# Elsa Wagner > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elsa_Wagner > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Elsa_Wagner.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Wagner > Source revision: 1345517124 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) German actress Elsa Wagner Elsa Wagner in Der Snob (1946) Born Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner (1881-01-24)24 January 1881 Reval, Russian Empire Died 17 August 1975(1975-08-17) (aged 94) West Berlin, West Germany 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](/source/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari)*.[1][2] ## Life and career 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*). Grave in [Friedhof Dahlem](/source/Friedhof_Dahlem) in [Berlin-Dahlem](/source/Berlin-Dahlem) Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now [Tallinn, Estonia](/source/Tallinn%2C_Estonia),[3] Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in [Saint Petersburg, Russia](/source/Saint_Petersburg%2C_Russia) prior to making her acting debut in [Berlin, Germany](/source/Berlin%2C_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](/source/From_Morn_to_Midnight)) in 1920, [F. W. Murnau's](/source/F._W._Murnau) 1922 *Das Brennende Acker* (*The Burning Earth*), Gerhard Lamprecht's *[Die Buddenbrooks](/source/Die_Buddenbrooks)* and Wiene's [I.N.R.I.](/source/I.N.R.I._(film)) in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 *[Atlantik](/source/Atlantik_(film))*.[4] Wagner died in Berlin on 17 August 1975 and was interred at the [Cemetery Dahlem](/source/Cemetery_Dahlem). ## Selected filmography - *[The Wandering Light](/source/The_Wandering_Light)* (1916) - *[The Foreign Prince](/source/The_Foreign_Prince)* (1918) - *[The Rosentopf Case](/source/The_Rosentopf_Case)* (1918) - *[The Victors](/source/The_Victors_(1918_film))* (1918) - *[The Pied Piper of Hamelin](/source/The_Pied_Piper_of_Hamelin_(1918_film))* (1918) - *[Ruth's Two Husbands](/source/Ruth's_Two_Husbands)* (1919) - *[Anita Jo](/source/Anita_Jo)* (1919) - *[The Living Dead](/source/The_Living_Dead_(film))* (1919) - *[The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari](/source/The_Cabinet_of_Dr._Caligari)* (1920) - *[Satanas](/source/Satan_(1920_film))* (1920) - *[The Night of Queen Isabeau](/source/The_Night_of_Queen_Isabeau)* (1920) - *[The Marquise of Armiani](/source/The_Marquise_of_Armiani)* (1920) - *[The Golden Crown](/source/The_Golden_Crown)* (1920) - *[Monika Vogelsang](/source/Monika_Vogelsang)* (1920) - *[The Closed Chain](/source/The_Closed_Chain)* (1920) - *[Comrades](/source/Comrades_(1921_film))* (1921) - *[Wandering Souls](/source/Wandering_Souls)* (1921) - *[Barmaid](/source/Barmaid_(film))* (1922) - *[The Treasure of Gesine Jacobsen](/source/The_Treasure_of_Gesine_Jacobsen)* (1923) - *[I.N.R.I.](/source/I.N.R.I._(film))* (1923) - *[The Found Bride](/source/The_Found_Bride)* (1925) - *[If Only It Weren't Love](/source/If_Only_It_Weren't_Love)* (1925) - *[A Free People](/source/A_Free_People)* (1925) - *[One Minute to Twelve](/source/One_Minute_to_Twelve)* (1925) - *[People to Each Other](/source/People_to_Each_Other)* (1926) - *[Children of No Importance](/source/Children_of_No_Importance)* (1926) - *[The Master of Nuremberg](/source/The_Master_of_Nuremberg)* (1927) - *[The Sporck Battalion](/source/The_Sporck_Battalion_(1927_film))* (1927) - *[The Girl with the Five Zeros](/source/The_Girl_with_the_Five_Zeros)* (1927) - *[Lotte](/source/Lotte_(film))* (1928) - *[The Old Fritz](/source/The_Old_Fritz)* (1928) - *[Violantha](/source/Violantha_(film))* (1928) - *[Luther](/source/Luther_(1928_film))* (1928) - *[The Burning Heart](/source/The_Burning_Heart_(film))* (1929) - *[Marriage in Trouble](/source/Marriage_in_Trouble)* (1929) - *[Rustle of Spring](/source/Rustle_of_Spring_(film))* (1929) - *[Atlantik](/source/Atlantik_(film))* (1929) - *[The Trunks of Mr. O.F.](/source/The_Trunks_of_Mr._O.F.)