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{{short description|German actress}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Elsa Wagner
| name = Elsa Wagner
| image =
| image = Fotothek df pk 0000069 009 Szenenbilder (cropped).jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| caption =
| caption = Elsa Wagner in ''Der Snob'' (1946)
| birth_name = Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner
| birth_name = Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|1|24}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|1|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Tallinn]], [[Russian Empire]]
| birth_place = [[Reval]], [[Russian Empire]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|8|17|1881|1|24}}
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|8|17|1881|1|24|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Berlin]], [[West Germany]]
| death_place = [[West Berlin]], [[West Germany]]
| nationality = [[Germany|German]]
| nationality = [[Germany|German]]
| death_cause =
| death_cause =
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| known_for =
| known_for =
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| occupation = [[Actress]]
| years_active = 1916-1973
| years_active = 1916–1973
}}
}}


'''Elsa Wagner''' (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=/proxy/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114|title=Elsa Wagner|publisher=|access-date=2011-05-23|archive-url=/proxy/https://web.archive.org/web/20121023081506/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114|archive-date=2012-10-23|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Robinson, David. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=V96tee1l2q8C&dq=%22Elsa+Wagner%22+and+%22Cabinet+of+Dr.+Caligari%22&pg=PA28 Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari]", in ''British Film Institute Classics'', Vol. 1, p. 28 of pp.1-28. London, United Kingdom: Fitzroy Deaborn: An Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 1997.</ref>
'''Elsa Wagner''' (1881–1975) was a German actress.<ref>http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114</ref>

==Life and career==
[[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-1206-501, Emmy Sonnemann als Königin Luise.jpg|thumb|Elsa Wagner and Herma Clement performing their roles as attendants to Queen Luise (Emmy Sonnemann) in Hans Schwarz's 1935 ''Prinz von Preussen'' (''Prince of Prussia'').]]
[[File:Elsa Wagner, Friedhof Dahlem - Mutter Erde fec.JPG|thumb|Grave in [[Friedhof Dahlem]] in [[Berlin-Dahlem]]]]
Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now [[Tallinn, Estonia]],<ref>"[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/wagner-elsa-actress-germany24-01-1881-nee-elisabeth-news-photo/543906915#wagner-elsa-actress-germany2401188117081975nee-elisabeth-karoline-picture-id543906915 Wagner, Elsa, Actress]" (photo with short bio). Seattle, Washington: Getty Images, retrieved online August 31, 2018.</ref> Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in [[Saint Petersburg, Russia]] prior to making her acting debut in [[Berlin, Germany]] in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including ''Faust'' and ''Peer Gynt'', she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's ''Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari'' (''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari'') and Karl Heinz Martin's ''Von Morgens bis Mitternachts'' ([[From Morn to Midnight]]) in 1920, [[F. W. Murnau|F. W. Murnau's]] 1922 ''Das Brennende Acker'' (''The Burning Earth''), Gerhard Lamprecht's ''[[Die Buddenbrooks]]'' and Wiene's [[I.N.R.I. (film)|I.N.R.I.]] in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 ''[[Atlantik (film)|Atlantik]]''.<ref>Eisner, Lotte H. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=APHvT248QLQC&q=%22Elsa+Wagner%22&pg=PA349 The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt]'', pp. 349, 351, 354. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1969.</ref>

Wagner died in Berlin on 17 August 1975 and was interred at the [[Cemetery Dahlem]].


