{{short description|German actress}} {{Infobox person | name = Elsa Wagner | image = Fotothek df pk 0000069 009 Szenenbilder (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Elsa Wagner in ''Der Snob'' (1946) | birth_name = Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner | birth_date = {{Birth date|1881|1|24|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Reval]], [[Russian Empire]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|8|17|1881|1|24|df=y}} | death_place = [[West Berlin]], [[West Germany]] | death_cause = | spouse = | children = | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = [[Actress]] | years_active = 1916–1973 }}
'''Elsa Wagner''' (24 January 1881 – 17 August 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]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114|title=Elsa Wagner|publisher=|access-date=2011-05-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023081506/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114|archive-date=2012-10-23|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>Robinson, David. "[https://books.google.com/books?id=V96tee1l2q8C&dq=%22Elsa+Wagner%22+and+%22Cabinet+of+Dr.+Caligari%22&pg=PA28 Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari]", in ''British Film Institute Classics'', Vol. 1, p. 28 of pp.1-28. London, United Kingdom: Fitzroy Deaborn: An Imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 1997.</ref>
==Life and career== [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 183-2005-1206-501, Emmy Sonnemann als Königin Luise.jpg|thumb|Elsa Wagner and Herma Clement performing their roles as attendants to Queen Luise (Emmy Sonnemann) in Hans Schwarz's 1935 ''Prinz von Preussen'' (''Prince of Prussia'').]] [[File:Elsa Wagner, Friedhof Dahlem - Mutter Erde fec.JPG|thumb|Grave in [[Friedhof Dahlem]] in [[Berlin-Dahlem]]]] Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now [[Tallinn, Estonia]],<ref>"[https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/news-photo/wagner-elsa-actress-germany24-01-1881-nee-elisabeth-news-photo/543906915#wagner-elsa-actress-germany2401188117081975nee-elisabeth-karoline-picture-id543906915 Wagner, Elsa, Actress]" (photo with short bio). Seattle, Washington: Getty Images, retrieved online August 31, 2018.</ref> 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|F. W. Murnau's]] 1922 ''Das Brennende Acker'' (''The Burning Earth''), Gerhard Lamprecht's ''[[Die Buddenbrooks]]'' and Wiene's [[I.N.R.I. (film)|I.N.R.I.]] in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 ''[[Atlantik (film)|Atlantik]]''.<ref>Eisner, Lotte H. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=APHvT248QLQC&q=%22Elsa+Wagner%22&pg=PA349 The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt]'', pp. 349, 351, 354. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1969.</ref>
Wagner died in Berlin on 17 August 1975 and was interred at the [[Cemetery Dahlem]].
==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''[[The Wandering Light]]'' (1916) * ''[[The Foreign Prince]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Rosentopf Case]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Victors (1918 film)|The Victors]]'' (1918) * ''[[The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1918 film)|The Pied Piper of Hamelin]]'' (1918) * ''[[Ruth's Two Husbands]]'' (1919) * ''[[Anita Jo]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Living Dead (film)|The Living Dead]]'' (1919) * ''[[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari]]'' (1920) * ''[[Satan (1920 