
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.

Centre Play

Stolen Life

Der Geiger von Florenz

NDR Talk Show

Der Fußgänger

Fräulein Else

Der Pfingstausflug

Dreaming Lips

Liebe

The Rise of Catherine the Great

Escape Me Never

Paris Calling

Strogoff

Nju - Eine unverstandene Frau

Cry of the Banshee

As You Like It

Ariane

BBC Play of the Month

Der Evangelimann

Der träumende Mund

Nachtdienst

The House on the Hill

Memories of Berlin: The Twilight of Weimar Culture

Doña Juana

Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

Zeugen des Jahrhunderts

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