Elisabeth Bergner

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Elisabeth Bergner

Acting August 22, 1897

Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire

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…

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NDR Talk Show

NDR Talk Show

6.6 1979 TV Show
BBC Play of the Month

BBC Play of the Month

5.2 1965 TV Show
Thirty-Minute Theatre

Thirty-Minute Theatre

4.3 1965 TV Show
Heut' abend

Heut' abend

7.0 1980 TV Show
Centre Play

Centre Play

7.0 1973 TV Show
Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

1979 TV Show
Cry of the Banshee

Cry of the Banshee

5.4 1970 Movie
The Rise of Catherine the Great

The Rise of Catherine the Great

5.8 1934 Movie
As You Like It

As You Like It

5.4 1936 Movie
Husbands or Lovers

Husbands or Lovers

5.6 1924 Movie
Fräulein Else

Fräulein Else

6.9 1929 Movie
Ariane

Ariane

5.7 1931 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1984
    Wenn ich dich nicht hätte

    Movie Sophie Kaiser

  2. 1983
    Der Garten

    Movie Mrs. Merriman

  3. 1982
    Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung

    Movie Else

  4. 1980
    Heut' abend

    TV show Self

  5. 1979
    Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

    TV show Self

  6. 1979
    NDR Talk Show

    TV show Self

  7. 1978
    Der Pfingstausflug

    Movie Margarete Johannsen

  8. 1976
    Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

    Movie Self - Interviewee

  9. 1975
    The House on the Hill

    Movie Ellen

  10. 1975
    Nachtdienst

    Movie Baroness

  11. 1973
    Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

    Movie Self

  12. 1973
    The Pedestrian

    Movie Frau Lilienthal

  13. 1973
    Centre Play

    TV show Ellen

  14. 1970
    Strogoff

    Movie Mother

  15. 1970
    Cry of the Banshee

    Movie Oona

  16. 1965
    BBC Play of the Month

    TV show Catherine of Braganza

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  1. 1965
    Thirty-Minute Theatre

    TV show Natalyia

  2. 1962
    The Happy Years of the Thorwalds

    Movie Frau Thorwald

  3. 1962
    Das Profil

    TV show Self

  4. 1951
    German Film Award

    TV show Self

  5. 1941
    Paris Calling

    Movie Marianne Jannetier

  6. 1939
    Stolen Life

    Movie Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence

  7. 1937
    Dreaming Lips

    Movie Gaby Lawrence

  8. 1936
    As You Like It

    Movie Rosalind

  9. 1935
    Escape Me Never

    Movie Gemma Jones

  10. 1934
    The Rise of Catherine the Great

    Movie Catherine

  11. 1932
    Dreaming Lips

    Movie Gaby

  12. 1931
    Ariane

    Movie Ariane Kusnetzowa

  13. 1929
    Fräulein Else

    Movie Else Thalhof

  14. 1928
    Lady Juan

    Movie Doña Juana

  15. 1927
    Love

    Movie Herzogin von Langeais

  16. 1926
    Impetuous Youth

    Movie Renee

  17. 1924
    Husbands or Lovers

    Movie Nju

  18. 1924
    Der Evangelimann

    Movie Magdalena