Elsa Wagner (January 24, 1881 – August 17, 1975) was a German actress who appeared in numerous theatrical productions and feature films during the 20th century, including 1920's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
Born as Elisabeth Karoline Auguste Wagner on 24 January 1881 in Reval, in what is now Tallinn, Estonia, Elsa Wagner pursued training with Maria Spettini in Saint Petersburg, Russia prior to making her acting debut in Berlin, Germany in 1901. In addition to her performances on tour with multiple theater productions, including Faust and Peer Gynt, she went on to secure roles in more than 140 feature films, including Robert Wiene's Das Cabinet Des Dr. Caligari (The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari) and Karl Heinz Martin's Von Morgens bis Mitternachts (From Morn to Midnight) in 1920, F. W. Murnau's 1922 Das Brennende Acker (The Burning Earth), Gerhard Lamprecht's Die Buddenbrooks and Wiene's I.N.R.I. in 1923, and E. R. Dupont's 1929 Atlantik.
as Alte Dame
as Nana
as Emily the Housekeeper
as Yvonne
as Tante Dolly
as Frau Lengefeld
as Viktoria Burger
as Marcellina
as Frau Siebel, Lanskis Wirtin
as Frau Heise
as Niobe
as Schwester Ida
as Haushälterin
as Klara
as Hedwigs Wirtin
as Gräfin Anastasia
as Frau Herbst
as Mathilde Noack
as Mme. Holme
as Geheimrätin Zenglein
as Self
as Hexe
as Frau Geheimrat Peters
as Baronin Champigny, Pamelas Tante
as Marfa, Kinderfrau
as Frau Stetius
as Frau Köppen
as Frau Wachsmut
as Martinis Haushälterin Hildegard
as Tante von Marie
as Frau Selle
as Mutter Brinkmann
as Frau Iwanowna
as Frau Lundt
as Mutter
as Jarmila
as Frau aus dem Volk
as Giacintas Dienerin Elvira
as Mathilde
as Mutter Kroschelt
as Die Vermieteri
as Sekretärin des Reisebürodirektors
as Erikas Mutter
as Anna, Heinrich's wife
as Friedrich's Mother
as Luthers Mutter
as Prinzeß Amalie
as Prinzessin Amalie
as Frau Martens
as Mrs. Ritter
as Die Mutter
as Sesemi Weichbrodt
as Frau Jepantschin
as Richard's mother
as Assuntas's mother
as Landlady (uncredited)
as Frau von Esslair
as Frau des Bürgermeisters (Mayor's Wife)
as Frau Hintze
as Frau von Glassner