Trivia

Else Bassermann was not only active as an actress but also wrote numerous screenplays for German silent movies under the pen name Hans Hennings.

Screen and stage actress.

The Bassermann's returned to Europe after the war and in 1949 they also appeared again in Germany for the first time since their emigration. She did no longer take part in movies but remained active on stage.

When Else Bassermann was refused to take part at a guest performance in Leipzig because of her Jewish extraction her husband - Albert Bassermann - left the Reichstheaterkammer and the couple went to Switzerland.

The actress Else Bassermann made her stage debut at the Köln Residenztheater in 1902, one year later she acted in Nuremberg before she went to Berlin in 1904, among others working at the Lessingtheater and for Max Reinhardt.

As a celebrated stage actress she joined the film industry in 1913.

She got married with the famous actor Albert Bassermann in 1908 with whom she also appeared together on stage and later in front of the camera.

In the 20s she only acted in few more movies because she concentrated again to the theater.

She and her husband Albert Bassermann went to the USA in 1939 where Else Bassermann acted again in some more movies.