Biography
Elissa Landi (December 6, 1904 – October 21, 1948) was an Italian born actress who was popular in Hollywood films of the 1920s and 1930s. Rumoured to be a descendant of Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria, she was noted for her aristocratic bearing. Born Elisabeth Marie Christine Kühnelt in Venice, Landi was raised in Austria and educated in England. Her first ambition was to be a writer, and she wrote her first novel at the age of twenty. She would return to writing during lulls in her acting car...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Corregidor
1943
as Dr. Royce Lee Stockman
A doctor and his staff in a hospital on the Philippine island of Corregidor shortly after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor try to treat the sick, i...
The Thirteenth Chair
1937
as Helen Trent
A phony psychic tries to solve a murder that took place during her seance.
Hollywood Party
1937
as Herself - the Hostess
Elissa Landi and Charley Chase host an East Asian themed garden tea party in Hollywood. After introducing a few Hollywood luminaries who are attending...
After the Thin Man
1936
as Selma Forrest Landis
Nick and Nora Charles investigate when Nora's cousin reports her disreputable husband is missing, and find themselves in a mystery involving the shady...
Mad Holiday
1936
as Peter Dean
A temperamental film star's vacation turns deadly when he uncovers a murder.
The Amateur Gentleman
1936
as Lady Cleone Meredith
A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English roya...
Crimson Dynasty
1935
as Princess Aurore
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is bas...
Without Regret
1935
as Jennifer Gage
In order to save herself while in China, a woman marries a young drifter and is able to return to England. Later, believing that her new husband is de...
Enter Madame
1935
as Lisa Della Robbia
Man marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
The Count of Monte Cristo
1934
as Mercedes
After greedy men have Edmound Dantes unjustly imprisoned for 20 years for innocently delivering a letter entrusted to him, he escapes to revenge himse...
The Great Flirtation
1934
as Zita Marishka
An actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
Man of Two Worlds
1934
as Joan Pemberton
A British explorer brings an Eskimo hunter to London, where he misreads a woman.
By Candlelight
1933
as Marie
A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.
The Masquerader
1933
as Eve Chilcote
A drug-addicted member of Parliament needs to take time off and secretly pull his life together, so he gets his lookalike cousin to agree to temporari...
I Loved You Wednesday
1933
as Vicki Meredith
Vicki Meredith, an American ballet student in Paris, falls in love with Randall Williams, another American studying architecture in Paree, and they se...
The Warrior's Husband
1933
as Antiope
The Warrior's Husband is a satire of the male and female roles in society set in 800 B.C.. Queen Hippolyta (Marjorie Rambeau) rules Pontus with mascul...
The Sign of the Cross
1932
as Mercia
A Roman soldier becomes torn between his love for a Christian woman and his loyalty to Emperor Nero.
A Passport to Hell
1932
as Myra Carson
Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman Myra Carson becomes involved in a scandal and is d...
The Woman in Room 13
1932
as Laura Ramsey
Divorcee Laura marries Paul but his employer is also enamored with Laura and sends Paul on a business trip during which a murder is committed and he i...
Devil's Lottery
1932
as Evelyn Beresford
Intricate, soapy drama of romance, heartbreak, and murder amongst a diverse group of sweepstakes winners visiting a newspaper tycoon's estate.
The Yellow Ticket
1931
as Marya Kalish
A young Russian girl is forced into a life of prostitution in Czarist Russia, and she and a British journalist find their lives endangered when she re...
Wicked
1931
as Margot Rande
Margot Rande, a basically decent woman, is led down the path to perdition by her bank robber husband.
Always Goodbye
1931
as Lila Banning
Stranded and broke after her erstwhile boyfriend leaves her, A onetime London heiress joins a con man to bilk a millionaire at his Italian villa. Litt...
Body and Soul
1931
as Carla
Andress, Watson and Johnson, pilots with a Royal Air Force squadron in France, are tasked with a deadly mission.
Children of Chance
1930
as Binnie
A casual date at a high-class hotel leads Binnie, an aspiring showgirl, to be mistaken for model and actress Lia de Marita – landing her an audition f...
The Voice of Hollywood
1930
The Voice of Hollywood hosted by Pat O'Brien. Features Joan Blondell, Robert Montgomery, Elissa Landi, Warner Baxter, and the coronation of Mary Pickf...
The Price of Things
1930
as Anthea Mary Dayre
Courtenay John Dayre is drugged by a jealous spy on the night before his loveless marriage to Anthea. His twin, John Courtenay Dayre, reluctantly agr...
Knowing Men
1930
as Korah Hurley / Collette
Facing an arranged marriage to a man of dubious morals, heiress Korah Hurley poses as the impoverished travelling companion of her aunt, the Marquise ...
Sin
1928
as Kersti
A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in his play. Passio...
Underground
1928
as Nell
A working-class love story set in and around the London Underground of the 1920s. Two men – gentle Bill and brash Bert – meet and are attracted to the...
Bolibar
1928
as Françoise-Marie / La Monita
Hessian officers' flirtations with an artist's daughter accidentally give signals to the attacking English.
London
1927
as Alice Cranston
A Lady adopts a runaway slum girl who resembles her own dead daughter.