Elsa Bassermann
German actress
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Elsa Bassermann (born Elsa Sarah Schiff; January 14, 1878 – May 30, 1961) was a German screenwriter and 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.
Born
14 January 1878
Elsa Sarah Schiff
14 January 1878
Died30 May 1961 (aged 83)
OccupationsScreenwriter, film actress
Yearsactive1913–1945
Elsa Bassermann | |
|---|---|
| Born | Elsa Sarah Schiff 14 January 1878 |
| Died | 30 May 1961 (aged 83) |
| Occupations | Screenwriter, film actress |
| Years active | 1913–1945 |
| Spouse | |
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
- Cadets (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)
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