Adrienne Gessner

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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 Royal Hunt 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[edit]

Year Title Role Notes
1931 Die große Liebe Rosa
1936 Catherine the Last Berta, Köchin
1948 The Angel with the Trumpet Fürstin Pauline Metternich
1948 After the Storm Captain Virginia Jenkins
1949 Vagabonds Mademoiselle Belet
1951 The Merry Farmer Frau Holefka
1952 Voices of Spring Directrice
1952 Adventure in Vienna Frau Anna Fraser
1952 Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt Tante Helene Meyer
1952 No Time for Flowers Mama Svoboda
1952 Hannerl Elfie Möller
1953 Stolen Identity Mrs. Fraser
1953 Grandstand for General Staff Gräfin Kopsch-Grantignan, ihre Mutter
1954 The First Kiss Omi
1954 The Witch
1955 The Blue Danube Fürstin
1955 Marriage Sanitarium Frau Lehmann
1955 Die Deutschmeister Gräfin Burgstetten
1955 Royal Hunt in Ischl Gräfin Lahousen
1955 I Often Think of Piroschka Ilonka von Csiky
1956 Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love Baronin Vetsera
1956 The Golden Bridge Tante Jula
1956 Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz Ida Sorgmann, Eheberaterin
1956 Rosmarie kommt aus Wildwest Berta, seine Frau
1957 Die liebe Familie Omi Pollinger
1957 Salzburg Stories Karoline
1957 The Schimeck Family Tante Rosa
1958 Meine schöne Mama Fräulein Greiz
1958 The Trapp Family in America Mrs. Hammerfield
1958 Resurrection Tante Sonja
1959 Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe Fräulein Auguste
1960 I'm Marrying the Director Luise Stahlmann
1960 A Breath of Scandal Amelia
1961 The Adventures of Count Bobby Gräfin Henriette von Ratzeberg
1961 Das Riesenrad Adele von Hill
1962 Waldrausch Die Zieblingen
1963 Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn Fürstin Mutter
1963 The Model Boy Elisabeth Geyer
1964 The Spendthrift Ein altes Weib
1979 Tales from the Vienna Woods Alfred's Grandmother

References[edit]

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

Bibliography[edit]

  • 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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