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Elisabeth Bergner

Austrian-German actress (1897-1986) · Austria · Actors · Died at 88

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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. She played the title role in The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934).

A life in dates

1986Died12 May 19861984Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and ArtAwardWenn ich dich nicht hätteFilm, 1984Sophie Kaiser1983Ernst Reuter MedalAward1982Feine Gesellschaft - Beschränkte HaftungFilm, Else1980Heut' abendSeries1979NDR Talk ShowSeriesZeugen des JahrhundertsSeries, 19791978Der PfingstausflugFilm, Margarete Johannsen1975NachtdienstFilm, Baroness1973Centre PlaySeries, EllenDer große Zauberer - Max ReinhardtFilm, 19731965BBC Play of the MonthSeries, Catherine of BraganzaThirty-Minute TheatreSeries, 1965Natalyia1962Schillerpreis der Stadt MannheimAwardDas ProfilSeriesThe Happy Years of the ThorwaldsFilm, 1962Frau Thorwald1951German Film AwardSeries1941Paris CallingFilm, Marianne1937Dreaming LipsFilm, Gaby Lawrence1936As You Like ItFilm, Rosalind1934The Rise of Catherine the GreatFilm, Catherine1931ArianeFilm, Ariane Kusnetzowa1928Lady JuanFilm, Producer1927LoveFilm, Herzogin von Langeais1924Husbands or LoversFilm, Producer1897Born22 August 1897

Also in Deutsch

Photos 2

Filmography 26

WHWenn ich dich nicht hätteSophie Kaiser1984
DGDer GartenMrs. Merriman1983
FHFeine Gesellschaft - Beschränkte HaftungElse1982
DPDer PfingstausflugMargarete Johannsen1978
MCMemories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture1976
NANachtdienstBaroness1975
THThe House on the HillEllen1975
TPThe PedestrianFrau Lilienthal1973
DRDer große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt1973
CBCry of the BansheeOona1970 · ★ 5.4
STStrogoffMother1970
TTThe Happy Years of the ThorwaldsFrau Thorwald1962
PCParis CallingMarianne1941
SLStolen LifeSylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence1939
DLDreaming LipsGaby Lawrence1937
AIAs You Like ItRosalind1936
ENEscape Me NeverGemma Jones1935
TGThe Rise of Catherine the GreatCatherine1934
DLDreaming LipsGaby1932
ARArianeAriane Kusnetzowa1931
FEFräulein ElseElse Thalhof1929
LJLady JuanProducer1928
LOLoveHerzogin von Langeais1927
IYImpetuous YouthRenee1926
HLHusbands or LoversProducer1924
TEThe EvangelistMagdalena1924

36 credits on file

Television 8

HAHeut' abend1980
NSNDR Talk Show1979
ZJZeugen des Jahrhunderts1979
CPCentre PlayEllen1973
BMBBC Play of the MonthCatherine of Braganza1965
TTThirty-Minute TheatreNatalyia1965
DPDas Profil1962
GAGerman Film Award1951

Awards

Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art1984
Ernst Reuter Medal1983
Schillerpreis der Stadt Mannheim1962

In their orbit

Spouse: Paul Czinner

About this person

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. She played the title role in The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934). Her signature role was Gemma Jones in Escape Me Never, a 1934 play written for her by Margaret Kennedy. She played Gemma, first in London and then in the Broadway debut, and in a 1935 film version for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She also starred in the American film Paris Calling (1941). 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.

Country
Austria
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1897 to 1986 · aged 88

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