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Edeltraut Elsner(1936-2017)

  • Actress
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing
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Edeltraut Elsner was born on 8 April 1936 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for The Godfather (1972), Devil in a Blue Dress (1995) and A Short Film About Love (1988). She was married to Wolfgang Ziffer. She died on 28 December 2017 in Berlin, Germany.
BornApril 8, 1936
DiedDecember 28, 2017(81)
BornApril 8, 1936
DiedDecember 28, 2017(81)
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Known for

Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)
The Godfather
9.2
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German, 1971 Kino)
  • 1972
Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Devil in a Blue Dress
6.8
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1995
Olaf Lubaszenko and Grazyna Szapolowska in A Short Film About Love (1988)
A Short Film About Love
8.1
  • Voice Actor - Dubbing(German)
  • 1988
Tingeltangel
TV Mini Series
  • Lona

Credits

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Actress

  • Tabaluga and Leo (2003)
    Tabaluga and Leo
    6.9
    • Digby
    • 2003
  • Weihnachten ist Party für Jesus
    TV Movie
    • Kirchenvorsteherin
    • 2001
  • Rainer Hunold in Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen (1997)
    Dr. Sommerfeld - Neues vom Bülowbogen
    6.2
    TV Series
    • Erika Kalkhoff
    • 2000
  • Gänsehaut (1998)
    Gänsehaut
    5.6
    Podcast Series
    • Terry Banks (segment "Die unheimliche Kamera", voice)
    • 1998
  • Praxis Bülowbogen (1987)
    Praxis Bülowbogen
    6.1
    TV Series
    • Fahrerin
    • Ursel Jäger
    • 1988–1995
  • Good Times, Bad Times (1992)
    Good Times, Bad Times
    3.0
    TV Series
    • Margot Hahnich
    • 1992
  • Heidi und Erni
    5.8
    TV Series
    • 1990
  • Marina Krauser, Günter Pfitzmann, and Dietmar Schönherr in Berliner Weiße mit Schuß (1984)
    Berliner Weiße mit Schuß
    7.2
    TV Series
    • Elisabeth Bockelmann
    • Ida Poselka
    • Frau Wesenburg
    • 1985–1989
  • A Case for Two (1981)
    A Case for Two
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Friedel Lersch
    • 1988
  • Löwenzahn (1981)
    Löwenzahn
    8.0
    TV Series
    • Barbara
    • 1988
  • Howalds Fall (1990)
    Tatort
    7.0
    TV Series
    • Nachbarin der Denzels
    • 1988
  • Hendrik Martz, Stephan Orlac, Edith Schollwer, Jochen Schroeder, and Maria Sebaldt in Die Wicherts von nebenan (1986)
    Die Wicherts von nebenan
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Krankenschwester
    • 1986–1987
  • Wenn's nach mir ginge
    TV Series
    • Dörte Hoffmann (uncredited)
    • 1978–1986
  • Dieter Hallervorden and Nathalie Hallervorden in Die Nervensäge (1985)
    Die Nervensäge
    7.5
    TV Series
    • Operationsschwester (as Edeltraud Elsner)
    • 1986
  • Brigitte Horney in Teufels Großmutter (1985)
    Teufels Großmutter
    6.8
    TV Mini Series
    • Lehrerin (as Edeltraud Elsner)
    • 1986

Voice Actor - Dubbing

  • Gena Rowlands and Linda Lavin in Best Friends for Life (1998)
    Best Friends for Life
    6.7
    TV Movie
    • Violet (German)
    • 1998
  • Terry Farrell and Jim Davidson in Reasons of the Heart (1996)
    Reasons of the Heart
    5.9
    • Drew's Secretary (German)
    • 1996
  • Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
    Devil in a Blue Dress
    6.8
    • Hattie Parsons (German)
    • 1995
  • White Dwarf (1995)
    White Dwarf
    6.3
    TV Movie
    • Nurse Shabana (German)
    • 1995
  • Kenny Rogers in MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994)
    MacShayne: Winner Takes All
    5.5
    TV Movie
    • Hannah Foss (German)
    • 1994
  • Sarah Miles in A Ghost in Monte Carlo (1990)
    A Ghost in Monte Carlo
    5.9
    TV Movie
    • Jeanne (German)
    • 1990
  • Meryl Streep and Roseanne Barr in She-Devil (1989)
    She-Devil
    5.8
    • Vesta Rose Woman (German)
    • 1989
  • Olaf Lubaszenko and Grazyna Szapolowska in A Short Film About Love (1988)
    A Short Film About Love
    8.1
    • Vorgesetzte (German)
    • 1988
  • Mariangela Melato and Ugo Tognazzi in The Cat (1977)
    The Cat
    6.8
    • Wanda Yukovich (German)
    • 1977
  • Marlon Brando in The Godfather (1972)
    The Godfather
    9.2
    • Apollonia (German, 1971 Kino)
    • 1972
  • The Secret Garden (1949)
    The Secret Garden
    7.5
    • Gouvernante (German, 1998 dub)
    • 1949
  • John Barrymore, Lionel Barrymore, Wallace Beery, Billie Burke, Jean Harlow, George Cukor, David O. Selznick, Marie Dressler, Madge Evans, Edna Ferber, Jean Hersholt, Phillips Holmes, George S. Kaufman, Edmund Lowe, Herman J. Mankiewicz, Frances Marion, Karen Morley, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Lee Tracy in Dinner at Eight (1933)
    Dinner at Eight
    7.5
    • Miss Copeland (German, 1991 dub)
    • 1933

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Edeltraud Elsner
  • Born
    • April 8, 1936
    • Berlin, Germany
  • Died
    • December 28, 2017
    • Berlin, Germany(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Wolfgang Ziffer(divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    1976: Dubbing voice of Maïté Nahyr in the German post-synchronized version of Roman Polanski's 'Le Locataire' (Der Mieter).

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    Mother of Julia Ziffer.

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