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Elisabeth Bergner
Actor, Producer
Died May 12, 1986 (88 years)
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.
Filmography
| 2020 | |
| 1982 | High Society Limited · as Else |
| 1976 | Dangerous Knowledge (1976) (TV Series) · as Madame Lafois |
| 1973 | The Pedestrian · as Frau Lilienthal |
| 1970 | Strogoff · as Mother |
| 1970 | Cry of the Banshee · as Oona |
| 1965 | Play of the Month (TV Series) · as Catherine Of Braganza |
| 1965 | Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV Series) · as Natalyia |
| 1948 | The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series) · as The Girl |
| 1941 | Paris Calling · as Marianne Jannetier |
| 1941 | 49th Parallel · as Anna (replaced By Glynis Johns) |
| 1937 | Dreaming Lips · as Gaby Lawrence |
| 1936 | As You Like It · as Rosalind |
| 1935 | Escape Me Never · as Gemma Jones |
| 1934 | The Rise of Catherine the Great · as Catherine |
| 1931 | Ariane · as Ariane Kusnetzowa |
| 1929 | Miss Else · as Else Thalhof |
| 1926 | The Violinist of Florence · as Renee |
| 1924 | Husbands or Lovers · as Nju |