	Dreaming Lips	Gaby	0
9	1934	The Rise of Catherine the Great	Catherine	59
10	1935	Escape Me Never	Gemma Jones	55
11	1936	As You Like It	Rosalind	51
12	1937	Dreaming Lips	Gaby Lawrence	60
13	1939	Stolen Life	Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence	68
14	1941	Paris Calling	Marianne Jannetier	54
15	1962	The Happy Years of the Thorwalds	Frau Thorwald	0
16	1970	Cry of the Banshee	Oona	53
17	1970	Strogoff	Mother	53
18	1973	The Pedestrian	Frau Lilienthal	64
19	1973	Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt	Self	0
20	1975	Nachtdienst	Baroness	0
21	1975	The House on the Hill	Ellen	0
22	1976	Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture	Self - Interviewee	0
23	1978	Der Pfingstausflug	Margarete Johannsen	60
24	1982	Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung	Else	20
25	1983	Der Garten	Mrs. Merriman	0
26	1984	Wenn ich dich nicht hätte	Sophie Kaiser	0

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1951	Deutscher Filmpreis	Self	60
2	1962	Das Profil	Self	0
3	1965	BBC Play of the Month	Catherine of Braganza	50
4	1979	NDR Talk Show	Self	65
5	1979	Zeugen des Jahrhunderts	Self	0
6	1980	Heut' abend	Self	0

Elisabeth Bergner

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