Portrait of Elisabeth Bergner

Acting

Elisabeth Bergner

Career

Active from 1924 to 1984, with a break from 1942 to 1961, busiest in 1924 and 1975 with 2 main titles each.

Leading roles
21
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Escape Me Never
Escape Me Never
GoodWatch score71/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 5 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.5 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 5.1 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.8 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Elisabeth Bergner Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.3, average 5.4
  • Adrenaline
    3.1, average 4.8
  • Pop Culture
    0.5, average 2.2
  • Violence
    2.9, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • German Cinema 2
  • Historical Drama 2
  • Political Intrigue 2
  • Character Study 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

27
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

3 titles
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte
Wenn ich dich nicht hätte (1984)

as Sophie Kaiser

Der Garten
Der Garten (1983)

as Mrs. Merriman

Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung
Feine Gesellschaft – Beschränkte Haftung (1982)

as Else

1970s

7 titles · average score 58
Der Pfingstausflug
Der Pfingstausflug (1978)

as Margarete Johannsen

Nachtdienst
Nachtdienst (1975)

as Baroness

The House on the Hill
The House on the Hill (1975)

as Ellen

The Pedestrian
The Pedestrian (1973)
GoodWatch score 67

as Frau Lilienthal

Centre Play
Centre Play (1973)

TV show · as Ellen

Strogoff
Strogoff (1970)

as Mother

Cry of the Banshee
Cry of the Banshee (1970)
GoodWatch score 48

as Oona

1960s

3 titles · average score 61
BBC Play of the Month
BBC Play of the Month (1965)
GoodWatch score 61

TV show · as Catherine of Braganza

Thirty-Minute Theatre
Thirty-Minute Theatre (1965)

TV show · as Natalyia

The Happy Years of the Thorwalds
The Happy Years of the Thorwalds (1962)

as Frau Thorwald

1940s

1 title
Paris Calling
Paris Calling (1941)

as Marianne

1930s

7 titles · average score 53
Stolen Life
Stolen Life (1939)

as Sylvina Lawrence / Martina Lawrence

Dreaming Lips
Dreaming Lips (1937)

as Gaby Lawrence

As You Like It
As You Like It (1936)
GoodWatch score 32

as Rosalind

Escape Me Never
Escape Me Never (1935)
GoodWatch score 71

as Gemma Jones

The Rise of Catherine the Great
The Rise of Catherine the Great (1934)
GoodWatch score 56

as Catherine

Dreaming Lips
Dreaming Lips (1932)

as Gaby

Ariane
Ariane (1931)

as Ariane Kusnetzowa

1920s

6 titles
Fräulein Else
Fräulein Else (1929)

as Else Thalhof

Lady Juan
Lady Juan (1928)

as Doña Juana

Love
Love (1927)

as Herzogin von Langeais

Impetuous Youth
Impetuous Youth (1926)

as Renee

Husbands or Lovers
Husbands or Lovers (1924)

as Nju

Der Evangelimann
Der Evangelimann (1924)

as Magdalena