Editing Elisabeth Bergner (section)

==Early life==
She was born Ella vel Ettel Bergner in [[Drohobych]], [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] (present-day Ukraine) to Sara (née Wagner) and Emil ({{ne}} Schmelke Juda) Bergner,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://agadd.home.net.pl/metrykalia/300/sygn.%201767/pages/PL_1_300_1767_0107.htm |title=Birth certificate of Elisabeth Bergner |access-date=13 January 2022}}</ref> a merchant. She grew up in a secular Jewish home. The Hebrew she heard in her childhood was associated with [[Yom Kippur]] and [[Pesach]], and on her visits to Israel, she apologized for not knowing the language.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=rDkcAQAAIAAJ&q=Elisabeth+Ettel+1897 Elisabeth Ettel background], books.google.ca; accessed March 6, 2015.</ref><ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jmMRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JpcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7159,828205 Bergner profile], books.google.ca. Accessed 6 March 2015.</ref><ref>[http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/week-s-end/comfort-comfort-my-people-1.426849 Profile], Haaretz.com. Accessed 6 March 2015.</ref>

She first acted on stage at age 14, and appeared in Innsbruck a year later. In Vienna at age 16, she toured Austrian and German provinces with a Shakespearean company. She worked as an artist's model, posing for sculptor [[Wilhelm Lehmbruck]], who fell in love with her. She eventually moved to Munich and later Berlin.<ref name="jwa">[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/bergner-elisabeth Profile], jwa.org. Accessed 6 March 2015.</ref>