Actor
Ellen Widmann
Born 15 December 1894 · Biel, Switzerland — died 22 October 1985
Ellen Widmann (1894–1985) was a Swiss actress born in Biel. She appeared in Fritz Lang's German classic M (1931) and later became a familiar face in Swiss-German cinema and television, in films from the 1930s through the early 1970s.
Key films
M (1931)On Cinespective
Her best-known film, Fritz Lang's landmark early sound thriller, placing her in a major classic of world cinema.
Sergeant Studer (1939)
An early Swiss-German sound-era feature, adapted from a Friedrich Glauser detective novel, showing her work in Swiss cinema.
The Zürrer Bakery (1957)
A postwar Swiss-German production in which she played a role during her long later career in Swiss film.
Anne Bäbi Jowäger I. Part - How Jakobli comes to a woman (1960)
Part of a well-known Swiss adaptation of Jeremias Gotthelf's novel, a key work of Swiss-German dialect cinema.
Dällebach Kari (1970)
A late-career role in a celebrated Swiss film about the legendary Bernese barber.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 11
- 1931M · as Frau BeckmannActor
- 1939Sergeant Studer · as Anastasia WitschiActor
- 1940Fräulein Huser · as Mrs. HauserActor
- 1940Verena Stadler · as Katharina Waser-StadlerActor
- 1957The Zürrer Bakery · as WirtinActor
- 1958Children of the Mountains · as Frau Reichel - WirtinActor
- 1960Anne Bäbi Jowäger I. Part - How Jakobli comes to a woman · as Bäuerin vom ZyberlihogerActor
- 1961Anne Bäbi Jowager, Part 2 - Jakobli and Meyeli · as Bäuerin vom ZyberlihogerActor
- 1963The Molesters · as Frau StammActor
- 1970Dällebach Kari · as Rosa TellenbachActor
- 1972Der Fall · as Frau eines PatientenActor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.