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