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
- Million Dollar Baby
1940
- Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Female Nurse
- Bitter Sweet as Mama Luden
- The Man I Married as Hausfrau
1939
- The Women as Masseuse (uncredited)
- When Tomorrow Comes as Madeleine's Nurse (uncredited)
- Twelve Crowded Hours as Mrs. Rovitch (uncredited)
- No Place to Go as Hilda
1938
- Three Loves Has Nancy as Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
- The Great Waltz as Mrs. Vogelhuber
- The Patient in Room 18 as Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
1937
- I'll Take Romance as Hans' Mother
- Night of Mystery
- Fly Away Baby as Mama - Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- When Love Is Young as Hannah Werner
- Bill Cracks Down as Hilda
- Damaged Goods as Bertha (the wet nurse)
1936
- Libeled Lady as Connie's Maid (uncredited)
- Wife vs. Secretary as Molly (uncredited)
- These Three as Viennese Waitress (uncredited)
- Suzy as Mrs. Schmidt
- Spendthrift as Hilda - the Maid
1935
- Naughty Marietta as Frau Schuman
- Public Hero Number 1 as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Diamond Jim as Masseuse
- Mister Dynamite as Jans
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Minnie, Marion's Maid
- The Return Of Peter Grimm as Marta
- Smart Girl as Mrs. Krausemeyer
- Laddie as Candace
- Twin Triplets as Mrs. Borgerschmith
1934
- Forsaking All Others as Bella (Uncredited)
- The Line-Up as Mrs. Peterson
- Strange Wives as Hilda
- Servants' Entrance as Anna, the Cook
- Elmer Steps Out
1933
- Meet the Baron as Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
- Bombshell as Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
- The Chief as Little Heinie's Mother
- Stage Mother as Dancing Girl's Mother (uncredited)
- Let's Fall in Love as Lisa Bjorkman
- Pilgrimage
- Whistling in the Dark as Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
- The Nuisance as Mrs. Mannheimer
1932
- Grand Hotel as Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
- Flesh as Mrs. Herman
- The Match King as Marta's Maid Trudi (uncredited)
- The Man from Yesterday as Swiss Inn Proprietress
1931
- Tonight or Never as Emma