Personal Info
Birth date
1871-05-17 (154 Years)
Day of death
1968-02-13
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Heidleberg, Germany
Also known as
Gertrude W. Hoffman
Trude Hoffmann
Eliza Gertrude Wesselhoeft
Gertrude Hoffmann
Biography
We dont have a biography for Gertrude Hoffmann
Filmography
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.731
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.My Little Margie
3
Overview:
My Little Margie is an American situation comedy starring Gale Storm and Charles Farrell that alternated between CBS and NBC from 1952 to 1955.The War of the Worlds
6.8
Overview:
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb.Foreign Correspondent
6.979
Overview:
American crime reporter John Jones is reassigned to Europe as a foreign correspondent to cover the imminent war. When he walks into the middle of an assassination and stumbles on a spy ring, he seeks help from a beautiful politician’s daughter and an urbane English journalist to uncover the truth.Suspicion
7.12
Overview:
A wealthy and sheltered young woman elopes with a charming playboy and soon learns of his bad traits, including his extreme dishonesty and lust for money. Gradually, she begins to suspect that he intends to kill her to collect her life insurance.Les Misérables
7.173
Overview:
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.Caged
7.115
Overview:
A single mistake puts a 19-year old girl behind bars, where she experiences the terrors and torments of women in prison.East Side Kids
6.7
Overview:
After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman. One day, one of his best friends goes to prison for a murder he didn't commit. The policeman tries his best to release the friend by proving his innocence.Lydia
6.5
Overview:
Lydia MacMillan, a wealthy woman who has never married, invites several men her own age to her home to reminisce about the times when they were young and courted her. In memory, each romance seemed splendid and destined for happiness, but in each case, Lydia realizes, the truth was less romantic, and ill-starred.The Ape
4.782
Overview:
Dr. Bernard Adrian is a kindly scientist who seeks to cure a young woman's polio. He needs human spinal fluid to complete the formula for his experimental serum. Meanwhile, a vicious circus ape has broken out of its cage, and is terrorizing the townspeople. Can there be a connection?One Foot in Heaven
6.583
Overview:
Episodic look at the life of a minister and his family as they move from one parish to another.The File on Thelma Jordon
6.6
Overview:
Cleve Marshall, an assistant district attorney, falls for Thelma Jordon, a mysterious woman with a troubled past. When Thelma becomes a suspect in her aunt's murder, Cleve tries to clear her name.A Guy Named Joe
6.558
Overview:
A cocky Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female flier. After he's killed on a mission, he is sent back to Earth by heavenly General with a new assignment.Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case
5.5
Overview:
In this 13th entry to the Dr. Kildare series, the medical staff of Blair General hospital are challenged with further dilemmas, not the least of which includes a prison inmate who Dr. Gillespie believes belongs instead in an insane asylum.The Wife Takes a Flyer
4.5
Overview:
Christopher Reynolds, an American flying with the R.A.F, is shot down over German-occupied Holland and is given shelter by a Dutch family. Posing as the insane husband of the daughter of the house, Anita Wolverman, Reynolds convinces the German officer quartered there, Major Zellfritz, with the necessity for her divorce decree to be granted. After the court-hearing, Anita, goes to manage a home for retired ladies and, persuaded by Reynolds, tries to gain military information from the German Officer. When her former husband escapes from the insane-asylum his exploits are blamed on Reynolds. With the help of the old ladies and Anita, who "remarries" him, Reynolds escapes to England in a stolen German airplane.Mountain Justice
5.5
Overview:
Stalwart Appalachian woman finds romance as she struggles to better herself and her people amid prejudice and familial abuse.What a Woman
5.6
Overview:
An author and a literary agent become involved after selling film rights to his racy book.Before Dawn
5.6
