Biografía

As of 2013 she is one of six women who has received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for a performance directed by her spouse, namely for Mi vida para ti (1935) direct by Paul Czinner. The other five are Frances McDormand for Fargo (1996) (directed by Joel Coen), Gena Rowlands for Una mujer bajo la influencia (1974) & Gloria (1980) (both directed by John Cassavetes), Julie Andrews for ¿Víctor o Victoria? (1982) (directed by Blake Edwards), Joanne Woodward for Raquel, Raquel (1968) (directed by Paul Newman), and Jean Simmons for Con los ojos cerrados (1969) (directed by Richard Brooks). Jules Dassin also directed his future wife Melina Mercouri in a Best Actress Oscar nominated performance (Nunca en domingo (1960)), but they weren't married yet at the time of the nomination.

An incident with a fan / aspiring actress in 1943-44, while she was performing in the hit play "The Two Mrs. Carrolls" on Broadway, inspired Mary Orr to write her short story "The Wisdom of Eve". The story was ultimately filmed as Eva al desnudo (1950).

Griffith Jones, who starred with her in Mi vida para ti (1935), named his daughter, Gemma Jones, after Bergner's character in that film.

She and Bette Davis overlapped in two ways: Davis starred in Una vida robada (1946), a remake of Vida robada (1939), in which Bergner starred; and Davis starred in Eva al desnudo (1950), which was based on an incident that actually happened to Bergner.

Elisabeth Bergner was also able to go on in Germany from her earlier successes. From 1958 on she also appeared sporadically in cinema and TV productions.