Elsa Wagner

Elsa Wagner
Born	Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner (1881-01-24)January 24, 1881 Tallinn, Russian Empire
Died	August 17, 1975(1975-08-17) (aged 94) Berlin, West Germany
Nationality	German
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1916-1973

Elsa Wagner (1881–1975) 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.

Life and career

Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on January 24, 1881 in Reval in what is now Tallinn, Estonia, 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.

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

Selected filmography

• The Wandering Light (1916)
• Ruth's Two Husbands (1919)
• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)
• Satanas (1920)
• The Night of Queen Isabeau (1920)
• The Marquise of Armiani (1920)
• The Golden Crown (1920)
• The Closed Chain (1920)
• Comrades (1921)
• Wandering Souls (1921)
• The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen (1923)
• I.N.R.I. (1923)
• The Found Bride (1925)
• If Only It Weren't Love (1925)
• A Free People (1925)
• One Minute to Twelve (1925)
• People to Each Other (1926)
• Children of No Importance (1926)
• The Master of Nuremberg (1927)
• The Sporck Battalion (1927)
• The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927)
• Lotte (1928)
• The Old Fritz (1928)
• Violantha (1928)
• Luther (1928)
• The Burning Heart (1929)
• Marriage in Trouble (1929)
• Rustle of Spring (1929)
• Atlantik (1929)
• The Trunks of Mr. O.F. (1931)
• Three from the Unemployment Office (1932)
• The Eleven Schill Officers (1932)
• The Girl Irene (1936)
• Moscow-Shanghai (1936)
• The Divine Jetta (1937)
• Daphne and the Diplomat (1937)
• Unternehmen Michael (1937)
• Dangerous Game (1937)
• Anna Favetti (1938)
• You and I (1938)
• Freight from Baltimore (1938)
• Target in the Clouds (1939)
• Her First Experience (1939)
• Heimkehr (1941)
• A Gust of Wind (1942)
• Tell the Truth (1946)
• And the Heavens Above Us (1947)
• Wozzeck (1947)
• No Place for Love (1947)
• Thank You, I'm Fine (1948)
• Night of the Twelve (1949)
• The Marriage of Figaro (1949)
• Christina (1953)
• Love's Awakening (1953)
• The Stronger Woman (1953)
• La Paloma (1959)
• The Haunted Castle (1960)
• Sweetheart of the Gods (1960)
• Emil and the Detectives (1964)
• Our Willi Is the Best (1971)
• The Pedestrian (1973)

External links

• Elsa Wagner at IMDb