title: Adrienne Gessner
text: # 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 Hofjagd in Ischl [de]. 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 |
  | - | - | - |
  | 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 | |
  | 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 |
  