Elisabeth Bergner

Elisabeth Bergner born Elisabeth Ettel 22 August 1897 12 May 1986 was a European 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 Bergner known in Europe as La Bergner played Gemma first in London and then made her Broadway debut with the role in 1935 She later repeated it 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 was awarded the Distinguished Performance Medal by the Drama League