Greta Meyer
August 6, 1883 (141 years old) in Dessau, Germany
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).
Known For
Credits
- 1942 · Reunion in France as Customer (uncredited)
- 1942 · Friendly Enemies as Gretchen
- 1941 · Come Live with Me as Frieda
- 1940 · Bitter Sweet as Mama Luden
- 1940 · The Man I Married as Hausfrau
- 1940 · Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet as Female Nurse
- 1939 · No Place to Go as Hilda
- 1939 · The Women as Masseuse (uncredited)
- 1939 · Twelve Crowded Hours as Mrs. Rovitch (uncredited)
- 1938 · Torchy Gets Her Man as Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Great Waltz as Mrs. Vogelhuber
- 1938 · Three Loves Has Nancy as Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
- 1938 · The Patient in Room 18 as Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
- 1937 · I'll Take Romance as Hans' Mother
- 1937 · Fly Away Baby as Mama - Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
- 1937 · Damaged Goods as Bertha (the wet nurse)
- 1937 · Night of Mystery as
- 1937 · When Love Is Young as Hannah Werner
- 1937 · Bill Cracks Down as Hilda
- 1936 · Libeled Lady as Connie Allenbury's Maid (uncredited)
- 1936 · Spendthrift as Hilda - the Maid
- 1936 · Suzy as Mrs. Schmidt
- 1936 · These Three as Viennese Waitress (uncredited)
- 1935 · Twin Triplets as Mrs. Borgerschmith
- 1935 · The Return Of Peter Grimm as Marta
- 1935 · Diamond Jim as Masseuse
- 1935 · Smart Girl as Mrs. Krausemeyer
- 1935 · Public Hero Number 1 as Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
- 1935 · Mister Dynamite as Jans
- 1935 · Naughty Marietta as Frau Schuman
- 1935 · Laddie as Candace
- 1935 · Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Minnie, Marion's Maid
- 1934 · Forsaking All Others as Bella (Uncredited)
- 1934 · Strange Wives as Hilda
- 1934 · Servants' Entrance as Anna, the Cook
- 1934 · Elmer Steps Out as
- 1933 · Let's Fall in Love as Lisa Bjorkman
- 1933 · The Chief as Little Heinie's Mother
- 1933 · Meet the Baron as Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
- 1933 · Bombshell as Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
- 1933 · Stage Mother as Dancing Girl's Mother
- 1933 · Pilgrimage as
- 1933 · The Nuisance as Mrs. Mannheimer
- 1933 · Whistling in the Dark as Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
- 1932 · The Match King as Marta's Maid Trudi (uncredited)
- 1932 · Flesh as Mrs. Herman
- 1932 · The Man from Yesterday as Swiss Inn Proprietress
- 1932 · Grand Hotel as Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
- 1931 · Tonight or Never as Emma