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Elisabeth Bergner (August 22, 1897 - May 12, 1986)
was an Austrian actress.  Born Elisabeth Ettel in
Drohobycz, Austria-Hungary (now Drogobych,
Ukraine), she began acting in Innsbruck at the age
of 15.  In Vienna, she worked as an artist's model
(person)|model, posing for sculptor Wilhelm
Lehmbruck, who fell in love with her.  She
eventually moved to Munich and then Berlin.

In 1923 she made her film debut in Der
Evangelimann.  With the rise of Naziism, Bergner
and her husband, Paul Czinner, both Jews, moved to
London.  Her Catherine the Great (movie)|Catherine
the Great was banned in Germany because of her
Jewishness.  She was nominated for an Academy
Award for Best Actress for Escape Me Never in
1935.

She returned to Germany in 1954, where she acted
in movies and on the stage.  Seglitz, Germany
named a city park after her.

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