
Elsa Wagner (January 24, 1881 – August 17, 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now Tallinn, Estonia, Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in Saint Petersburg, Russia prior to making her acting debut in Berlin, Germany in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including Faust and Peer Gynt, she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Morn to Midnight) in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 Das Brennende Acker (The Burning Earth), Gerhard Lamprecht's Die Buddenbrooks and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 Atlantik.

as Alte Dame

as Emma

as Nana

as Emily the Housekeeper

as Yvonne

as Tante Dolly

as Frau Lengefeld

as Viktoria Burger

as Marcellina

as Frau Siebel, Lanskis Wirtin

as Frau Heise

as Niobe

as Schwester Ida

as Haushälterin

as Klara

as Hedwigs Wirtin

as Gräfin Anastasia

as Frau Herbst

as Mathilde Noack

as Mme. Holme

as Geheimrätin Zenglein

as Self

as Hexe

as Frau Geheimrat Peters

as Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante

as Marfa, Kinderfrau

as Frau Stetius

as Frau Köppen

as Frau Wachsmut

as Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard

as Tante von Marie

as Frau Selle

as Mutter Brinkmann

as Frau Iwanowna

as Frau Lundt

as Mutter

as Jarmila

as Frau aus dem Volk

as Giacintas Dienerin Elvira

as Mathilde

as Mutter Kroschelt

as Die Vermieteri

as Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors

as Erikas Mutter

as Anna, Heinrich's wife

as Friedrich's Mother

as Luthers Mutter

as Prinzeß Amalie

as Prinzessin Amalie

as Frau Martens

as Mrs. Ritter

as Die Mutter

as Sesemi Weichbrodt

as Frau Jepantschin

as Richard's mother

as Assuntas's mother

as Landlady (uncredited)

as Frau von Esslair

as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)

as Frau Hintze

as Frau von Glassner