Portrait of Hannelore Elsner

Hannelore Elsner

Acting

Biography

Hannelore Elsner (born Hannelore Elstner, 26 July 1942 – 21 April 2019) was a German actress with a long career in television and film. She first performed on stage in Munich, and later starred in popular films and television series such as Die Schwarzwaldklinik (The Black Forest Clinic), and as the lead character, Inspector Lea Sommer, in the series Die Kommissarin. She was recognized internationally for her lead role in the 2000 film Die Unberührbare (No Place to Go), shown at the Cannes Film Festival.

Born: July 26, 1942

Place of Birth: Burghausen, Germany

Filmography

2021
Hannes

as Frau Stemmerle

2021
Hannelore Elsner: More Than One Life

as Self (archive footage)

2020
2019
Berlin, I Love You

as Madame Rose

2019
2019
A Rose in Winter

as Francis Claire

2018
100 Things

as Renate Konaske

2018
Der große Rudolph

as Else Moshammer

2016
2015
Family Party

as Renate

2015
2014
To Life!

as Ruth

2014
2014
2014
2014
2013
2013
Hanni & Nanni 3

as Direktorin Frau Theobald

2012
2012
Hanni & Nanni 2

as Direktorin Theobald

2011
Kein Sex ist auch keine Lösung

as Friederike Cremand

2011
Promising the Moon

as Marga Baumanis

2011
Anatomy of Evil

as Eva Ulmer

2010
Der letzte Patriarch

as Ruth Buchleitner

2010
Alles Liebe

as Irma Bergner

2010
Hanni & Nanni

as Principal Theobald

2010
Lüg weiter, Liebling

as Martha Ebinghaus

2010
Times Change You

as Bushido's Mother

2010
2009
Dornröschen

as Maruna

2009
Flemming

as Helen Bogner

2009
Jakobs Bruder

as Anna Goldt

2008
Mein Herz in Chile

as Laura Hansen

2008
2008
2008
Mein Herz in Chile

as Laura Hansen

2007
Mein Herz in Afrika

as Agnes Patterson

2007
War and Peace

as Countess Rostova

2007
The Visible and the Invisible

as Maria Döbereiner

2007
Vivere

as Gerlinde von Habermann

2006
Smoke Signs

as Annabella Silberstein

2006
Not All Were Murderers

as Ludmilla Dimitrieff

2006
2005
Die Spielerin

as Polina Sieveking

2004
Go for Zucker

as Marlene

2004
Woman Driving, Man Sleeping

as Dr. Sue Süssmilch

2004
Die Rosenzüchterin

as Beatrice Shaye

2004
Red & Blue

as Barbara Bärenklau

2003
Kommissarin Lucas

as Nadja Schumann

2003
Der Seerosenteich

as Puppe Mandel

2002
2001
Suck My Dick

as Sprechstundenhilfe

2000
No Place to Go

as Hanna Flanders

1999
Beckmann

as Self

1998
1998
1996
1995
Kulturzeit

as self

1994
Die Kommissarin

as Lea Sommer

1994
Ärzte

as Josepha Klein

1993
Das Babylon Komplott

as Elfie Reiter

1992
Wolffs Revier

as Nina Kaufmann

1991
1991
DAS!

as Self

1990
Der achte Tag

as Mrs. de Vries

1989
Peter Strohm

as Anna Severin

1988
Die Männer vom K3

as Gisela Herrendorf

1988
Pizza Express

as Martina

1986
Operation Dead End

as Dr. Hoppe

1985
Die Schwarzwaldklinik

as Maria Rotenburg

1984
Out of Order

as Marion (voice) (uncredited)

1982
1982
Schwarz Rot Gold

as Birgit Lohse

1982
Schwarz Rot Gold

as Chrissy Hinrichsen

1981
Das Traumschiff

as Eleonore Falkenberg

1981
Das Traumschiff

as Charlotte Wentzel

1981
Who's Going Crazy Here, Doctor?

as Dorothea von Schög

1981
A Case For Two

as Janine Krüger

1981
1980
Auf Achse

as Laura / Erika / Christa

1979
1979
The Fall

as Alissa Kristlein

1978
The Tailor from Ulm

as Anna Berblinger

1978
SOKO München

as Judith Hansen

1978
SOKO München

as Dr. Gisela Hartung

1977
Flucht

as Christine

1977
Der Alte

as Babette Krieger

1977
Der Alte

as Ruth Warner

1976
1975
Berlinger

as Maria / Marlit

1974
1973
The Journey to Vienna

as Marga Kroeber

1973
Ein Fall für Goron

as Gabrielle Bompard

1973
...But Johnny!

as Monika Winkler

1973
Tod auf der Themse

as Avice Lorring

1971
1970
Scene of the Crime

as Peggy Karoly

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Vera Jansen

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Dr. Christine Lohnert

1970
1970
1970
Scene of the Crime

as Lea Sommer

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Elsa Bronski

1969
1969
Pepe, der Paukerschreck

as Geneviève Ponelle

1969
Der Kommissar

as Irene Malska

1969
Der Kommissar

as Andrea Simon

1968
Zum Teufel mit der Penne

as Marion Nietnagel

1968
Zur Hölle mit den Paukern

as Geneviève Ponelle

1967
Dem Täter auf der Spur

as Josselyne Teireil

1964
1963
An Alibi for Death

as Hanne Wasneck

1963
Allotria in Zell am See

as Sylvia Brückner

1963
Die fünfte Kolonne

as Vera Prager

1963
The Endless Night

as Silvia Stössi

1963
Das Kriminalmuseum

as Uschi Bluhm

1963
Das Kriminalmuseum

as Ute Brinkmann

1963
Das Kriminalmuseum

as Viola Brandenbourg

1961
1961
1959
Old Heidelberg

as Helene, Serviermädchen

1959
1959
Immer die Mädchen

as Schülerin

1958
Stahlnetz

as Edith Tirfelder

1948
Bambi

as Self