Elsa Bassermann was born on January 14, 1878 in Leipzig, Germany as Elisabeth Sara Schiff. She was an actress and writer, known for Der eiserne Wille (1917), Die Duplizität der Ereignisse (1920) and Das Werk seines Lebens (1919). She was married to Albert Bassermann. She died on May 30, 1961 in Baden-Baden, Germany.