death_place death_date birth_place othername birth_date yearsactive imdb_id article_title name occupation
baden-baden west germany 30 may 1961 -lrb- aged 83 -rrb- leipzig german empire elsa schiff 14 january 1878 1913 - 1945 0060167 elsa bassermann
 elsa bassermann screenwriter , film actress
elsa bassermann

elsa bassermann -lrb- 1878 -- 1961 -rrb- was a german screenwriter , stage and film actress .
she was married to albert bassermann and often acted with him .
as she was jewish the couple had to leave nazi germany and go into exile in switzerland and the united states .
she later returned to germany , where she died in 1961 .
