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.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2271 |
| Birthday | 1897-08-22 |
| Place of Birth | Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire |
| Also Known As | Ella vel Ettel Bergner, |
1970
Strogoff
6.5/4
A captain in the Czar's army encounters danger and romance while carrying a secret message across 19th-century Russia.
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Strogoff
1970
Cry of the Banshee
5.347/72
In seventeenth century England Lord Whitman wages unending war on what he sees as the ever-present scourge of witchcraft, and many local villagers hav...
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Cry of the Banshee
1973
The Pedestrian
7/6
When a German businessman causes a car accident with deadly consequences, the papers start digging into his past to find scandals. What they find caus...
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The Pedestrian
1936
As You Like It
5.423/13
Film version of Shakespeare's comedy of a young woman who disguises herself as a man to win the attention of the one she loves.
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As You Like It
1934
The Rise of Catherine the Great
5.81/21
The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. A...
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The Rise of Catherine the Great
1941
Paris Calling
6/6
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government official, flees the city when the goose-stepping Nazi st...
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Paris Calling
1929
Fräulein Else
6.857/7
While staying with her aunt at a fashionable spa, Else receives an unexpected telegram from her mother, begging her to save her father from debtor’s j...
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Fräulein Else
1935
Escape Me Never
6/8
Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.
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Escape Me Never
1924
Husbands or Lovers
5.6/10
A wife, bored by her overweight slob of a husband, gives in to the temptation of a slickly seductive poet.
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Husbands or Lovers
1939
Stolen Life
6.833/3
Adapted from the best-selling novel by K. J. Benes, A Stolen Life serves as a tour de force for German actress Elizabeth Bergner, whose husband Paul C...
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Stolen Life
1931
Ariane
5.667/6
Ariane was Hungarian director Paul Czinner's first talking picture. Starring in the title role is Czinner's charming wife, Elizabeth Bergner, likewise...
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Ariane
1962
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
9/1
The Thorwald family is well-off and contented when a tragedy strikes: the father is killed in an accident. Miss Thorwald takes over the raising of her...
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The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
1978
Der Pfingstausflug
8/2
A melancholic enjoyable journey by an old couple who escape the dreary everyday life of a Berlin retirement home for a day: at Pentecost, Margarete an...
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Der Pfingstausflug
1932
Dreaming Lips
8/1
The young Gaby is happily married to the musician Peter but cannot ignore the impression that his friend Michael, a violin virtuoso, makes on her. Eve...
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Dreaming Lips
1984
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
9/1
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Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
1982
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
5/2
When a squatted house in Hamburg is evicted, Else, a well-known vagrant, also has to look for a new place to live. Having separated from her family at...
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Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
1983
Der Garten
8/1
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Der Garten
1975
Nachtdienst
7/1
A young doctor from Yugoslavia takes care of a rich baroness, who in carefully devised ways, attempts to destroy her dignity. An intimate drama about...
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Nachtdienst
1926
Impetuous Youth
6.75/4
Girl dressed up as a boy falls in love with a painter.
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Impetuous Youth
1975
The House on the Hill
0/0
A court had to decide what to do about Ellen, an elderly lady living on her own in a deteriorating rented property.
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The House on the Hill
1937
Dreaming Lips
7/2
Dreaming Lips was lovingly assembled by filmmaker Paul Czinner as an "ideal" vehicle for his popular actress wife Elizabeth Bergner. The star plays Ga...
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Dreaming Lips
1928
Love
8/2
Based on Honore de Balzac’s story of Madame de Langeais. Costume drama about the infamous loves of the countess.
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Love
1976
Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
0/0
The film tells the cultural story of Berlin during the Weimar Republic through interviews with a number of persons who were involved in literature, fi...
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Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture
1924
Der Evangelimann
7/2
Mathias, the evangelist, is in love with Martha. Johannes, Mathias brother tries to interfere. When Mathias and Martha are swearing fidelity, Johannes...
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Der Evangelimann
1928
Lady Juan
10/1
A Spanish nobleman raises his only daughter as a boy, similarly to Greta Garbo in Queen Christina (1933). In adulthood, Juana's upbringing causes comp...
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Lady Juan
1973
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
9/1
"The Great Magician" - Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) was an Austrian theater and film director, director, theater producer and theater founder. With his J...
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