Elsa Janssen

Elsa Janssen

Birth : 1883-10-05, Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Death : 1969-02-05

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Elsa Janssen

Movies

Song of Love
Bertha
Composer Robert Schumann struggles to compose his symphonies while his loving wife Clara offers her support. Also helping the Schumanns is their lifelong friend, composer Johannes Brahms.
Claudia and David
Bertha
The follow-up film to "Claudia", with Dorothy McGuire and Robert Young reprising their earlier roles as a young married couple living in a small Connecticut town.
Dillinger
Mrs. Otto
The life of American public enemy number one who was shot by the police in 1934.
3 Is a Family
Adelaide
Based on a play by Phoebe and Henry Ephron, "3 Is a Family" is a 1940s farce. Charlie Ruggles plays a hubby whose bungled business schemes force his wife, Fay Bainter, to enter the workplace. The couple's daughter, Marjorie Reynolds, shows up with her twin babies in tow. Son Arthur Lake arrives with his pregnant wife (Jeff Donnell). And overbearing maiden aunt Helen Broderick also decides to move in. Because his wife is away at work, poor old Charlie Ruggles is not only housekeeper, but nursemaid and servant as well.
His Butler's Sister
Severina
Aspiring singer Ann Carter visits her stepbrother in New York, hoping to make it on Broadway.
Claudia
Bertha
Child bride Claudia Naughton has made life difficult for her husband David because she can't stand living so far away from her mother. She's also afraid her husband doesn't find her desirable enough. To remedy both situations, she sells their farm to an opera singer so they'll have to move back to the city near her mother, and she tries to make her husband jealous by flirting with a neighbor. Eventually, Claudia has to learn to grow when she discovers that she's about to become a mother and that her own mother is gravely ill.
So Proudly We Hail
Mrs. Larson (Uncredited)
During the start of the Pacific campaign in World War II, Lieutenant Janet Davidson is the head of a group of U.S. military nurses who are trapped behind enemy lines in the Philippines. Davidson tries to keep up the spirits of her staff, which includes Lieutenants Joan O'Doul and Olivia D'Arcy. They all seek to maintain a sense of normal life, including dating, while under constant danger as they tend to wounded soldiers.
They Came to Blow Up America
Mama Henrietta Steelman
Based on a true incident that occurred in 1942 when nine Nazi saboteurs were put ashore on the coast of Long Island, New York, by submarine, with orders to blow up various defense installations.
The Pride of the Yankees
Christina 'Mom' Gehrig
The story of the life and career of the baseball hall of famer, Lou Gehrig.
The Fatal Hour
Hotel Maid
When a police officer is murdered, Captain Street looks to Mr. Wong to catch the killer. Prime Suspect: Frank Belden Jr., whose father is a businessman well known for both his success and dishonesty. Mr. Wong faces increasing danger and is nearly executed himself as the investigation develops in treachery and complexity. As Mr. Wong follows the trail of dead bodies, he uncovers a jewel smuggling ring on the San Francisco waterfront and a case much larger than the death of a police officer.
It Could Happen to You
Mrs. Clavish
A politically charged story about a man who dabbles in crime, with disastrous results, to gain the capital he needs to purchase a school where immigrants are prepared for American citizenship. The school's European teacher dreams of a fascist America. Based on a story by Nathanael West and Samuel Ornitz, who was one of the Hollywood Ten blacklisted during the McCarthy Era.
Dracula's Daughter
Wedding Guest
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
A Dog of Flanders
The Cogez' Maid (uncredited)
Adaptation of Ouida's sentimental classic about a poor Flemish boy (Frankie Thomas) whose ambition is to become a painter.
Wednesday's Child
Martha
A 10-year-old's happy life is shattered when his parents are divorced.
Journal of a Crime
Frau Winterstein
A woman murders her husband's mistress and someone else gets accused of the crime.
Blonde Venus
American chemist Ned Faraday marries a German entertainer and starts a family. However, he becomes poisoned with Radium and needs an expensive treatment in Germany to have any chance at being cured. Wife Helen returns to night club work to attempt to raise the money and becomes popular as the Blonde Venus. In an effort to get enough money sooner, she prostitutes herself to millionaire Nick Townsend.
The Great Lover
Mme. Neumann Baumbach
An aspiring classical singer is romanced by both a famous opera star and his younger understudy.