Greta Meyer
Born: 1883-08-06 in Dessau, Germany
Died: 1965-10-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia Greta Meyer (August 7, 1883 – October 8, 1965) was a German actress in motion pictures beginning in the silent film era. She performed for almost seventy years. She belonged to the most famous theatrical family in Germany, comparable to the Barrymore family in America. Her early film efforts came in films like De jantjes (1922) and Die Königsloge (1929). Meyer came to America in 1923 from her native Germany. She subsequently became a U.S. citizen. She appeared in many Hollywood movies between 1933 and 1942, including The Great Waltz (1938) and Bitter Sweet (1940).
Filmography
1942
- Reunion in France as Customer (uncredited)
- Friendly Enemies as Gretchen
1941
- Come Live with Me as Frieda
1940
- The Man I Married as Hausfrau
- Bitter Sweet as Mama Luden
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Female Nurse
1939
- No Place to Go as Hilda
- The Women as Masseuse (uncredited)
- Twelve Crowded Hours as Mrs. Rovitch (uncredited)
- When Tomorrow Comes as Madeleine's Nurse (uncredited)
1938
- The Patient in Room 18 as Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
- The Great Waltz as Mrs. Vogelhuber
- Three Loves Has Nancy as Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
1937
- Bill Cracks Down as Hilda
- When Love Is Young as Hannah Werner
- Night of Mystery
- Fly Away Baby as Mama - Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- I'll Take Romance as Hans' Mother
- Damaged Goods as Bertha (the wet nurse)
1936
- Suzy as Mrs. Schmidt
- Libeled Lady as Connie Allenbury's Maid (uncredited)
- These Three as Viennese Waitress (uncredited)
- Spendthrift as Hilda - the Maid
1935
- The Return Of Peter Grimm as Marta
- Public Hero Number 1 as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Twin Triplets as Mrs. Borgerschmith
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Minnie, Marion's Maid
- Laddie as Candace
- Mister Dynamite as Jans
- Naughty Marietta as Frau Schuman
- Diamond Jim as Masseuse
- Smart Girl as Mrs. Krausemeyer
1934
- Elmer Steps Out
- Forsaking All Others as Bella (Uncredited)
- Strange Wives as Hilda
- Servants' Entrance as Anna, the Cook
1933
- Bombshell as Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
- Meet the Baron as Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
- Pilgrimage
- Let's Fall in Love as Lisa Bjorkman
- The Chief as Little Heinie's Mother
- Stage Mother as Dancing Girl's Mother (uncredited)
- The Nuisance as Mrs. Mannheimer
- Whistling in the Dark as Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
1932
- The Man from Yesterday as Swiss Inn Proprietress
- Grand Hotel as Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
- Flesh as Mrs. Herman
- The Match King as Marta's Maid Trudi (uncredited)
1931
- Tonight or Never as Emma