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==
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* ''[[The Wandering Light]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Wandering Light]]'' (1916)
* ''[[The Foreign Prince]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Rosentopf Case]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Victors (1918 film)|The Victors]]'' (1918)
* ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film)|The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' (1918)
* ''[[Ruth's Two Husbands]]'' (1919)
* ''[[Ruth's Two Husbands]]'' (1919)
* ''[[Anita Jo]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Living Dead (film)|The Living Dead]]'' (1919)
* ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Satan (1920 film)|Satanas]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Satan (1920 film)|Satanas]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Night of Queen Isabeau]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Night of Queen Isabeau]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Marquise of Armiani]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Marquise of Armiani]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Golden Crown]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Monika Vogelsang]]'' (1920)
* ''[[The Closed Chain]]'' (1920)
* ''[[Comrades (1921 film)|Comrades]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Comrades (1921 film)|Comrades]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Wandering Souls]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Wandering Souls]]'' (1921)
* ''[[Barmaid (film)|Barmaid]]'' (1922)
* ''[[The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen]]'' (1923)
* ''[[The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen]]'' (1923)
* ''[[I.N.R.I. (film)|I.N.R.I.]]'' (1923)
* ''[[I.N.R.I. (film)|I.N.R.I.]]'' (1923)
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* ''[[Three from the Unemployment Office]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Three from the Unemployment Office]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Eleven Schill Officers (1932 film)|The Eleven Schill Officers]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Eleven Schill Officers (1932 film)|The Eleven Schill Officers]]'' (1932)
* ''[[What Men Know]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Music in the Blood (1934 film)|Music in the Blood]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Girl Irene]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Girl Irene]]'' (1936)
* ''[[Moscow-Shanghai]]'' (1936)
* ''[[The Divine Jetta]]'' (1937)
* ''[[The Divine Jetta]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Daphne and the Diplomat]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Daphne and the Diplomat]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Ball at the Metropol]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Capers (1937 film)|Capers]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Unternehmen Michael]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Unternehmen Michael]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Dangerous Game (1937 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1937)
* ''[[Dangerous Game (1937 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1937)
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* ''[[You and I (1938 film)|You and I]]'' (1938)
* ''[[You and I (1938 film)|You and I]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Freight from Baltimore]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Freight from Baltimore]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Dance on the Volcano]]'' (1938)
* ''[[Target in the Clouds]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Target in the Clouds]]'' (1939)
* ''[[ Her First Experience]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Her First Experience]]'' (1939)
* ''[[The Leghorn Hat]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Police Report (1939 film)|Police Report]]'' (1939)
* ''[[Heimkehr]]'' (1941)
* ''[[Heimkehr]]'' (1941)
* ''[[A Gust of Wind]]'' (1942)
* ''[[A Gust of Wind]]'' (1942)
* ''[[Front Theatre]]'' (1942)
* ''[[The Impostor (1944 German film)|The Impostor]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Life Calls]]'' (1944)
* ''[[Tell the Truth (film)|Tell the Truth]]'' (1946)
* ''[[Tell the Truth (film)|Tell the Truth]]'' (1946)
* ''[[And the Heavens Above Us]]'' (1947)
* ''[[And the Heavens Above Us]]'' (1947)
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* ''[[No Place for Love]]'' (1947)
* ''[[No Place for Love]]'' (1947)
* ''[[Thank You, I'm Fine]]'' (1948)
* ''[[Thank You, I'm Fine]]'' (1948)
* ''[[ Night of the Twelve]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Night of the Twelve]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (film)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1949)
* ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (1949 film)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1949)
* ''[[Christina (1953 film)|Christina]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Christina (1953 film)|Christina]]'' (1953)
* ''[[ Love's Awakening]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Love's Awakening (1953 film)|Love's Awakening]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Stronger Woman]]'' (1953)
* ''[[The Stronger Woman]]'' (1953)
* ''[[Before God and Man]]'' (1955)
* ''[[La Paloma (film)|La Paloma]]'' (1959)
* ''[[La Paloma (film)|La Paloma]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Crime After School (1959 film)|Crime After School]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Haunted Castle (1960 film)|The Haunted Castle]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Haunted Castle (1960 film)|The Haunted Castle]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Sweetheart of the Gods]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Sweetheart of the Gods]]'' (1960)
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* ''[[Our Willi Is the Best]]'' (1971)
* ''[[Our Willi Is the Best]]'' (1971)
* ''[[The Pedestrian (film)|The Pedestrian]]'' (1973)
* ''[[The Pedestrian (film)|The Pedestrian]]'' (1973)
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==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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*{{IMDb name|0905876}}
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Elsa Wagner
Elsa Wagner in Der Snob (1946)
Born
Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner

(1881-01-24)24 January 1881
Reval, Russian Empire
Died17 August 1975(1975-08-17) (aged 94)
West Berlin, West Germany
NationalityGerman
OccupationActress
Years active1916–1973

Elsa Wagner (24 January 1881 – 17 August 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.[1][2]

Life and career

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Elsa Wagner and Herma Clement performing their roles as attendants to Queen Luise (Emmy Sonnemann) in Hans Schwarz's 1935 Prinz von Preussen (Prince of Prussia).
Grave in Friedhof Dahlem in Berlin-Dahlem

Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now Tallinn, Estonia,[3] Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in Saint Petersburg, Russia prior to making her acting debut in Berlin, Germany in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including Faust and Peer Gynt, she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Morn to Midnight) in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 Das Brennende Acker (The Burning Earth), Gerhard Lamprecht's Die Buddenbrooks and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 Atlantik.[4]

Wagner died in Berlin on 17 August 1975 and was interred at the Cemetery Dahlem.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Elsa Wagner". Archived from the original on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
  2. ^ Robinson, David. "Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari", in British Film Institute Classics, Vol. 1, p. 28 of pp.1-28. London, United Kingdom: Fitzroy Deaborn: An Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 1997.
  3. ^ "Wagner, Elsa, Actress" (photo with short bio). Seattle, Washington: Getty Images, retrieved online August 31, 2018.
  4. ^ Eisner, Lotte H. The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt, pp. 349, 351, 354. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1969.
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