Elisabeth Bergner

About Elisabeth Bergner

Who is it?: Actress
Birth Day: August 22, 1897
Birth Place: Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Drohobych, Ukraine), British
Died On: 12 May 1986(1986-05-12) (aged 88)\nLondon, England
Birth Sign: Virgo
Occupation: Actress
Years active: 1924-1984
Spouse(s): Paul Czinner (1933-1972) (his death)

Elisabeth Bergner Net Worth

Elisabeth Bergner was born on August 22, 1897 in Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Drohobych, Ukraine), British, is Actress. Elisabeth Bergner was an internationally reputed film and stage actress who shot to fame with her title role in Max Reinhardt’s production of George Bernard Shaw’s ‘Saint Joan’ in Berlin. Beginning her acting career in Zurich and then moving on to Berlin, this wistful and fragile beauty made quite a name over the next decade performing on stage as well on-screen that include films directed by her would-be-husband Paul Czinner. Her stage enactment as Rosalind in ‘As You Like It’ that she performed in a record 566 consecutive shows not only brought her accolades from theatregoers but also earned her kudos from the critics. While she reached pinnacle of success with films like ‘Der träumende Mund’ and ‘Ariane’ in the early 1930s, her Jewish background forced her to leave Germany in 1933 following the rise of Hitler and the Nazis. She moved to England where her stage debut in ‘Escape Me Never’ as Gemma Jones received accolades from the audience that saw her recreating the role in its film version, which eventually earned her an Academy Award nomination for ‘Best Actress’. The appeal of this blonde beauty combined with a female desire for liberation made her rule over hearts both as screen as well as stage idol in the midst of interwar Europe. Some of her notable films include ‘Paris Calling’, ‘Der Fußgänger’, ‘Catherine the Great’ and ‘As You Like It’. She received ‘Cross of Merit for Science and Art’ in 1980 and ‘Eleonora Duse Prize Asolo’ in 1982.
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💰Elisabeth Bergner Net worth: $1.6 Million

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Biography/Timeline

1934

In 1923, she made her film debut in Der Evangelimann. With the rise of Nazism, Bergner moved to London with Director Paul Czinner, and they married in 1933. Her stage work in London included The Boy David (1936) by J.M. Barrie, his last play, which he wrote especially for her, and Escape Me Never by Margaret Kennedy. Catherine the Great was banned in Germany because of the government's racial policies, reported Time on March 26, 1934.

1935

She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for Escape Me Never (1935). She repeated her stage role of Rosalind, opposite Laurence Olivier's Orlando, in the 1936 film As You Like It, the first sound film version of Shakespeare's play, and the first sound film of any Shakespeare play filmed in England. Miss Bergner had previously only played the role on the German stage, and several critics found that her accent got in the way of their enjoyment of the film, which was not a success. She returned intermittently to the stage, for instance in the title role of John Webster's The Duchess of Malfi in 1946.

1943

Bergner is considered by several critics to be the inspiration for the character of Margo Channing in Joseph L. Mankiewicz's classic film, All About Eve. Bergner had a real-life incident about a would-be Eve Harrington when Bergner was performing in the play The Two Mrs. Carrolls (1943). Bergner helped a young Actress, and the Actress "took over" Bergner's life. Bergner recounted the story to Writer Mary Orr, who based a short story "The Wisdom of Eve" (1946) in Cosmopolitan magazine on Bergner's experience.

1973

In 1973, she starred in the Academy Award-nominated and Golden Globe-winner for Best Foreign-Language Foreign Film of 1974, Der Fußgänger (English title: The Pedestrian). Bergner temporarily returned to Germany in 1954, where she acted in movies and on the stage; the Berlin district of Steglitz named a city park after her. In 1980, Austria awarded her the Cross of Merit for Science and Art and, in 1982, she won the Eleonora Duse Prize Asolo.

1986

She later moved to London, where she died aged 88 from cancer. She was cremated at Golders Green Crematorium on 15 May 1986. Her ashes lie in the West Cloister and have an oval memorial tablet.