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- Birth nameElisabeth Sara Schiff
- Elsa Bassermann was born on January 14, 1878 in Leipzig, Germany. She was an actress and writer, known for Der eiserne Wille (1917), Dr. Schotte (1918) and Das Werk seines Lebens (1919). She was married to Albert Bassermann. She died on May 30, 1961 in Baden-Baden, Germany.
- SpouseAlbert Bassermann(1908 - May 15, 1952) (his death, 1 child)
- Else Bassermann was not only active as an actress but also wrote numerous screenplays for German silent movies under the pen name Hans Hennings.
- Screen and stage actress.
- The Bassermann's returned to Europe after the war and in 1949 they also appeared again in Germany for the first time since their emigration. She did no longer take part in movies but remained active on stage.
- When Else Bassermann was refused to take part at a guest performance in Leipzig because of her Jewish extraction her husband - Albert Bassermann - left the Reichstheaterkammer and the couple went to Switzerland.
- The actress Else Bassermann made her stage debut at the Köln Residenztheater in 1902, one year later she acted in Nuremberg before she went to Berlin in 1904, among others working at the Lessingtheater and for Max Reinhardt.
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