Elsa Wagner
Known for: Acting
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
Film
The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Landlady (uncredited)
1920
Film
Emil and the Detectives
Nana
1964
Film
The Haunted Castle
Yvonne
1960
Die Geliebte
Frau Geheimrat Peters
1939
Film
The March to the Führer
Self
1940
Film
People Among Us
Mrs. Ritter
1926
Film
Wandering Souls
Frau Jepantschin
1921
Film
The Monster of London City
Emily the Housekeeper
1964
Film
Moscow Shanghai
Frau Iwanowna
1936
Film
Joan of Arc
Frau aus dem Volk
1935
Film
Was wissen denn Männer
Mutter Kroschelt
1933
Film
Anna Favetti
Frau Stetius
1938
Film
I.N.R.I. – A Film of Humanity
Die Mutter
1923
Film
The Trunks of Mr. O.F.
Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors
1931
Film
The Night of the Twelfth
Frau Siebel, Lanskis Wirtin
1949
Film
Unser Willi ist der Beste
Alte Dame
1971
Film
The Loves of Pharaoh
1922
Film
Die göttliche Jette
1937
Film
Annemarie. Die Geschichte einer jungen Liebe
Mutter Brinkmann
1936
Film
Mad Love
Richard's mother
1921
Film
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
1973
Film
The Gambler
Marfa, Kinderfrau
1938
Film
Dream Music
Mme. Holme
1940
Film
From Morning to Midnight
1920
Film
Was wird hier gespielt?
1940
Film
Tanz auf dem Vulkan
1938
Seine Majestät Gustav Krause
Emma
1971
Film
...and the Sky Above Us
Frau Heise
1947
Die Marchesa d'Arminiani
Assuntas's mother
1920
The Night of Queen Isabeau
1920
The Man in the Saddle
Haushälterin
1945
Film
Children of No Importance
Frau Martens
1926
Frühlingsrauschen - Tränen, die ich dir geweint
Friedrich's Mother
1929
Das Mädchen mit den fünf Nullen
1927
Film
Hans in Luck
Mutter
1936
Das Werkzeug des Cosimo
Frau von Esslair
1919
Film
The Old Fritz II
Prinzeß Amalie
1928
Der Geburtstag unserer Ehe
Tante Dolly
1960
No Place for Love
Niobe
1947
Film
The Student of Prague
Jarmila
1935
Film
Luther
Luthers Mutter
1928
Film
Sweetheart of the Gods
Frau Lengefeld
1960
Film
The Pied Piper of Hamelin
Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
1918
Altes Herz geht auf die Reise
1938
Film
Die Sieger
1918
Film
Die unvollkommene Liebe
Geheimrätin Zenglein
1940
Film
Manolescu, the Prince of Swindlers
1929
Film
I'll Carry You in My Arms
Frau Herbst
1943
Film
The Old Fritz
Prinzessin Amalie
1928
Film
Barcarole
Giacintas Dienerin Elvira
1935
Film
Dawn
1933
Daphne and the Diplomat
Frau Wachsmut
1937
Ihr 106. Geburtstag
Viktoria Burger
1958
Three from the stamp office
Die Vermieteri
1932
Film
A Beautiful Day
Hedwigs Wirtin
1944
Life Calls
Klara
1944
Film
The Buddenbrooks
Sesemi Weichbrodt
1923
Film
Tell the Truth
Schwester Ida
1946
The Rosentopf Case
Frau Hintze
1918
Film
Music in the Blood
Mathilde
1934
Film
The Waitress Anna
Mathilde Noack
1941
Film
An Evening Visit
1934
Film
You and I
1938
Film
Wozzeck
1947
A Dangerous Game
Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard
1937
Film
The Leghorn Hat
Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante
1939
Film
Atlantic
Anna, Heinrich's wife
1929
Film
Das wandernde Licht
Frau von Glassner
1916
Film
The Song of Life
Erikas Mutter
1931
Film
Gasparone
1937
Film
Gold
1934
Film
Ehe in Not
1929
Großalarm
Frau Köppen
1938
Film
The Impostor
Gräfin Anastasia
1944
Hansel and Gretel
Hexe
1940
Der Etappenhase
Tante von Marie
1937
Freight from Baltimore
1938
Film
Ball at the Metropol
Frau Selle
1937
Moral
Frau Lundt
1936
Film
Marriage of Figaro
Marcellina
1949
Film
Frühlingsfluten
1924
Die blaue Mauritius
1918