Adrienne Gessner

Adrienne Gessner (23 July 1896 – 23 June 1987) was an Austrian actress. Gessner appeared in over fifty film and television shows during her career, including the 1955 costume film Royal Hunt in Ischl.^[1] Gessner appeared in a mixture of German and Austrian films during her career. Following the Anchluss of 1938 she fled with her Jewish husband Ernst Lothar to the United States, returning after the Second World War.^[2]

Adrienne Gessner
Born	23 July 1896 Schottwien, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died	23 June 1987 Vienna, Austria
Other names	Adrienne Geiringer
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1931–1980 (film)

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1931	Die große Liebe	Rosa
1936	Catherine the Last	Berta, Köchin
1948	The Angel with the Trumpet	Fürstin Pauline Metternich
1948	After the Storm	Captain Virginia Jenkins
1949	Vagabonds	Mademoiselle Belet
1951	The Merry Farmer	Frau Holefka
1952	Voices of Spring	Directrice
1952	Adventure in Vienna	Frau Anna Fraser
1952	Ich hab' mich so an Dich gewöhnt	Tante Helene Meyer
1952	No Time for Flowers	Mama Svoboda
1952	Hannerl	Elfie Möller
1953	Stolen Identity	Mrs. Fraser
1953	Grandstand for General Staff	Gräfin Kopsch-Grantignan, ihre Mutter
1954	The First Kiss	Omi
1954	The Witch
1955	The Blue Danube	Fürstin
1955	Marriage Sanitarium	Frau Lehmann
1955	Die Deutschmeister	Gräfin Burgstetten
1955	Royal Hunt in Ischl	Gräfin Lahousen
1955	I Often Think of Piroschka	Ilonka von Csiky
1956	Crown Prince Rudolph's Last Love	Baronin Vetsera
1956	The Golden Bridge	Tante Jula
1956	Das Liebesleben des schönen Franz	Ida Sorgmann, Eheberaterin
1956	Rosmarie kommt aus Wildwest	Berta, seine Frau
1957	Die liebe Familie	Omi Pollinger
1957	Salzburg Stories	Karoline
1957	The Schimeck Family	Tante Rosa
1958	Meine schöne Mama	Fräulein Greiz
1958	The Trapp Family in America	Mrs. Hammerfield
1958	Resurrection	Tante Sonja
1959	Herrn Josefs letzte Liebe	Fräulein Auguste
1960	I'm Marrying the Director	Luise Stahlmann
1960	A Breath of Scandal	Amelia
1961	The Adventures of Count Bobby	Gräfin Henriette von Ratzeberg
1961	Das Riesenrad	Adele von Hill
1962	Waldrausch	Die Zieblingen
1963	Bekenntnisse eines möblierten Herrn	Fürstin Mutter
1963	The Model Boy	Elisabeth Geyer
1964	The Spendthrift	Ein altes Weib
1979	Tales from the Vienna Woods	Alfred's Grandmother