Elisabeth Bergner
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.
Cast
Strogoff
Mother
Cry of the Banshee
Oona
The Pedestrian
Frau Lilienthal
As You Like It
Rosalind
The Rise of Catherine the Great
Catherine
Paris Calling
Marianne Jannetier
Fräulein Else
Else Thalhof
Escape Me Never
Gemma Jones
Husbands or Lovers
Nju
Stolen Life
Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence
Ariane
Ariane Kusnetzowa
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
Frau Thorwald
Der Pfingstausflug
Margarete Johannsen
Dreaming Lips
Gaby
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
Sophie Kaiser
Der Garten
Mrs. Merriman
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
Else
Nachtdienst
Baroness
Impetuous Youth
Renee
The House on the Hill
Ellen
Dreaming Lips
Gaby Lawrence
Love
Herzogin von Langeais
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
Self - Interviewee
Der Evangelimann
Magdalena
Lady Juan
Doña Juana
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self