Elisabeth Bergner
- Acting
- August 22, 1897 · Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire
- May 12, 1986
Biography
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
Filmography
- Wenn ich dich nicht hätte · Sophie Kaiser
- Der Garten · Mrs. Merriman
- Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung · Else
- Heut' abend · Self
- Zeugen des Jahrhunderts · Self
- NDR Talk Show · Self
- Der Pfingstausflug · Margarete Johannsen
- Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture · Self
- The House on the Hill · Ellen
- Nachtdienst · Baroness
- Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt · Self
- The Pedestrian · Frau Lilienthal
- Centre Play · Ellen
- Strogoff · Mother
- Cry of the Banshee · Oona
- BBC Play of the Month · Catherine of Braganza
- Thirty-Minute Theatre · Natalyia
- The Happy Years of the Thorwalds · Frau Thorwald
- Das Profil · Self
- German Film Award · Self
- Paris Calling · Marianne
- Stolen Life · Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
- Dreaming Lips · Gaby Lawrence
- As You Like It · Rosalind
- Escape Me Never · Gemma Jones
- The Rise of Catherine the Great · Catherine
- Dreaming Lips · Gaby
- Ariane · Ariane Kusnetzowa
- Fräulein Else · Else Thalhof
- Lady Juan · Doña Juana, Executive producer
- Love · Herzogin von Langeais
- Impetuous Youth · Renee
- Husbands or Lovers · Nju, Executive producer
- The Evangelist · Magdalena