Quiz

In 1931 she was able to gain a foothold in the film business for a brief time.

After World War II she and her husband returned to Austria and she continued her career both on stage (especially at the Burgtheater) and in front of the camera.

Here parents were also artistically active, her father was the composer Gustav Geiringer, her mother the stage actress Christine Geiringer.

She joined the academy for music and dramatic arts from 1914 and 1916 to become an actress. Afterwards she made her stage debut for the play "Das Postamt" at the Münchener Kammerspielen.

She got engagements at different theaters in Germany and Austria.

Because her husband, the director and writer Ernst Lother, was a Jew she had no future in the National Socialist Europe and the couple emigrated via Switzerland and England to the USA. There Adrienne Gessner was able to continue her acting career, among others on Broadway.

In the 60s followed again numerous movies or TV productions before she retired slowly from the limelight. But she still remained active as an actress till to the old age.