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Elisabeth Bergner was an Austrian-British 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. She played Gemma first in London, and then in the Broadway debut and 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 won the Distinguished Performance Medal from the Drama League.
Birth Name
Elisabeth Ettel
Born
Sunday, 22 August 1897
Died
Monday, 12 May 1986
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
High Society Limited | Else | 1984 |
Rummelplatzgeschichten | Ruth | 1984 |
The Pentecost Outing | Margarete Johannsen | 1980 |
Heut' abend | Self | 1980 |
Dangerous Knowledge | Madame Lafois | 1976 |
The Pedestrian | Frau Lilienthal | 1973 |
Centre Play | Ellen | 1973 |
Strogoff | Mother / Marfa Strogoff | 1970 |
Cry of the Banshee | Oona | 1970 |
Actress Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses | Self | 2015 |
High Society Limited | Else | 1984 |
Rummelplatzgeschichten | Ruth | 1984 |
The Pentecost Outing | Margarete Johannsen | 1980 |
Heut' abend | Self | 1980 |
Dangerous Knowledge | Madame Lafois | 1976 |
The Pedestrian | Frau Lilienthal | 1973 |
Centre Play | Ellen | 1973 |
Strogoff | Mother / Marfa Strogoff | 1970 |
Cry of the Banshee | Oona | 1970 |
BBC Play of the Month | Catherine of Braganza | 1965 |
Thirty-Minute Theatre | Natalyia | 1965 |
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds | Frau Thorwald | 1962 |
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | The Girl | 1948 |
Paris Calling | Marianne Jannetier | 1941 |
49th Parallel | Anna (replaced by Glynis Johns) | 1941 |
Stolen Life | Martina Lawrence / Sylvina Lawrence | 1939 |
As You Like It | Rosalind | 1936 |
Escape Me Never | Gemma Jones | 1935 |
The Rise of Catherine the Great | Catherine | 1934 |
Melo | Gaby | 1932 |
Ariane | Ariane Kusnetzowa | 1931 |
The Loves of Ariane | Ariane | 1931 |
Miss Else | Else Thalhof | 1929 |
Doña Juana | Doña Juana | 1928 |
The Violinist of Florence | Renée | 1926 |
Husbands or Lovers | Nju | 1924 |
Der Evangelimann | Magdalena | 1924 |
Producer Filmography
Title | Year |
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Doña Juana | 1928 |
The Violinist of Florence | 1926 |
Husbands or Lovers | 1924 |
Year | Type | Category | Won |
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1936 | Oscar | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Nominated |