Mini-Biography:
Elsa Bassermann was born under the given name Elisabeth Sara Schiff on Januar 14, 1878 in Leipzig. She was a German Schauspielerinin, known for Madame Curie (1943), Der letzte Tag (1913), Das Urteil des Arztes (1914), Elsa Bassermann's first movie on record is from 1912. She was married to Albert Bassermann. Elsa Bassermann died on May 20, 1961 in Baden-Baden. Her last motion picture on file dates from 1945.

Biographical Notes
eigentlich Else Sara Schiff, begann ihre Schauspielkarriere 1902 in Breslau, dann Köln und Nürnberg, schliesslich zum Lessing Theater in Berlin. Dort Bekanntschaft und Heirat mit dem 11 Jahre älteren Albert Bassermann.

FilmographyFilmography [Auszug]
1945: Rhapsody in Blue (Rhapsodie in Blau) (Darsteller: Guest (/xx/) ), Directed by Irving Rapper, with Robert Alda, Albert Bassermann, Joan Leslie,
1943: Madame Curie (Darsteller: Madame Perot), Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, Albert Lewin, with Greer Garson, Walter Pidgeon, Henry Travers,
1942: Desperate journey (Sabotageauftrag Berlin) (Darsteller: Frau Raeder), Directed by Raoul Walsh, with Lutz Altschul, Felix Basch, Albert Bassermann,
1941: New Wine (Darsteller), Directed by Reinhold Schünzel, with Alan Curtis, Ilona Massey, Billy Gilbert,
1941: The Captain of Koepenick or I was a Criminal (Der Hauptmann von Köpenick) (Darsteller: Marie Hoprecht), Directed by Richard Oswald, with Albert Bassermann, Mary Brian, Eric Blore,
1940: Escape (Darsteller: Mrs. Henning), Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with Norma Shearer, Robert Taylor, Conrad Veidt,
1935: Letzte Liebe (Darsteller: Hanna von Hooven), Directed by Fritz Schulz, with Albert Bassermann, Michiko Tanaka,
1931: Kadetten (Hinter den roten Mauern) (Darsteller: Gräfin Kleist (AKA Else Bassermann) ), Directed by Georg Jacoby, with Trude von Molo, Albert Bassermann,
1931: Gefahren der Liebe (Darsteller: Frau Thorn, Ilses Mutter ), Directed by Eugen Thiele, with Albert Bassermann, Veit Harlan,
1930: Dreyfus (Darsteller: Parisian lady ), Directed by Richard Oswald, with Fritz Alberti, Bernd Aldor, Albert Bassermann,
1930: Alraune (Darsteller: A Lady), Directed by Richard Oswald, with Albert Bassermann, Henry Bender, Bernhard Goetzke,
1922: Christoph Columbus (Darsteller: Ehefrau des Columbus ), Directed by Márton Garas, with Albert Bassermann, Tamara Duvan, Árpád Ódry,
1922: Lucrezia Borgia (Darsteller), Directed by Richard Oswald, with Liane Haid, Conrad Veidt, Albert Bassermann,
1921: Der Frauenarzt (Darsteller: Frau Dr. Holländer (AKA Else Bassermann) ), Directed by Reinhard Bruck, with Albert Bassermann, Colette Corder,
1920: Puppen des Todes (Darsteller: Konstanze ), Directed by Reinhard Bruck, with Albert Bassermann, Bernhard Goetzke,
1920: Masken (Drehbuch: (AKA Hans Hennings)), Directed by William Wauer, with Albert Bassermann, Kurt Keller-Nebri,
1920: Die Stimme (Drehbuch), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Loo Hardy, Charlotte Schultz, Hella Tornegg,
1919: Die Duplizität der Ereignisse (Drehbuch: AKA Hans Hennings), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Albert Bassermann, Gertrud Welcker,
1919: Das Werk seines Lebens (Darsteller), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Hella Tornegg, Albert Bassermann,
1919: Eine schwache Stunde (Drehbuch), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Ernst Dernburg, Albert Bassermann,
1919: Die Schwache Stunde (Eine Schwache Stunde) (Darsteller), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Albert Bassermann, Ernst Dernburg,
1919: Der letzte Zeuge (Drehbuch), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Irmgard Bern, Albert Bassermann,
1918: Die Brüder von Zaarden (Drehbuch: (AKA Hans Hennings)), Directed by William Wauer, with Albert Bassermann, Marija Leiko,
1917: Der Eiserne Wille (Drehbuch), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Albert Bassermann, Max Ruhbeck, Rose Liechtenstein,
1917: Herr und Diener (Drehbuch: (AKA Hans Hennings)), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Albert Bassermann, Margarete Ferida,
1917: Du sollst keine anderen Götter haben (Drehbuch), Directed by Adolf Gärtner, with Albert Bassermann, Hanni Weisse, Ewald Brückner,
1914: Das Urteil des Arztes (Darsteller: Komtesse), Directed by Max Mack, with Albert Bassermann, ,
1913: Der letzte Tag (Darsteller), Directed by Max Mack, with Albert Bassermann, Hanni Weisse,
1912: Gerda Gerovius (Darsteller), Directed by Hans Oberländer,

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