Greta Meyer

Greta Meyer

Born: August 6, 1883
Died: October 8, 1965
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).

Movies for Greta Meyer...

Reunion in France
Title: Reunion in France
Character: Customer (uncredited)
Released: December 25, 1942
Type: Movie
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.
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Friendly Enemies
Title: Friendly Enemies
Character: Gretchen
Released: June 21, 1942
Type: Movie
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.
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Come Live with Me
Title: Come Live with Me
Character: Frieda
Released: January 31, 1941
Type: Movie
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writer.
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Bitter Sweet
Title: Bitter Sweet
Character: Mama Luden
Released: November 8, 1940
Type: Movie
In order to avoid an arranged marriage with a man she doesn't love, Sarah Millick runs off to Vienna with her music teacher, Carl Linden, whom she does love. They are married. In Vienna, they struggle to make a living by making music. Carl writes an operetta and tries to get it produced. They are helped along by Viennese Baron, but his intentions are not honorable. He kills Carl in a sword fight. A big producer does put on the operetta, with Sari in the lead -- but without her husband, it is a bittersweet victory.
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The Man I Married
Title: The Man I Married
Character: Hausfrau
Released: August 9, 1940
Type: Movie
An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Title: Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
Character: Female Nurse
Released: February 23, 1940
Type: Movie
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syphillis.
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No Place to Go
Title: No Place to Go
Character: Hilda
Released: September 23, 1939
Type: Movie
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.
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The Women
Title: The Women
Character: Masseuse (uncredited)
Released: September 1, 1939
Type: Movie
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
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Twelve Crowded Hours
Title: Twelve Crowded Hours
Character: Mrs. Rovitch (uncredited)
Released: February 23, 1939
Type: Movie
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
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Torchy Gets Her Man
Title: Torchy Gets Her Man
Character: Mrs. Schmidt (uncredited)
Released: November 12, 1938
Type: Movie
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.
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The Great Waltz
Title: The Great Waltz
Character: Mrs. Vogelhuber
Released: November 4, 1938
Type: Movie
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
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Three Loves Has Nancy
Title: Three Loves Has Nancy
Character: Mrs. Swanson, a Masseuse (uncredited)
Released: September 2, 1938
Type: Movie
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.
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The Patient in Room 18
Title: The Patient in Room 18
Character: Hilda - Lethany Housekeeper
Released: January 8, 1938
Type: Movie
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.
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I'll Take Romance
Title: I'll Take Romance
Character: Hans' Mother
Released: November 17, 1937
Type: Movie
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.
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Fly Away Baby
Title: Fly Away Baby
Character: Mama - Zeppelin Passenger (uncredited)
Released: June 19, 1937
Type: Movie
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
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Damaged Goods
Title: Damaged Goods
Character: Bertha (the wet nurse)
Released: May 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
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Night of Mystery
Title: Night of Mystery
Released: May 21, 1937
Type: Movie
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
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When Love Is Young
Title: When Love Is Young
Character: Hannah Werner
Released: March 26, 1937
Type: Movie
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.
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Bill Cracks Down
Title: Bill Cracks Down
Character: Hilda
Released: March 22, 1937
Type: Movie
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.
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Libeled Lady
Title: Libeled Lady
Character: Connie Allenbury's Maid (uncredited)
Released: October 9, 1936
Type: Movie
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.
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Spendthrift
Title: Spendthrift
Character: Hilda - the Maid
Released: July 22, 1936
Type: Movie
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.
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Suzy
Title: Suzy
Character: Mrs. Schmidt
Released: July 20, 1936
Type: Movie
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
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These Three
Title: These Three
Character: Viennese Waitress (uncredited)
Released: March 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Martha and Karen graduate from college and turn an old Massachusetts farm into a school for girls. The friends are aided in their venture by local doctor Joe Cardin, who begins a relationship with Karen, and a prominent woman whose granddaughter, Mary, later enrolls in the new school. Mary soon reveals herself to be a spiteful child and tells a scandalous lie about Martha and Joe that threatens to destroy the lives of all involved.
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Twin Triplets
Title: Twin Triplets
Character: Mrs. Borgerschmith
Released: October 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Thelma and Patsy are reporters who investigate a hospital.
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
Title: The Return Of Peter Grimm
Character: Marta
Released: September 13, 1935
Type: Movie
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.
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Diamond Jim
Title: Diamond Jim
Character: Masseuse
Released: September 1, 1935
Type: Movie
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
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Smart Girl
Title: Smart Girl
Character: Mrs. Krausemeyer
Released: July 16, 1935
Type: Movie
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).
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Public Hero Number 1
Title: Public Hero Number 1
Character: Glass' Housekeeper (uncredited)
Released: May 31, 1935
Type: Movie
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.
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Mister Dynamite
Title: Mister Dynamite
Character: Jans
Released: April 22, 1935
Type: Movie
A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
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Naughty Marietta
Title: Naughty Marietta
Character: Frau Schuman
Released: March 29, 1935
Type: Movie
A French princess flees an arranged marriage and sails for New Orleans, where she is rescued from pirates by a dashing mercenary.
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Laddie
Title: Laddie
Character: Candace
Released: March 18, 1935
Type: Movie
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents.
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Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Title: Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Character: Minnie, Marion's Maid
Released: January 4, 1935
Type: Movie
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.
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Forsaking All Others
Title: Forsaking All Others
Character: Bella (Uncredited)
Released: December 23, 1934
Type: Movie
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
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Strange Wives
Title: Strange Wives
Character: Hilda
Released: November 30, 1934
Type: Movie
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
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Servants' Entrance
Title: Servants' Entrance
Character: Anna, the Cook
Released: September 25, 1934
Type: Movie
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.
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Elmer Steps Out
Title: Elmer Steps Out
Released: February 28, 1934
Type: Movie
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.
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Let's Fall in Love
Title: Let's Fall in Love
Character: Lisa Bjorkman
Released: December 26, 1933
Type: Movie
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
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The Chief
Title: The Chief
Character: Little Heinie's Mother
Released: November 3, 1933
Type: Movie
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.
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Meet the Baron
Title: Meet the Baron
Character: Aunt Sophie (uncredited)
Released: October 20, 1933
Type: Movie
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
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Bombshell
Title: Bombshell
Character: Lola's Masseuse (uncredited)
Released: October 13, 1933
Type: Movie
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
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Stage Mother
Title: Stage Mother
Character: Dancing Girl's Mother
Released: September 29, 1933
Type: Movie
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.
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The Nuisance
Title: The Nuisance
Character: Mrs. Mannheimer
Released: June 3, 1933
Type: Movie
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.
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Whistling in the Dark
Title: Whistling in the Dark
Character: Mrs. Barfuss (uncredited)
Released: January 21, 1933
Type: Movie
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist their help in devising the perfect crime.
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The Match King
Title: The Match King
Character: Marta's Maid Trudi (uncredited)
Released: December 31, 1932
Type: Movie
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.
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Flesh
Title: Flesh
Character: Mrs. Herman
Released: December 8, 1932
Type: Movie
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.
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The Man from Yesterday
Title: The Man from Yesterday
Character: Swiss Inn Proprietress
Released: June 24, 1932
Type: Movie
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.
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Grand Hotel
Title: Grand Hotel
Character: Housekeeper in Room 174 (uncredited)
Released: May 25, 1932
Type: Movie
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
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Tonight or Never
Title: Tonight or Never
Character: Emma
Released: January 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, until she finds romance with a handsome admirer.