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Elsa Bassermann(1878-1961)

  • Actress
  • Writer
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Elsa Bassermann in Desperate Journey (1942)
Elsa Bassermann was born on 14 January 1878 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Der eiserne Wille (1917), Dr. Schotte (1918) and Das Werk seines Lebens (1919). She was married to Albert Bassermann. She died on 30 May 1961 in Baden-Baden, Germany.
BornJanuary 14, 1878
DiedMay 30, 1961(83)
BornJanuary 14, 1878
DiedMay 30, 1961(83)
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Known for

Der eiserne Wille
  • Actress
  • 1917
Albert Bassermann and Josef Fenneker in Dr. Schotte (1918)
Dr. Schotte
  • Actress
  • 1918
Das Werk seines Lebens
  • Friedel
  • 1919
Die Söhne des Grafen Dossy
  • Gräfin
  • 1920

Credits

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Actress

  • Robert Alda, Al Jolson, Joan Leslie, Tom Patricola, and Alexis Smith in Rhapsody in Blue (1945)
    Rhapsody in Blue
    7.0
    • Guest (uncredited)
    • 1945
  • I Was a Criminal (1945)
    I Was a Criminal
    8.0
    • Mrs. Marie Hoprecht
    • 1945
  • Madame Curie (1943)
    Madame Curie
    7.2
    • Madame Perot
    • 1943
  • Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, and Nancy Coleman in Desperate Journey (1942)
    Desperate Journey
    6.8
    • Frau Raeder (as Else Basserman)
    • 1942
  • Binnie Barnes, Albert Bassermann, Alan Curtis, Billy Gilbert, and Ilona Massey in New Wine (1941)
    New Wine
    6.3
    • Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
    • 1941
  • Robert Taylor and Norma Shearer in Escape (1940)
    Escape
    7.0
    • Mrs. Henning
    • 1940
  • Achtung, Kurve!
    Short
    • 1936
  • Letzte Liebe (1935)
    Letzte Liebe
    6.9
    • Hanna von Hooven
    • 1935
  • Kadetten (1931)
    Kadetten
    • Gräfin Kleist (as Else Bassermann)
    • 1931
  • Gefahren der Liebe
    • Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter
    • 1931
  • Albert Bassermann, Heinrich George, Oscar Homolka, Fritz Kortner, Grete Mosheim, and Richard Oswald in Dreyfus (1930)
    Dreyfus
    6.4
    • Parisian lady
    • 1930
  • Brigitte Helm in Alraune (1928)
    Alraune
    6.0
    • A lady
    • 1929
  • Christoph Columbus
    6.2
    • Ehefrau des Columbus
    • 1923
  • Lucrezia Borgia (1922)
    Lucrezia Borgia
    6.7
    • Bit
    • 1922
  • Der letzte Zeuge
    • 1921

Writer

  • Der letzte Zeuge
    • writer
    • 1921
  • Der Frauenarzt
    • Writer (as Hans Hennings)
    • 1921
  • Masken
    • Writer (as Hans Hennings)
    • 1920
  • Die Söhne des Grafen Dossy
    • Writer
    • 1920
  • Die Stimme
    • Writer
    • 1920
  • Die Duplizität der Ereignisse
    • Writer
    • 1920
  • Eine schwache Stunde
    • writer
    • 1919
  • Das Werk seines Lebens
    • script
    • 1919
  • Albert Bassermann and Josef Fenneker in Lorenzo Burghardt (1918)
    Lorenzo Burghardt
    • writer
    • 1918
  • Albert Bassermann and Josef Fenneker in Dr. Schotte (1918)
    Dr. Schotte
    • writer
    • 1918
  • Albert Bassermann and Josef Fenneker in Die Brüder von Zaarden (1918)
    Die Brüder von Zaarden
    • writer
    • 1918
  • Albert Bassermann in Vater und Sohn (1918)
    Vater und Sohn
    • writer
    • 1918
  • Albert Bassermann in Herr und Diener (1917)
    Herr und Diener
    • Writer
    • 1917
  • Der eiserne Wille
    • Writer
    • 1917
  • Albert Bassermann and Hanni Weisse in Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben (1917)
    Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben
    • Writer
    • 1917

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Else Basserman
  • Born
    • January 14, 1878
    • Leipzig, Germany
  • Died
    • May 30, 1961
    • Baden-Baden, Germany
  • Spouse
    • Albert Bassermann1908 - May 15, 1952 (his death, 1 child)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Article

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  • Trivia
    Else Bassermann was not only active as an actress but also wrote numerous screenplays for German silent movies under the pen name Hans Hennings.

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