---
name: "Ellen Farner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ellen-farner"
fi1m_id: "ellen-farner"
imdb_id: "nm0267833"
tmdb_id: 46937
wikidata_id: "Q3051408"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1940"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T15:39:32.681334+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Ellen Farner

## Identity

Ellen Farner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ellen-farner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ellen-farner
- **IMDb ID:** nm0267833
- **TMDB ID:** 46937
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3051408
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Farner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051408, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46937

Actor. Born 1 January 1940 in Germany.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1940, Germany
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Farner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3051408, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0267833/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/46937

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Umbrellas of Cherbourg*](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md) (88)

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## Biography

Ellen Farner is a German actress and former model. She is best known for her role as Madeleine in Jacques Demy's musical film *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964).

Farner began her career with a stage appearance as Juliet in *Romeo and Juliet* in Ingolstadt in 1962. Her other film credits include *Die drei Scheinheiligen* (1964) and *Ruf der Wälder* (1965). She also appeared in several German television productions between 1964 and 1970. Farner worked as a model for the Paris Planning Women agency from 1967 to 1971. Her younger sister, Ini Farner, is also an actress.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), Fi1m 88, as Madeleine — [page](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Intercontinental-Express* (1966), series, as Hill
- *Unsterblichkeit mit Marschmusik* (1965), as Cilly Rinnereis
- *The Umbrellas of Cherbourg* (1964), as Madeleine — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-umbrellas-of-cherbourg.md)
- *Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf* (1963), series, as Jurastudentin

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ellen-farner