Overview:
After the death of a gangster, those familiar with his million dollar stash start mysteriously dying. Police detectives with the help of a clairvoyant try to determine who, living or dead, is responsible.The Bride Wore Boots
5.9
Overview:
A bookish husband tries to win back the affections of his horse-breeding wife.The Gentleman from Louisiana
NYR
Overview:
In Victorian-era USA, a horse-jockey becomes a scapegoat in the nefarious schemes of a group of small-time criminals.The Moon Is Down
6.7
Overview:
The story of a small town in Norway that resists German occupation during World War II. Based on a John Steinbeck novel.Cassidy of Bar 20
6.2
Overview:
Hopalong Cassidy, boss of the Bar 20 ranch in Texas, rides down the Camino Real in the New Mexico cattle country near Alamogordo, in response to an urgent message from his lifelong sweetheart, Nora Blake, who is in serious trouble. Before he and his saddlemates, "Lucky" Jenkins and "Pappy", can reach her ranch, they are stopped by Clay Allison, a cattle-rustler who is in almost complete control of the district, and wants to extend his holdings by seizing Nora's cattle and driving her out. Seeing Cassidy as a menace to his plans, he has him arrested on a trumped-up charge. Cassidy and his pals shoot their way out of the trouble and reach Nora;s ranch where they learn that Allison's henchmen have murdered her foreman, Tom Dillon, and Allison has sent for a crew of outlaws on the Texas border.I'll Tell the World
NYR
Overview:
Lee Tracy once again plays a Winchellesque newspaper reporter in Universal's I'll Tell the World. More interested in his sex life than his career, news hawk Brown nonetheless agrees to cover the activities of a European archduke on behalf of his wire service.Untamed
4.3
Overview:
A courageous doctor braves a fierce blizzard in the Canadian wilderness to save a remote community from a deadly epidemic. He has come North to visit and ends up stealing a wife from her husband. When the epidemic hits, he and the wife begin their arduous journey.A Son Comes Home
1
Overview:
A mother experiences the torment of discovering that her own son is a killer.North of the Rockies
NYR
Overview:
Morgan and his gang are smuggling furs across the border. Both the Mounties on the Canadian side and Tex Martin on the American side are after them. When Morgan sets up Tex to be found with furs, Mountie Bill arrests him. But he lets him go hoping he will lead him to the gang and eventually the two join forces.Hell and High Water
NYR
Overview:
The life of an avowed bachelor who tows garbage is changed when he meets a runaway taxi dancer.Acting
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1 Episode) as Margaret Stoddard
1953The War of the Worlds as Elderly News Vendor (uncredited)
1952My Little Margie (1, 39 Episode) as Unknown, Mrs. Odetts
1950Caged as Millie Lewis (uncredited)
1949The File on Thelma Jordon as Aunt Vera Edwards
1946The Bride Wore Boots as Mrs. Harvey (uncredited)
1943What a Woman as Night Maid (uncredited)
1943A Guy Named Joe as Old Woman (uncredited)
1943Dr. Gillespie's Criminal Case as Grandmother (uncredited)
1943The Moon Is Down as Villager (uncredited)
1942Texas Trouble Shooters as Grannie Wilson
1942The Wife Takes a Flyer as Mrs. Gruyson
1942North of the Rockies as Grandma Bailey
1941Suspicion as Mrs. Wetherby (uncredited)
1941One Foot in Heaven as Elderly Woman (uncredited)
1941Lydia as Mrs. Fairfield
1940The Ape as Jane the Housekeeper
1940Foreign Correspondent as Mrs. Benson
1940Untamed as Miss Rhine
1940East Side Kids as Old Lady in Montage
1938Cassidy of Bar 20 as Ma Caffrey
1937Mountain Justice as Granny Burnside
1936The Gentleman from Louisiana as Miss Langley
1936A Son Comes Home as Effie Wimple
1935Les Misérables as Nurse
1934I'll Tell the World as Aunt Louise
1933Hell and High Water as Mom Wealin
1933Before Dawn as Mattie (as Gertrude W. Hoffman)
1926Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit as Luise Frank
1920Lepain - 5. Teil as Unknown
1920Lepain - 6. Teil as Unknown
1920Satans Peitsche as Unknown
1920Lepain, der König der Verbrecher - 4. Teil as Unknown
1920Lepain, der König der Verbrecher - 3. Teil as Unknown
1919Prostitution II as Unknown
1919Prinzessin Tatjana's Tragödie as Princess Tatjana
1919Heddas Rache as Unknown
1918Der Rubin-Salamander as Unknown