Greta Schröder (27 June 1892 – 8 June 1980)[1] was a German actress.[2] She is best known for the role of Ellen Hutter, Thomas Hutter's wife and the cause of Count Orlok's destruction in Nosferatu (1922). In the fictionalized 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, she is portrayed as having been a famous actress during the making of Nosferatu, but in fact she was little known. The bulk of her career was during the 1920s, and she continued to act well into the 1950s, but by the 1930s her roles had diminished to only occasional appearances. Following a failed marriage with struggling actor Ernst Matray, she was married to actor and film director Paul Wegener.
Greta Schröder | |
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 Greta Schröder in 1919 | |
| Born | Margarethe Schröder 27 June 1892 |
| Died | 8 June 1980 (aged 87) |
| Other names | Greta Schröder-Matray Grete Wegener Greta Schröder-Wegener |
| Spouses | |
According to the Austrian writer Kay Weniger, Greta Schröder died in 1980,[1][3] though some sources mention 1967.[4]
Filmography
editActress
edit- 1913: Die Insel der Seligen
- 1920: The Red Peacock as Alfred's sister
- 1920: The Golem: How He Came into the World as a lady of the court
- 1920: The Closed Chain
- 1921: The Lost Shadow as Countess Dorothea Durande
- 1921: Circus of Life as Alegria
- 1921: Marizza as Sadja
- 1922: Nosferatu as Ellen Hutter
- 1922: Es leuchtet meine Liebe
- 1923: Brüder
- 1923: Paganini as Antonia Paganini
- 1930: Die zwölfte Stunde - Eine Nacht des Grauens (re-edited version of Nosferatu with sound)
- 1937: Victoria the Great as Baroness Lehzen
- 1938: Sixty Glorious Years as Baroness Lehzen
- 1943: Melody of a Great City
- 1943: Wild Bird as Jutta Lossen
- 1945: Kolberg as Sophie Marie von Voß
- 1951: Maria Theresa
- 1953: Stars Over Colombo
- 1953: Anna Louise and Anton
Writer
edit- 1915: Zucker und Zimt
- 1916: Das Phantom der Oper
References in popular culture
edit- In the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, which depicted the production of Nosferatu, Catherine McCormack portrayed Greta Schröder.
References
edit- ^ a b "Greta Schröder". www.steffi-line.de.
- ^ Kay Weniger (2011). 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben ...' Lexikon der aus Deutschland und Österreich emigrierten Filmschaffenden 1933 bis 1945: Eine Gesamtübersicht. ACABUS Verlag. pp. 643–644. ISBN 978-3-86282-049-8.
- ^ "Greta Schroeder". sites.google.com.
- ^ "Greta Schröder - filmportal.de". www.filmportal.de.
External links
edit- Works by or about Greta Schröder at the Internet Archive
- Greta Schröder at IMDb
- Text of a letter by Greta Schröder from 1911
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