Elisabeth Bergner
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Elisabeth Bergner (born Ella vel Ettel Bergner; August 22, 1897 – May 12, 1986) was an Austrian and British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris, before she moved to London to work in films. She is best known for her title role in The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934) and arguably her signature role, Gemma Jones in Margaret Kennedy's play Escape Me Never. She originated it in London and on Broadway, and later reprised it in the 1935 film adaptation, which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
Known for
Credits
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
as Oona
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
as Catherine
As You Like It (1936)
as Rosalind
Der Garten (1983)
as Mrs. Merriman
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)
as Frau Thorwald
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt (1973)
as Self
Ariane (1931)
as Ariane Kusnetzowa
Love (1927)
as Herzogin von Langeais
Paris Calling (1941)
as Marianne
Husbands or Lovers (1924)
as Nju
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture (1976)
as Self - Interviewee
Nachtdienst (1975)
as Baroness
Fräulein Else (1929)
as Else Thalhof
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung (1982)
as Else
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte (1984)
as Sophie Kaiser
Escape Me Never (1935)
as Gemma Jones
The House on the Hill (1975)
as Ellen
Dreaming Lips (1932)
as Gaby
Impetuous Youth (1926)
as Renee
Dreaming Lips (1937)
as Gaby Lawrence
Strogoff (1970)
as Mother
Der Pfingstausflug (1978)
as Margarete Johannsen
Stolen Life (1939)
as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
The Pedestrian (1973)
as Frau Lilienthal
Lady Juan (1928)
as Doña Juana
Der Evangelimann (1924)
as Magdalena