Elsa Wagner
Born: 1881-01-24 in Reval, Harrien County, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire [now Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia]
Died: 1975-08-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1973
1971
- Unser Willi ist der Beste as Alte Dame
- Seine Majestät Gustav Krause as Emma
1964
- Emil and the Detectives as Nana
- The Monster of London City as Emily the Housekeeper
1960
- The Haunted Castle as Yvonne
- Sweetheart of the Gods as Frau Lengefeld
- Der Geburtstag unserer Ehe as Tante Dolly
1958
- Ihr 106. Geburtstag as Viktoria Burger
1949
- Marriage of Figaro as Marcellina
1947
- Wozzeck
- No Place for Love as Niobe
- ...and the Sky Above Us as Frau Heise
1944
- Life Calls as Klara
1941
- The Waitress Anna as Mathilde Noack
1940
- Dream Music as Mme. Holme
- Die unvollkommene Liebe as Geheimrätin Zenglein
- The March to the Führer as Self
- Was wird hier gespielt?
- Hansel and Gretel as Hexe
1939
- Die Geliebte as Frau Geheimrat Peters
- The Leghorn Hat as Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante
1938
- Tanz auf dem Vulkan
- Anna Favetti as Frau Stetius
- Großalarm as Frau Köppen
- The Gambler as Marfa, Kinderfrau
- Altes Herz geht auf die Reise
- You and I
- Freight from Baltimore
1937
- Der Etappenhase as Tante von Marie
- Die göttliche Jette
- Gasparone
- A Dangerous Game as Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard
- Ball at the Metropol as Frau Selle
- Daphne and the Diplomat as Frau Wachsmut
1936
- Moral as Frau Lundt
- Annemarie. Die Geschichte einer jungen Liebe as Mutter Brinkmann
- Moscow Shanghai as Frau Iwanowna
- Hans in Luck as Mutter
1935
- Joan of Arc as Frau aus dem Volk
- The Student of Prague as Jarmila
- Barcarole as Giacintas Dienerin Elvira
1934
- An Evening Visit
- Gold
- Musik im Blut as Mathilde
1933
- Dawn
- Was wissen denn Männer as Mutter Kroschelt
1932
- Three from the stamp office as Die Vermieteri
1931
- The Trunks of Mr. O.F. as Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors
- The Song of Life as Erikas Mutter
1929
- Atlantic as Anna, Heinrich's wife
- Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
- Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint as Friedrich's Mother
- Ehe in Not
1928
- Luther as Luthers Mutter
- The Old Fritz as Prinzessin Amalie
- The Old Fritz II as Prinzeß Amalie
1926
- People Among Us as Mrs. Ritter
- Children of No Importance as Frau Martens
1924
1923
- The Buddenbrooks as Sesemi Weichbrodt
1922
1921
- Mad Love as Richard's mother
- Wandering Souls as Frau Jepantschin
1920
- The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari as Landlady (uncredited)
- From Morning to Midnight
- The Night of Queen Isabeau
- Die Marchesa d'Arminiani as Assuntas's mother
1919
- Das Werkzeug des Cosimo as Frau von Esslair
1918
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
- The Rosentopf Case as Frau Hintze
- Die Sieger
- Die blaue Mauritius
1916
- Das wandernde Licht as Frau von Glassner