Greta Meyer
Birthday: 1883-08-06
Place of Birth: 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).
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Laddie
A romance between two young lovers is complicated by their prohibitive parents. Preserved by the Ac...
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Three Loves Has Nancy
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Bombshell
A glamorous film star rebels against the studio, her pushy press agent and a family of hangers-on....
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Come Live with Me
Seeking US citizenship, a Viennese refugee arranges a marriage of convenience with a struggling writ...
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Friendly Enemies
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Flesh
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The Match King
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The Nuisance
Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving...
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Biography of a Bachelor Girl
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Bill Cracks Down
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No Place to Go
An elderly war veteran feels lonely and unwanted while living with his son and daughter-in-law, but ...
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Let's Fall in Love
A carnival girl pretends to be Swedish in order to win a movie role....
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Bitter Sweet
A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle ...
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Suzy
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Tonight or Never
A young opera singer finds her career stalled because of her cold and passionless performances, unti...
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The Great Waltz
Composer Johann Strauss risks his marriage over his infatuation with a beautiful singer....
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The Patient in Room 18
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
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Strange Wives
When a young man marries a Russian girl, he finds that he has "married" her entire family....
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Mister Dynamite
A gambler hires a detective to investigate when a murder is committed in his casino....
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Spendthrift
A profligate, polo-playing playboy (Henry Fonda) is married to a beautiful but superficial heiress (...
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Whistling in the Dark
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I'll Take Romance
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Stage Mother
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The Women
A happily married woman lets her catty friends talk her into divorce when her husband strays....
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Libeled Lady
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Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet
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Smart Girl
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When Love Is Young
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Damaged Goods
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The Man I Married
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Meet the Baron
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Pilgrimage
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The Man from Yesterday
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Diamond Jim
A loose biopic based on the life of Gilded Age tycoon "Diamond" Jim Brady....
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The Chief
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Grand Hotel
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These Three
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Naughty Marietta
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Torchy Gets Her Man
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Elmer Steps Out
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Public Hero Number 1
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Twelve Crowded Hours
An ace reporter with a girlfriend nails a numbers racketeer for murders....
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Forsaking All Others
A socialite only realises that her friend is in love with her when she falls for the wrong man....
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Reunion in France
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed ...
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Servants' Entrance
Heiress Hedda Nillson certain that her family is about to lose all its money, takes a job as a maid....
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Fly Away Baby
Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight....
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When Tomorrow Comes
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