Elisabeth Bergner
Known For
Acting
Born
1897-08-22
Died
1986-05-12
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 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.
Most Known For
NDR Talk Show
as Self
BBC Play of the Month
as Catherine of Braganza
German Film Award
as Self
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts
as Self
Heut' abend
as Self
Der Garten
as Mrs. Merriman
Love
as Herzogin von Langeais
Fräulein Else
as Else Thalhof
Ariane
as Ariane Kusnetzowa
Nachtdienst
as Baroness
Cry of the Banshee
as Oona
The Rise of Catherine the Great
as Catherine
Das Profil
as Self
Centre Play
as Ellen
Paris Calling
as Marianne Jannetier
As You Like It
as Rosalind
Escape Me Never
as Gemma Jones
Strogoff
as Mother
The Pedestrian
as Frau Lilienthal
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
as Frau Thorwald