Date of birth: 1883-08-06
Place of birth: Dessau, Germany
Known for: Acting
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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).
1937-05-21
One of a series of movies based on the character Philo Vance
1935-03-18
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by the Ac
1938-09-02
A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically invo
1933-10-13
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on.
1941-01-31
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writ
1942-06-21
During World War I, two German men friends who emigrated to the US and become millionaires agree on
1932-12-08
Gifted German wrestler Polokai falls in love with ex-con Laura, who persuades him to emigrate to Ame
1932-12-31
Unscrupulous Chicago janitor Paul Kroll uses deceit to fund a return trip to his homeland of Sweden.
1933-06-03
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving
1935-01-04
Everyweek Newsmagazine editor Richard Kurt pursues famous free-spirited portrait artist Marion Forsy
1937-03-22
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified h
1939-09-23
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but
1933-12-26
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role.
1940-11-08
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle
1936-07-20
A French air ace discovers that his showgirl wife's first husband is still alive.
1931-01-04
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, unti
1938-11-04
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer.
1938-01-08
Choreographer Bob Connolly and prolific screenwriter Crane Wilbur teamed up on the direction of Warn
1935-09-13
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by
1934-11-30
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family.
1935-04-22
A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino.
1936-07-22
A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (
1935-10-12
Thelma and Patsy are reporters who investigate a hospital.
1933-01-21
A mystery writer and his sweetheart are held hostage by a fugitive gangster, who hopes to enlist the
1937-11-17
Theater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry (Grace M
1933-09-29
Kitty Lorraine has one purpose in life: turning her daughter Shirley into a star. Kitty controls eve
1939-09-01
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays.
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
1940-02-23
True story of the doctor who considered it was not immoral to search for a drug that would cure syph
1935-07-16
Socialite Pat Reynolds (Ida Lupino) is forced to become the "smart girl" of the title when her wealt
1937-03-26
In this drama, a girl from a small town in Pennsylvania dreams of being a star while she goes to sch
1937-05-22
A groom-to-be contracts syphilis and wrestles with the consequences of his diagnosis.
1940-08-09
An American vacations in Europe with her husband and watches him turn into a Nazi.
1933-10-20
A charlatan posing as Baron Munchhausen is invited to be guest speaker at a girls' school.
1933-07-12
A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she
1932-06-24
A woman whose husband never came home from World War I finds herself in love with her doctor. She tr
1935-09-01
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady.
1933-11-03
The dim-witted son of a heroic fire chief tries to follow in his late father's footsteps, only to be
1932-05-25
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
1936-03-18
Close friends Martha and Karen build a private boarding school together with the aid of the local do
1935-03-29
In order to avoid a prearranged marriage, a rebellious French princess sheds her identity and escape
1938-11-12
A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwi
1934-02-28
To avoid getting a speeding ticket Walter poses as an expectant father rushing to see his wife; when
1935-05-31
G-Man Jeff Crane poses as a crook to infiltrate the notorious Purple Gang, a band of hoodlums which
1939-02-23
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders.
1934-12-23
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man.
1942-12-25
French woman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed
1934-09-25
Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid.
1937-06-19
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
1939-08-11
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he i