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Hannelore Elsner

Hannelore Elsner

Acting1942Burghausen, Germany

Biography

Hannelore Elsner (born Hannelore Elstner, 26 July 1942 – 21 April 2019) was a German actress with a long career in television and film. She first performed on stage in Munich, and later starred in popular films and television series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik (The Black Forest Clinic), and as the lead character, Inspector Lea Sommer, in the series Die Kommissarin. She was recognized internationally for her lead role in the 2000 film Die Unberührbare (No Place to Go), shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

Acting History

2021
Hannes
as Frau Stemmerle
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life
as Self (archive footage)
Hannes
Thanks
2020
2019
2018
100 Things
as Renate Konaske
Der große Rudolph
as Else Moshammer
2015
Family Party
as Renate
Romy Award
TVas Self1 eps
2012
Der Bernd
as Self
Hanni & Nanni 2
as Direktorin Theobald
Goldene Kamera
TVas Self - Laudatio1 eps
2011
Promising the Moon
as Marga Baumanis
Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung
as Friederike Cremand
Anatomy of Evil
TVas Eva Ulmer
Kölner Treff
TVas Self2 eps
2010
Times Change You
as Bushido's Mother
Hanni & Nanni
as Principal Theobald
Alles Liebe
as Irma Bergner
Lüg weiter, Liebling
as Martha Ebinghaus
Der letzte Patriarch
TVas Ruth Buchleitner2 eps
3 nach 9
TVas Self2 eps
2009
Jakobs Bruder
as Anna Goldt
Dornröschen
as Maruna
Flemming
TVas Helen Bogner
2007
Vivere
as Gerlinde von Habermann
The Visible and the Invisible
as Maria Döbereiner
Mein Herz in Afrika
as Agnes Patterson
War and Peace
TVas Countess Rostova
2006
Smoke Signs
as Annabella Silberstein
Not All Were Murderers
as Ludmilla Dimitrieff
Blauer Panther
TVas Self1 eps
2005
Die Spielerin
as Polina Sieveking
2004
Go for Zucker
as Marlene
Die Rosenzüchterin
as Beatrice Shaye
Not a Lovestory
as Sarah Rose
Red & Blue
as Barbara Bärenklau
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping
as Dr. Sue Süssmilch
2003
Claras Schatz
as Clara Köhler
Der Seerosenteich
as Puppe Mandel
Menschen bei Maischberger
TVas Self2 eps
Through the Night with...
TVas Self1 eps
Beckmann
TVas Self1 eps
Kommissarin Lucas
TVas Nadja Schumann
2002
My Last Film
as Marie
Grimme Award
TVas Self1 eps
Bambi
TVas Self1 eps
NDR Talk Show
TVas Self6 eps
2001
Suck My Dick
as Doctor’s Receptionist
Ende der Saison
as Waltraut
Solange wir lieben
as Dr. Miriam Herzfeld
Kulturzeit
TVas self1 eps
Bavarian Film Awards
TVas Self2 eps
2000
No Place to Go
as Hanna Flanders
V.I.P.
TVas Self
German Film Award
TVas Self4 eps
Sabine Christiansen
TVas Self1 eps
1999
The Cry of the Butterfly
as Susanne Thies
1997
SOKO München
TVas Dr. Gisela Hartung1 eps
Ein Mord für Quandt
TVas Cornelia Caspary
1996
Schmetterlingsgefühle
as Marie-Luise Wendt
Die Drei
TVas Carola
1995
Spreebogen
as Dr. Monika Segler-Ippenstedt
Blutige Spur
as Maria
1994
Ärzte
TVas Josepha Klein1 eps
Die Kommissarin
TVas Lea Sommer
Das Traumschiff
TVas Eleonore Falkenberg / Charlotte Wentzel1 eps
1993
Klippen des Todes
as Rita Freymuth
Das Babylon Komplott
as Elfie Reiter
Im Teufelskreis
as Maria Rohm
Der Nebenbuhler
as Karin Färber
Harry & Sunny
TVas Rita Brentler
1992
Der Alte
TVas Babette Krieger / Ruth Warner1 eps
Wolffs Revier
TVas Nina Kaufmann1 eps
1991
Elfenbein
as Sonja
Boulevard Bio
TVas Self
DAS!
TVas Self
1990
1989
Noch ein Wunsch
as Brigitte
Peter Strohm
TVas Anna Severin
Mit Leib und Seele
TVas Krankenschwester / Sophie Liebermann
Das Nest
TVas Mechtild
1988
Pizza Express
as Martina
Die Männer vom K3
TVas Gisela Herrendorf
Lorentz & Söhne
TVas Katharina Haltermann
1987
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
TVas Maria Rotenburg3 eps
1986
1984
Out of Order
as Marion (voice) (uncredited)
Eine Art von Zorn
as Adele Sanger
1983
A Case For Two
TVas Janine Krüger1 eps
Telestar
TVas Self
1982
Schwarz Rot Gold
TVas Birgit Lohse / Chrissy Hinrichsen
1981
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?
as Dorothea von Schög
1980
The Green Bird
as Dr. Renate Winter
Auf Achse
TVas Laura / Erika / Christa
1979
The Fall
as Alissa Kristlein
1978
The Tailor from Ulm
as Anna Berblinger
1977
Grete Minde
as Trude Minde
Flucht
as Christine
1975
Berlinger
as Maria / Marlit
Dalli Dalli
TVas Self1 eps
1973
...But Johnny!
as Monika Winkler
The Journey to Vienna
as Marga Kroeber
Tod auf der Themse
as Avice Lorring
Ein Fall für Goron
as Gabrielle Bompard
1970
Scene of the Crime
TVas Lea Sommer / Peggy Karoly / Vera Jansen / Gila Abt / Dr. Christine Lohnert / Elsa Bronski / Eva Wirz
1969
Pepe, der Paukerschreck
as Geneviève Ponelle
Der Kommissar
TVas Andrea Simon / Irene Malska
1966
1965
Leider lauter Lügen
as Susanne Rohde
1964
Casanova wider Willen
as Gerty Seibold
Die Teilnahme
as Virginia
Angeklagter: Onkel Daniel
as Bonnie Dee Ponder
General Frédéric
as Mabel O'Connell
Der Nachtkurier meldet…
TVas Marion Wildt
1963
An Alibi for Death
as Hanne Wasneck
Allotria in Zell am See
as Sylvia Brückner
The Endless Night
as Silvia Stössi
Die fünfte Kolonne
TVas Vera Prager
Das Kriminalmuseum
TVas Uschi Bluhm / Ute Brinkmann / Viola Brandenbourg
1959
Immer die Mädchen
as Schülerin
Old Heidelberg
as Helene, Serviermädchen
1958
Stahlnetz
TVas Edith Tirfelder

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
7/26/1942
Day of Death
4/21/2019
Place of Birth
Burghausen, Germany