* (1931) - *[The Song of Life](/source/The_Song_of_Life_(1931_film))* (1931) - *[Three from the Unemployment Office](/source/Three_from_the_Unemployment_Office)* (1932) - *[The Eleven Schill Officers](/source/The_Eleven_Schill_Officers_(1932_film))* (1932) - *[What Men Know](/source/What_Men_Know)* (1933) - *[Music in the Blood](/source/Music_in_the_Blood_(1934_film))* (1934) - *[Hundred Days](/source/Hundred_Days_(film))* (1935) - *[The Girl Irene](/source/The_Girl_Irene)* (1936) - *[Moscow-Shanghai](/source/Moscow-Shanghai)* (1936) - *[The Divine Jetta](/source/The_Divine_Jetta)* (1937) - *[Daphne and the Diplomat](/source/Daphne_and_the_Diplomat)* (1937) - *[Ball at the Metropol](/source/Ball_at_the_Metropol)* (1937) - *[Capers](/source/Capers_(1937_film))* (1937) - *[Unternehmen Michael](/source/Unternehmen_Michael)* (1937) - *[Dangerous Game](/source/Dangerous_Game_(1937_film))* (1937) - *[Anna Favetti](/source/Anna_Favetti)* (1938) - *[You and I](/source/You_and_I_(1938_film))* (1938) - *[Freight from Baltimore](/source/Freight_from_Baltimore)* (1938) - *[Dance on the Volcano](/source/Dance_on_the_Volcano)* (1938) - *[Target in the Clouds](/source/Target_in_the_Clouds)* (1939) - *[Her First Experience](/source/Her_First_Experience)* (1939) - *[The Leghorn Hat](/source/The_Leghorn_Hat)* (1939) - *[Police Report](/source/Police_Report_(1939_film))* (1939) - *[Heimkehr](/source/Heimkehr)* (1941) - *[The Waitress Anna](/source/The_Waitress_Anna)* (1941) - *[A Gust of Wind](/source/A_Gust_of_Wind)* (1942) - *[Front Theatre](/source/Front_Theatre)* (1942) - *[The Impostor](/source/The_Impostor_(1944_German_film))* (1944) - *[Life Calls](/source/Life_Calls)* (1944) - *[A Beautiful Day](/source/A_Beautiful_Day_(1944_film))* (1944) - *[Tell the Truth](/source/Tell_the_Truth_(film))* (1946) - *[And the Heavens Above Us](/source/And_the_Heavens_Above_Us)* (1947) - *[Wozzeck](/source/Wozzeck_(film))* (1947) - *[No Place for Love](/source/No_Place_for_Love)* (1947) - *[Thank You, I'm Fine](/source/Thank_You%2C_I'm_Fine)* (1948) - *[Night of the Twelve](/source/Night_of_the_Twelve)* (1949) - *[The Marriage of Figaro](/source/The_Marriage_of_Figaro_(1949_film))* (1949) - *[Christina](/source/Christina_(1953_film))* (1953) - *[Love's Awakening](/source/Love's_Awakening_(1953_film))* (1953) - *[The Stronger Woman](/source/The_Stronger_Woman)* (1953) - *[Before God and Man](/source/Before_God_and_Man)* (1955) - *[La Paloma](/source/La_Paloma_(film))* (1959) - *[Crime After School](/source/Crime_After_School_(1959_film))* (1959) - *[The Haunted Castle](/source/The_Haunted_Castle_(1960_film))* (1960) - *[Sweetheart of the Gods](/source/Sweetheart_of_the_Gods)* (1960) - *[Emil and the Detectives](/source/Emil_and_the_Detectives_(1964_film))* (1964) - *[Our Willi Is the Best](/source/Our_Willi_Is_the_Best)* (1971) - *[The Pedestrian](/source/The_Pedestrian_(film))* (1973) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Elsa Wagner"](https://web.archive.org/web/20121023081506/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114). Archived from [the original](http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/107114) on 2012-10-23. Retrieved 2011-05-23. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Robinson, David. "[Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari](https://books.google.com/books?id=V96tee1l2q8C&dq=%22Elsa+Wagner%22+and+%22Cabinet+of+Dr.+Caligari%22&pg=PA28)", 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. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "[Wagner, Elsa, Actress](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)" (photo with short bio). Seattle, Washington: Getty Images, retrieved online August 31, 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Eisner, Lotte H. *[The Haunted Screen: Expressionism in the German Cinema and the Influence of Max Reinhardt](https://books.google.com/books?id=APHvT248QLQC&q=%22Elsa+Wagner%22&pg=PA349)*, pp. 349, 351, 354. Berkeley and Los Angeles, California: University of California Press, 1969. ## External links - [Elsa Wagner](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0905876/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier)) Media related to [Elsa Wagner](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Elsa_Wagner) at Wikimedia Commons Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND WorldCat National United States Israel Artists ADK FID People Deutsche Biographie DDB --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Elsa Wagner](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Wagner) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsa_Wagner?action=history)). 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