Name
Elsa Wagner
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1881-01-24
Deathday
1975-08-17 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Reval, Harrien County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia]
Biography
Elsa Wagner (January 24, 1881 – August 17, 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.
Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 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.
Known For
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The Ethiopian King offers his daughter to a powerful Pharaoh to secure peace between the t...
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Then the spirit of Jack the Ripper seems to be very much alive in 1960s London as a series...
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- 1920 The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Landlady (uncredited)
- 1964 Emil and the Detectives as Nana
- 1937 Der Etappenhase as Tante von Marie
- 1929 Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint as Friedrich's Mother
- 1960 The Haunted Castle as Yvonne
- 1924 Frühlingsfluten
- 1934 Music in the Blood as Mathilde
- 1926 Children of No Importance as Frau Martens
- 1935 Barcarole as Giacintas Dienerin Elvira
- 1926 People Among Us as Mrs. Ritter
- 1922 The Loves of Pharaoh
- 1920 The Night of Queen Isabeau
- 1949 Marriage of Figaro as Marcellina
- 1938 Großalarm as Frau Köppen
- 1931 The Song of Life as Erikas Mutter
- 1921 Mad Love as Richard's mother
- 1918 Die blaue Mauritius
- 1931 The Trunks of Mr. O.F. as Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors
- 1935 Joan of Arc as Frau aus dem Volk
- 1929 Ehe in Not
- 1940 The March to the Führer as Self
- 1940 Hansel and Gretel as Hexe
- 1928 The Old Fritz as Prinzessin Amalie
- 1928 The Old Fritz II as Prinzeß Amalie
- 1916 Das wandernde Licht as Frau von Glassner
- 1944 Life Calls as Klara
- 1919 Das Werkzeug des Cosimo as Frau von Esslair
- 1918 The Rosentopf Case as Frau Hintze
- 1923 The Buddenbrooks as Sesemi Weichbrodt
- 1933 Was wissen denn Männer as Mutter Kroschelt
- 1932 Three from the stamp office as Die Vermieteri
- 1940 Was wird hier gespielt?
- 1947 No Place for Love as Niobe
- 1937 Gasparone
- 1928 Luther as Luthers Mutter
- 1938 Tanz auf dem Vulkan
- 1937 A Dangerous Game as Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard
- 1920 From Morning to Midnight
- 1964 The Monster of London City as Emily the Housekeeper
- 1937 Die göttliche Jette
- 1960 Der Geburtstag unserer Ehe as Tante Dolly
- 1947 Wozzeck
- 1939 The Leghorn Hat as Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante
- 1947 ...and the Sky Above Us as Frau Heise
- 1941 The Waitress Anna as Mathilde Noack
- 1929 Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
- 1918 Die Sieger
- 1938 You and I
- 1927 Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen
- 1921 Wandering Souls as Frau Jepantschin
- 1935 The Student of Prague as Jarmila
- 1920 Die Marchesa d'Arminiani as Assuntas's mother
- 1929 Atlantic as Anna, Heinrich's wife
- 1933 Dawn
- 1973 Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt as Self
- 1971 Seine Majestät Gustav Krause as Emma
- 1918 The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
- 1960 Sweetheart of the Gods as Frau Lengefeld
- 1938 Altes Herz geht auf die Reise
- 1958 Ihr 106. Geburtstag as Viktoria Burger
- 1934 Gold
- 1934 An Evening Visit
- 1971 Unser Willi ist der Beste as Alte Dame
- 1936 Annemarie. Die Geschichte einer jungen Liebe as Mutter Brinkmann
- 1936 Moscow Shanghai as Frau Iwanowna
- 1936 Hans in Luck as Mutter
- 1936 Moral as Frau Lundt
- 1937 Ball at the Metropol as Frau Selle
- 1937 Daphne and the Diplomat as Frau Wachsmut
- 1938 Anna Favetti as Frau Stetius
- 1938 Freight from Baltimore
- 1939 Die Geliebte as Frau Geheimrat Peters
- 1938 The Gambler as Marfa, Kinderfrau
- 1940 Die unvollkommene Liebe as Geheimrätin Zenglein
- 1940 Dream Music as Mme. Holme
- 1943 I'll Carry You in My Arms as Frau Herbst
- 1944 The Impostor as Gräfin Anastasia
- 1944 A Beautiful Day as Hedwigs Wirtin
- 1945 The Man in the Saddle as Haushälterin
- 1946 Tell the Truth as Schwester Ida
- 1949 The Night of the Twelfth as Frau Siebel, Lanskis Wirtin
- 1923 I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity as Die Mutter
