BERLIN — Hannelore Elsner, who defined the role of smart-talking female police inspector in one of Germany’s most widely watched television procedurals and gained acclaim for her portrayal of a ...

Hannelore Elsner, a German actress who moved easily between art house cinema and mainstream television without losing her edge, or her army of local fans, has died. She was 76. By Scott Roxborough ...

Hannelore Elsner’s career took in more than 200 roles and crossed genres, from arthouse cinema to popular television, so it probably helped that she was a self-confessed workaholic. Since her death on ...

Best known for her leading role in the German detective series, 'Die Kommissarin' (The police commissioner), Hannelore Elsner died on Easter Sunday. A spokesman for the family announced on Tuesday ...

She is often called the Catherine Deneuve of Germany, and that makes sense: Like the French great, Hannelore Elsner has been making important and popular films for a half century, since she was a ...

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