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person_profile-Elisabeth Bergner

Elisabeth Bergner Died at age: 88

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Elisabeth Bergner

Date of Birth:

Aug 22, 1897

Country of birth:

Died:

May 12, 1986

Biography of

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.

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Elisabeth Bergner

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Filmography of

Elisabeth Bergner

Found 18 Movies in total

... 1976

... 1975

... 1973

The Pedestrian

Frau Lilienthal ( Actor )

... 1973

Strogoff

Mother ( Actor )

... 1970

Cry of the Banshee

Oona ( Actor )

... 1970

Paris Calling

Marianne Jannetier ( Actor )

... 1941

Stolen Life

Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1939

Dreaming Lips

Gaby Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1937

As You Like It

Rosalind ( Actor )

... 1936

Escape Me Never

Gemma Jones ( Actor )

... 1935

... 1934

Dreaming Lips

Gaby ( Actor )

... 1932

Ariane

Ariane Kusnetzowa ( Actor )

... 1931

Fräulein Else

Else Thalhof ( Actor )

... 1929

Love

Herzogin von Langeais ( Actor )

... 1928

Impetuous Youth

Renee ( Actor )

... 1926

Husbands or Lovers

Nju ( Actor )

Executive Producer

... 1924