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
- Million Dollar Baby
- Come Live with Me as Frieda
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
- The Great Waltz as Mrs. Vogelhuber
- Three Loves Has Nancy as Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
- Torchy Gets Her Man as Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
- The Patient in Room 18 as Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
1937
- Night of Mystery
- I'll Take Romance as Hans' Mother
- When Love Is Young as Hannah Werner
- Fly Away Baby as Mama - Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- Damaged Goods as Bertha (the wet nurse)
- Bill Cracks Down as Hilda
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
- Smart Girl as Mrs. Krausemeyer
- Diamond Jim as Masseuse
- Public Hero Number 1 as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
- Laddie as Candace
- Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Minnie, Marion's Maid
- The Return Of Peter Grimm as Marta
- Mister Dynamite as Jans
- 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
- Bombshell as Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
- Meet the Baron as Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
- Stage Mother as Dancing Girl's Mother (uncredited)
- The Chief as Little Heinie's Mother
- Whistling in the Dark as Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
- Pilgrimage
- The Nuisance as Mrs. Mannheimer
- Let's Fall in Love as Lisa Bjorkman
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