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Else Bassermann


Foto: Siegmund Labisch (1863-1942)

1878 - 1961

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Else BassermannThe actress Else Bassermann made her stage debut at the Köln Residenztheater in 1902, one year later she acted in Nuremberg before she went to Berlin in 1940, among others working at the Lessingtheater and for Max Reinhardt.
Beside it she also took part in plays for many other German theaters. 

She got married with the famous actor Albert Bassermann in 1908 with whom she also appeared together on stage and later in front of the camera.

As a celebrated stage actress she joined the film industry in 1913 and in her first years she took part in productions like "Der letzte Tag" (13), "Urteil des Arztes" (14), "Herr und Diener" (17), "Vater und Sohn" (18) and "Der letzte Zeuge" (19).

In the 20s she only acted in few more movies because she concentrated again to the theater.
To these movies belong "Die Stimme" (20), "Puppen des Todes" (20) and "Christoph Columbus" (23).

Else Bassermann appeared in some German sound movies in the 30s, among them "Alraune" (30), "Dreyfus" (30), "Letzte Liebe" (35) and "Achtung, Kurve!" (36).

When Else Bassermann was refused to take part at a guest performance in Leipzig because of her Jewish extraction her husband left the Reichstheaterkammer and the couple went to Switzerland. 
Finally they went to the USA in 1939 where Else Bassermann acted again in some more movies.
To these movies belong "Escape" (40), "New Wine" (41), "Desperate Journey" (42), "Madame Curie" (43), "I Was a Criminal" (45) and "Rhapsodie in Blue" (45).

The Bassermann's returned to Europe after the war and in 1949 they also appeared again in Germany for the first time since their emigration.
She did no longer take part in movies but remained active on stage.

Else Bassermann was not only active as an actress but also wrote numerous screenplays for German silent movies under the pen name Hans Hennings.  
 

Other movies with Else Bassermann:
Gerda Gerovius (13) Der Mutter Augen (13) Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben (17) Der eiserne Wille (17) Lorenzo Burghardt (18) Die Brüder von Zaarden (18) Dr. Schotte (18) Das Werk seines Lebens (19) Eine schwache Stunde (19) Die Duplizität der Ereignisse (20) Die Söhne des Grafen Dossy (20) Masken (20) Der Frauenarzt (21) Gefahren der Liebe (31) Kadetten (31) 

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Herr und Diener (17) Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben (17) Der eiserne Wille (17) Lorenzo Burghardt (18) Vater und Sohn (18) Die Brüder von Zaarden (18) Dr. Schotte (18) Der letzte Zeuge (19) Eine schwache Stunde (19) Die Duplizität der Ereignisse (20) Die Stimme (20) Masken (20) Der Frauenarzt (21) 


 
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