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Elisabeth Bergner

Elisabeth Bergner

ActorProducer Aug 22 (died age 88) 1924–1984 (60 year career)
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Biography

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 nomina…

Known For

Cry of the Banshee
Film

Cry of the Banshee

Oona
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Film

The Rise of Catherine the Great

Catherine
As You Like It
Film

As You Like It

Rosalind
Fräulein Else
Film

Fräulein Else

Else Thalhof
Husbands or Lovers
Film

Husbands or Lovers

Nju
Escape Me Never
Film

Escape Me Never

Gemma Jones
The Pedestrian
Film

The Pedestrian

Frau Lilienthal
Paris Calling
Film

Paris Calling

Marianne Jannetier

Filmography