Bettina Moissi (15 October 1923 – 21 November 2023) was a German stage and film actress. She played the character Victorine in the 1941 film The Comedians.
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Biography
Bettina Moissi was born in Berlin on 15 October 1923, the second child of leading stage actor Aleksandër Moisiu. Her father was often branded as Jewish due to his name (which translates as "Moses") and his outspoken defense of his fellow Jewish actors and people during a period of growing antisemitism. She was Catholic but was married to Heinz Berggruen who was Jewish.
Personal life
In 1960, she married the art collector Heinz Berggruen. He predeceased her in 2007. They had two children:
Olivier Berggruen, curator at the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
Nicolas Berggruen, a financier and art collector
Moissi died in Zurich on 21 November 2023, at the age of 100.
Selected filmography
The Comedians (1941) as Victorine
Jakko (1941) as Petja
In Those Days (1947) as Marie
The Original Sin (1948) as Eva Meier-Eden
Long Is the Road (1948) as Dora Berkowicz
The Orplid Mystery (1950) as Leata