Elisabeth Bergner
Born: 1897-08-22
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
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Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
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Der Garten
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Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
Der Pfingstausflug
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
The House on the Hill
Nachtdienst
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
The Pedestrian
Strogoff
Cry of the Banshee
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The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
Paris Calling
Stolen Life
Dreaming Lips
As You Like It
Escape Me Never
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Dreaming Lips
Ariane
Fräulein Else
Love
Lady Juan
Impetuous Youth
Husbands or Lovers
Der Evangelimann