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. 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.

Filmography Year Title Role Notes1931 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