film)|Satanas]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Night of Queen Isabeau]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Marquise of Armiani]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Golden Crown]]'' (1920) * ''[[Monika Vogelsang]]'' (1920) * ''[[The Closed Chain]]'' (1920) * ''[[Comrades (1921 film)|Comrades]]'' (1921) * ''[[Wandering Souls]]'' (1921) * ''[[Barmaid (film)|Barmaid]]'' (1922) * ''[[The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen]]'' (1923) * ''[[I.N.R.I. (film)|I.N.R.I.]]'' (1923) * ''[[The Found Bride]]'' (1925) * ''[[If Only It Weren't Love]]'' (1925) * ''[[A Free People]]'' (1925) * ''[[One Minute to Twelve]]'' (1925) * ''[[People to Each Other]]'' (1926) * ''[[Children of No Importance]]'' (1926) * ''[[The Master of Nuremberg]]'' (1927) * ''[[The Sporck Battalion (1927 film)|The Sporck Battalion]]'' (1927) * ''[[The Girl with the Five Zeros]]'' (1927) * ''[[Lotte (film)|Lotte]]'' (1928) * ''[[The Old Fritz]]'' (1928) * ''[[Violantha (film)|Violantha]]'' (1928) * ''[[Luther (1928 film)|Luther]]'' (1928) * ''[[The Burning Heart (film)|The Burning Heart]]'' (1929) * ''[[Marriage in Trouble]]'' (1929) * ''[[Rustle of Spring (film)|Rustle of Spring]]'' (1929) * ''[[Atlantik (film)|Atlantik]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Trunks of Mr. O.F.]]'' (1931) * ''[[The Song of Life (1931 film)|The Song of Life]]'' (1931) * ''[[Three from the Unemployment Office]]'' (1932) * ''[[The Eleven Schill Officers (1932 film)|The Eleven Schill Officers]]'' (1932) * ''[[What Men Know]]'' (1933) * ''[[Music in the Blood (1934 film)|Music in the Blood]]'' (1934) * ''[[Hundred Days (film)|Hundred Days]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Girl Irene]]'' (1936) * ''[[Moscow-Shanghai]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Divine Jetta]]'' (1937) * ''[[Daphne and the Diplomat]]'' (1937) * ''[[Ball at the Metropol]]'' (1937) * ''[[Capers (1937 film)|Capers]]'' (1937) * ''[[Unternehmen Michael]]'' (1937) * ''[[Dangerous Game (1937 film)|Dangerous Game]]'' (1937) * ''[[Anna Favetti]]'' (1938) * ''[[You and I (1938 film)|You and I]]'' (1938) * ''[[Freight from Baltimore]]'' (1938) * ''[[Dance on the Volcano]]'' (1938) * ''[[Target in the Clouds]]'' (1939) * ''[[Her First Experience]]'' (1939) * ''[[The Leghorn Hat]]'' (1939) * ''[[Police Report (1939 film)|Police Report]]'' (1939) * ''[[Heimkehr]]'' (1941) * ''[[The Waitress Anna]]'' (1941) * ''[[A Gust of Wind]]'' (1942) * ''[[Front Theatre]]'' (1942) * ''[[The Impostor (1944 German film)|The Impostor]]'' (1944) * ''[[Life Calls]]'' (1944) * ''[[A Beautiful Day (1944 film)|A Beautiful Day]]'' (1944) * ''[[Tell the Truth (film)|Tell the Truth]]'' (1946) * ''[[And the Heavens Above Us]]'' (1947) * ''[[Wozzeck (film)|Wozzeck]]'' (1947) * ''[[No Place for Love]]'' (1947) * ''[[Thank You, I'm Fine]]'' (1948) * ''[[Night of the Twelve]]'' (1949) * ''[[The Marriage of Figaro (1949 film)|The Marriage of Figaro]]'' (1949) * ''[[Christina (1953 film)|Christina]]'' (1953) * ''[[Love's Awakening (1953 film)|Love's Awakening]]'' (1953) * ''[[The Stronger Woman]]'' (1953) * ''[[Before God and Man]]'' (1955) * ''[[La Paloma (film)|La Paloma]]'' (1959) * ''[[Crime After School (1959 film)|Crime After School]]'' (1959) * ''[[The Haunted Castle (1960 film)|The Haunted Castle]]'' (1960) * ''[[Sweetheart of the Gods]]'' (1960) * ''[[Emil and the Detectives (1964 film)|Emil and the Detectives]]'' (1964) * ''[[Our Willi Is the Best]]'' (1971) * ''[[The Pedestrian (film)|The Pedestrian]]'' (1973) {{div col end}}
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