
Birthday:
08-06-1883
Deathday:
10-08-1965 (82 years)
Birthplace:
Dessau, Germany
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).
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).
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Night of Mystery
event1937
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One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
Laddie
Act like Candace
event1935
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A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in 2013.
Three Loves Has Nancy
Act like Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 4.2
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A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
Bombshell
Act like Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 6.5
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A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
Come Live with Me
Act like Frieda
event1941 star_border 6.9
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Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
Friendly Enemies
Act like Gretchen
event1942 star_border 5.8
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During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on most things, with one major difference: one has taken the US side against Germany regarding the war, while the other stays stubbornly loyal to "the old country". His stubbornness results in tragedy for his old friend and a lesson in the consequences of blind loyalty.
Flesh
Act like Mrs. Herman
event1932 star_border 5.6
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Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to America and gets him involved with crooked promoters.
The Match King
Act like Marta's Maid Trudi (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6.6
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Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden. There, via ongoing continuing deceit and manipulation, he gradually attains a monopoly on the matchstick market in several countries and becomes an influential international figure. Based on the true story of Ivar Kreuger.
The Nuisance
Act like Mrs. Mannheimer
event1933 star_border 5
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Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Act like Minnie, Marion's Maid
event1935 star_border 6.3
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Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsythe on her return to the states from Europe, seeking to convince her to write her biography as a feature for his magazine. One of Marion's old beaus, now running for U.S. Senator from their home state, also comes calling.
Bill Cracks Down
Act like Hilda
event1937 star_border 5
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William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified heir and son returns home from living in Paris, he finds "Tons' Walker, a strong and burly steel worker running the company, per his late-father's will request. He also finds that his father's will specifies the Junior will change his name to Bill Hall and work in the family steel mill for a year under the fake name. Walker's job is to make a man out of the son. The son is not overjoyed by this prospect. Neither is Walker.
No Place to Go
Act like Hilda
event1939 star_border 6
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An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but he learns his life still has purpose when he befriends a neighborhood child with a troubled family life.
Let's Fall in Love
Act like Lisa Bjorkman
event1933 star_border 7.5
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A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
Bitter Sweet
Act like Mama Luden
event1940 star_border 5.8
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A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.
Suzy
Act like Mrs. Schmidt
event1936 star_border 5.8
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A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
Tonight or Never
Act like Emma
event1931 star_border 5.9
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A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.
The Great Waltz
Act like Mrs. Vogelhuber
event1938 star_border 5.6
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Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
The Patient in Room 18
Act like Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
event1938 star_border 5.1
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Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warner Bros.' The Patient in Room 18. Patric Knowles delivers a delightfully comic performance as Lance, an outwardly normal young man obsessed with detective stories. When his obsession threatens to lapse over into lunacy, Lance is sent to the hospital for a nice long rest. It isn't long before he gets mixed up in a genuine murder mystery, using his second-hand knowhow to solve the case. Up-and-coming Ann Sheridan is quite amusing as Lance's nurse and confidante, while the murderer is played by a fellow who is usually cast as the murder victim.
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Act like Marta
event1935 star_border 5.2
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The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
Strange Wives
Act like Hilda
event1934
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When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
Mister Dynamite
Act like Jans
event1935 star_border 6
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A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
Spendthrift
Act like Hilda - the Maid
event1936 star_border 5
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A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (Mary Brian). They divorce, and the wife gets all the money. But the humbled (and impoverished) Fonda finds true love in the arms of Pat Paterson, who cares nothing for material things.
Twin Triplets
Act like Mrs. Borgerschmith
event1935
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Thelma and Patsy are reporters who investigate a hospital.
Whistling in the Dark
Act like Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 5.6
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A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect murder.
I'll Take Romance
Act like Hans' Mother
event1937 star_border 5
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Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace Moore) singing in his Buenos Aires opera house, however, Elsa breaks the contract in favor of a more lucrative deal in Paris. Desperate, James begins showering her with flowers and candy in an attempt to woo her to the Argentinian opera house. When Elsa overhears James confess to his friend Pancho that he'd be willing to resort to kidnapping to get Elsa to Argentina, she mistakenly believes his motives to be solely romantic.
