Adrienne Gessner
Born23 July 1896
Died23 June 1987
Other namesAdrienne Geiringer
OccupationActress
Years active1931–1980 (film)

Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film Hofjagd in Ischl.[1] Gessner appeared in a mixture of German and Austrian films during her career. Following the Anchluss of 1938 she fled with her Jewish husband Ernst Lothar to the United States, returning after the Second World War.[2]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1931Die große LiebeRosa
1936Catherine the LastBerta, Köchin
1948The Angel with the TrumpetFürstin Pauline Metternich
1948After the StormCaptain Virginia Jenkins
1949VagabondsMademoiselle Belet
1951The Merry FarmerFrau Holefka
1952Voices of SpringDirectrice
1952Adventure in ViennaFrau Anna Fraser
1952Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhntTante Helene Meyer
1952No Time for FlowersMama Svoboda
1952HannerlElfie Möller
1953Stolen IdentityMrs. Fraser
1953Grandstand for General StaffGräfin Kopsch-Grantignan, ihre Mutter
1954The First KissOmi
1954The Witch
1955The Blue DanubeFürstin
1955Marriage SanitariumFrau Lehmann
1955Die DeutschmeisterGräfin Burgstetten
1955Royal Hunt in Ischl
1955I Often Think of PiroschkaIlonka von Csiky
1956Crown Prince Rudolph's Last LoveBaronin Vetsera
1956The Golden BridgeTante Jula
1956Das Liebesleben des schönen FranzIda Sorgmann, Eheberaterin
1956Rosmarie kommt aus WildwestBerta, seine Frau
1957Die liebe FamilieOmi Pollinger
1957Salzburg StoriesKaroline
1957The Schimeck FamilyTante Rosa
1958Meine schöne MamaFräulein Greiz
1958The Trapp Family in AmericaMrs. Hammerfield
1958ResurrectionTante Sonja
1959Herrn Josefs letzte LiebeFräulein Auguste
1960I'm Marrying the DirectorLuise Stahlmann
1960A Breath of ScandalAmelia
1961The Adventures of Count BobbyGräfin Henriette von Ratzeberg
1961Das RiesenradAdele von Hill
1962WaldrauschDie Zieblingen
1963Bekenntnisse eines möblierten HerrnFürstin Mutter
1963The Model BoyElisabeth Geyer
1964The SpendthriftEin altes Weib
1979Tales from the Vienna WoodsAlfred's Grandmother

References

  1. Fritsche p.255
  2. Vansart p.18

Bibliography

  • Fritsche, Maria. Homemade Men In Postwar Austrian Cinema: Nationhood, Genre and Masculinity . Berghahn Books, 2013.
  • Vansant, Jacqueline. Reclaiming Heimat: Trauma and Mourning in Memoirs by Jewish Austrian Reémigrés. Wayne State University Press, 2001.


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