Greta Meyer

Personal Info

Birthday

August 6, 1883

Day of Death

1965-10-08

(82 years old)

Place of Birth

Dessau, Germany

Greta Meyer

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.

Known For

The Women

Grand Hotel

These Three

Libeled Lady

I'll Take Romance

Suzy

Naughty Marietta

Bombshell

Filmography

1942
Reunion in France
as Customer (uncredited)
Friendly Enemies
as Gretchen
1941
Come Live with Me
as Frieda
1940
Bitter Sweet
as Mama Luden
The Man I Married
as Hausfrau
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)
1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
as Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
The Great Waltz
as Mrs. Vogelhuber
Three Loves Has Nancy
as Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
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)
Damaged Goods
as Bertha (the wet nurse)
When Love Is Young
as Hannah Werner
Bill Cracks Down
as Hilda
1936
Libeled Lady
as Connie Allenbury's Maid (uncredited)
Spendthrift
as Hilda - the Maid
Suzy
as Mrs. Schmidt
These Three
as Viennese Waitress (uncredited)
1935
Twin Triplets
as Mrs. Borgerschmith
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Marta
Diamond Jim
as Masseuse
Smart Girl
as Mrs. Krausemeyer
Public Hero Number 1
as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Mister Dynamite
as Jans
Naughty Marietta
as Frau Schuman
Laddie
as Candace
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
as Minnie, Marion's Maid
1934
Forsaking All Others
as Bella (Uncredited)
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
Meet the Baron
as Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
Bombshell
as Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
Stage Mother
as Dancing Girl's Mother (uncredited)
The Nuisance
as Mrs. Mannheimer
Whistling in the Dark
as Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
1932
The Match King
as Marta's Maid Trudi (uncredited)
Flesh
as Mrs. Herman
The Man from Yesterday
as Swiss Inn Proprietress
Grand Hotel
as Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
1931
Tonight or Never
as Emma