Elisabeth Bergner

Elisabeth Bergner (August 22, 1897 – May 12, 1986) was a film and stage actress, born in Austro-Hungary, who appeared in films in Germany until moving to England to escape the Nazi threat to the Jews. Joseph L. Mankiewicz's classic film All About Eve is supposedly based on her own experience of employing a young female admirer who then tries to upstage her.

Personal facts

Elisabeth Bergner
Alias (AKA)Ettel Elisabeth
Birth dateAugust 22, 1897
Birth nameElisabeth Ettel
Birth place
Austria-Hungary , Ukraine
Date of deathMay 12, 1986
Place of death
London

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External resources

  1. http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=662
  2. http://www.xs4all.nl/~androom/biography/p013553.htm