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Elsa Bassermann | |
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| Born | Elsa Sarah Schiff 14 January 1878 |
| Died | 30 May 1961 (aged 83) |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Film actress |
| Years active | 1913–1945 |
| Spouse | |
Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter, stage and film actress. She was married to Albert Bassermann and often acted with him. As she was Jewish the couple had to leave Nazi Germany and go into exile in Switzerland and the United States. She later returned to Germany, where she died in 1961.
Partial filmography
- Gerda Gerovius (1913)
- Der letzte Tag (1913)
- Urteil des Arztes (1914)
- Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben (1917)
- Der eiserne Wille (1917)
- Herr und Diener (1917)
- Father and Son (1918)
- The Zaarden Brothers (1918)
- Doctor Schotte (1918)
- Lorenzo Burghardt (1918)
- Das Werk seines Lebens (1919) - Friedel
- Eine schwache Stunde (1919)
- Die Duplizität der Ereignisse (1920)
- The Voice (1920)
- The Sons of Count Dossy (1920) - Gräfin
- Masks (1920)
- Dolls of Death (1920) - Konstanze
- Der Frauenarzt (1921) - Frau Dr. Holländer
- The Last Witness (1921)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
- Christopher Columbus (1923) - Ehefrau des Columbus
- Alraune (1930) - A lady
- Dreyfus (1930) - Parisian lady
- A Woman Branded (1931) - Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter
- Kadetten (1931) - Gräfin Kleist
- Last Love (1935) - Hanna von Hooven
- Escape (1940) - Mrs. Henning
- New Wine (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Desperate Journey (1942) - Frau Raeder
- Madame Curie (1943) - Madame Perot
- The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945) (aka I Was a Criminal) - Mrs. Marie Hoprecht
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Guest (uncredited) (final film role)
Bibliography
- Bauland, Peter (1968). The Hooded Eagle: Modern German Drama on the New York Stage. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. LCCN 67-31564.
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- 1961 deaths
- German stage actresses
- German film actresses
- German silent film actresses
- Film people from Leipzig
- Actors from Leipzig
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
- German expatriates in Switzerland
- 20th-century German actresses
- German screenwriters
- American women screenwriters
- German women screenwriters
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- German film actor stubs
| This article includes a
list of references,
related reading, or
external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks
inline citations. (June 2012) |
Elsa Bassermann | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elsa Sarah Schiff 14 January 1878 |
| Died | 30 May 1961 (aged 83) |
| Occupation(s) | Screenwriter, Film actress |
| Years active | 1913–1945 |
| Spouse | |
Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter, stage and film actress. She was married to Albert Bassermann and often acted with him. As she was Jewish the couple had to leave Nazi Germany and go into exile in Switzerland and the United States. She later returned to Germany, where she died in 1961.
Partial filmography
- Gerda Gerovius (1913)
- Der letzte Tag (1913)
- Urteil des Arztes (1914)
- Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben (1917)
- Der eiserne Wille (1917)
- Herr und Diener (1917)
- Father and Son (1918)
- The Zaarden Brothers (1918)
- Doctor Schotte (1918)
- Lorenzo Burghardt (1918)
- Das Werk seines Lebens (1919) - Friedel
- Eine schwache Stunde (1919)
- Die Duplizität der Ereignisse (1920)
- The Voice (1920)
- The Sons of Count Dossy (1920) - Gräfin
- Masks (1920)
- Dolls of Death (1920) - Konstanze
- Der Frauenarzt (1921) - Frau Dr. Holländer
- The Last Witness (1921)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
- Christopher Columbus (1923) - Ehefrau des Columbus
- Alraune (1930) - A lady
- Dreyfus (1930) - Parisian lady
- A Woman Branded (1931) - Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter
- Kadetten (1931) - Gräfin Kleist
- Last Love (1935) - Hanna von Hooven
- Escape (1940) - Mrs. Henning
- New Wine (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited)
- Desperate Journey (1942) - Frau Raeder
- Madame Curie (1943) - Madame Perot
- The Captain from Köpenick (completed in 1941, released in 1945) (aka I Was a Criminal) - Mrs. Marie Hoprecht
- Rhapsody in Blue (1945) - Guest (uncredited) (final film role)
Bibliography
- Bauland, Peter (1968). The Hooded Eagle: Modern German Drama on the New York Stage. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press. LCCN 67-31564.
External links
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
| People | |
| Other | |
|
| This article about a German film actor is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1878 births
- 1961 deaths
- German stage actresses
- German film actresses
- German silent film actresses
- Film people from Leipzig
- Actors from Leipzig
- Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United States
- German expatriates in Switzerland
- 20th-century German actresses
- German screenwriters
- American women screenwriters
- German women screenwriters
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century American screenwriters
- German film actor stubs