Stage Mother
Act like Dancing Girl's Mother
event1933 star_border 5
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Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls every aspect of the girl's nascent career -- even blackmailing a stage manager so that Shirley can take a more prestigious gig. But Kitty goes too far when she breaks up her daughter's budding relationship with sweet artist Warren Foster. Heartbroken, Shirley sets off on a series of disastrous but profitable relationships.
The Women
Act like Masseuse (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 7.1
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A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
Libeled Lady
Act like Connie Allenbury's Maid (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7.3
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When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she files a multi-million-dollar libel lawsuit, the publication's frazzled head editor, Warren Haggerty, must find a way to turn the tables on her. Soon Haggerty's harried fiancée, Gladys Benton, and his dashing friend Bill Chandler are in on a scheme that aims to discredit Connie, with amusing and unexpected results.
Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Act like Female Nurse
event1940 star_border 6.3
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True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphilis.
Smart Girl
Act like Mrs. Krausemeyer
event1935
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Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealthy father commits suicide, leaving nothing but a pile of debts. Pat sets up a successful hat-designing business, providing the sole support for herself and her sister Kay (Gail Patrick). So devoted is Pat to Kay's welfare that she stands by in stoic silence as Kay begins romancing Pat's sweetie Nick Graham (Kent Taylor).
When Love Is Young
Act like Hannah Werner
event1937
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In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to school. The trouble is, no one notices her. Later a mentor turns her into a successful Broadway entertainer. She returns to her former college to get sweet revenge.
Damaged Goods
Act like Bertha (the wet nurse)
event1937 star_border 3.4
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A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
The Man I Married
Act like Hausfrau
event1940 star_border 6.3
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An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
Meet the Baron
Act like Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
event1933 star_border 4.3
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A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
Pilgrimage
event1933 star_border 6.7
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A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.
The Man from Yesterday
Act like Swiss Inn Proprietress
event1932 star_border 4.8
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A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She travels with him to Switzerland, and as they check into the hotel there, she is astounded to see her supposedly dead husband.
Diamond Jim
Act like Masseuse
event1935 star_border 6
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A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
The Chief
Act like Little Heinie's Mother
event1933 star_border 3
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The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to become the unknowing pawn of corrupt politicians.
Grand Hotel
Act like Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
event1932 star_border 6.9
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Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
These Three
Act like Viennese Waitress (uncredited)
event1936 star_border 7.2
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Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local doctor Joe. The school takes off and many students enroll, one of whom is a trouble-maker who tells a scandalous lie that threatens to destroy the trio's lives.
Naughty Marietta
Act like Frau Schuman
event1935 star_border 5.1
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In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escapes to colonial New Orleans, where she finds an unlikely true love.
Torchy Gets Her Man
Act like Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
event1938 star_border 5.9
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A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
Elmer Steps Out
event1934
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To avoid getting a speeding ticket Walter poses as an expectant father rushing to see his wife; when the cop follows him, he's forced to come up with a wife and child.
Public Hero Number 1
Act like Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
event1935 star_border 6.2
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G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which preys upon other hoodlums. Orchestrating the jailbreak of the gang's leader, Crane joins him in a Dillinger-like flight across the country.
Twelve Crowded Hours
Act like Mrs. Rovitch (uncredited)
event1939 star_border 5.2
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An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
Forsaking All Others
Act like Bella (Uncredited)
event1934 star_border 6.4
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A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
Reunion in France
Act like Customer (uncredited)
event1942 star_border 6.4
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Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed American flyer, Pat Talbot, and attempts to get him safely out of the country.
Servants' Entrance
Act like Anna, the Cook
event1934
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Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid. After the usual trials and tribulations, Hedda falls in love with humble chauffeur Eric Landstrom.
Fly Away Baby
Act like Mama - Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
event1937 star_border 6.1
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Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
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