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Bergner
Bergner is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Amelia Bergner (1853–1923), American photographer * Audrey Bergner (1927–2022), Israeli artist * Austin Bergner (born 1997), American baseball player * Christoph Bergner (born 1948), German politician * Daniel Bergner, American writer * David Bergner (born 1973), German association football manager *Elisabeth Bergner (1897–1986), German actress *Heinrich Bergner (1865–1918), German art historian *Herz Bergner (1907–1970), Australian novelist * Hinde Bergner (1870–1942), Yiddish-language writer from Galicia * Ignacio Bergner (born 1984), Argentinian field hockey player *Jeffrey Bergner (born 1946), American political operative, lobbyist, and official * Joel Bergner, American street artist * Julie Bergner, American mathematician *Ola Bergner (born 1972), also known as Ola Schubert, Swedish flash animator * Patrik Bergner (born 1962), Swedish actor, film director, and playwright *Sasha Bergner (born 1974), also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elisabeth Bergner
Elisabeth Bergner (22 August 1897 – 12 May 1986) was an Austrian-British actress. Primarily a stage actress, her career flourished in Berlin and Paris before she moved to London to work in films. Her signature role was Gemma Jones in '' Escape Me Never'', a play written for her by Margaret Kennedy. She played Gemma, first in London and then in the Broadway debut, and in a film version for which she was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In 1943, Bergner returned to Broadway in the play ''The Two Mrs. Carrolls'', for which she won the Distinguished Performance Medal from the Drama League. Early life She was born Ella vel Ettel Bergner in Drohobych, Austro-Hungarian Empire (present-day Ukraine) to Sara (née Wagner) and Emil ( Schmelke Juda) Bergner, a merchant. She grew up in a secular Jewish home. The Hebrew she heard in her childhood was associated with Yom Kippur and Pesach, and on her visits to Israel, she apologized for not knowing the language. She fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |