Greta Schröder (27 June 1892 – 8 June 1980) was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and
Count Orlok
Count Orlok (german: Graf Orlok), commonly but erroneously known as Nosferatu, is the main antagonist and title character portrayed by German actor Max Schreck (1879–1936) in the silent film ''Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens'' (1922). He ...
's victim in ''
Nosferatu
''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...
'' (1922). In the fictionalized 2000 film ''
Shadow of the Vampire
''Shadow of the Vampire'' is a 2000 independent
meta period horror comedy film directed by E. Elias Merhige, written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classi ...
'', 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
Paul Wegener (11 December 1874 – 13 September 1948) was a German actor, writer, and film director known for his pioneering role in German expressionist cinema.
Acting career
At the age of 20, Wegener decided to end his law studies and conce ...
.
According to the Austrian writer
Kay Weniger
Kay Weniger (born in Berlin in 1966) is an Austrian writer of books on media issues. He published an eight-volume encyclopaedia on international film people.
Biography
Weniger is the son of the German stage and film actress and the Austria ...
, Greta Schröder died in 1980, though some sources mention 1967.
Filmography
Actress
*1913: ''Die Insel der Seligen''
*1920: ''
The Red Peacock
''The Red Peacock'' (German: ''Arme Violetta'') is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri and Victor Varconi. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios and distributed by UFA. Long thought lost, the film was redis ...
The Closed Chain
''The Closed Chain'' (german: Die geschlossene Kette) is a 1920 German silent film directed by Paul L. Stein and starring Pola Negri, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Carl Ebert
Carl Anton Charles Ebert (20 February 1887 – 14 May 1980), was an actor, s ...
''
*1921: '' The Lost Shadow'' as Countess Dorothea Durande
*1921: ''
Circus of Life
''Circus of Life'' (German: ''Zirkus des Lebens'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Werner Krauss, Lydia Potechina and Rudolf Klein-Rogge.Hardt p.64
The film's sets were designed by the art director H ...
'' as Alegria
*1921: ''
Marizza
''Marizza'' (full title ''Marizza, called the Smuggler Madonna'', german: Marizza, genannt die Schmugglermadonna) is a 1922 silent German drama film directed by F. W. Murnau. The film is considered to be lost, though the Cineteca Nazionale film ...
'' as Sadja
*1921: ''
Nosferatu
''Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror'' (German: ''Nosferatu – Eine Symphonie des Grauens'') is a 1922 silent German Expressionist horror film directed by F. W. Murnau and starring Max Schreck as Count Orlok, a vampire who preys on the wife ...
'' 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
''Victoria the Great'' is a 1937 British historical film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Anna Neagle, Anton Walbrook and Walter Rilla. When Laurence Housman's play ''Victoria Regina'' was banned by the Lord Chamberlain (in 1935 the royal ...
'' as
Baroness Lehzen
Johanna Clara Louise Lehzen (3 October 17849 September 1870), also known as Baroness Louise Lehzen, was the governess and later companion to Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom.
Born to a Lutheran pastor, in 1819 Lehzen entered the household of ...
*1938: ''
Sixty Glorious Years
''Sixty Glorious Years'' is a 1938 British colour film directed by Herbert Wilcox. The film is a sequel to the 1937 film ''Victoria the Great''.
The film is also known as ''Queen of Destiny'' in the US.
Cast
*Anna Neagle as Queen Victoria
*An ...
'' as Baroness Lehzen
*1943: ''
Melody of a Great City
''Melody of a Great City'' (German: ''Großstadtmelodie'') is a 1943 musical drama film directed by Wolfgang Liebeneiner and starring Hilde Krahl, Werner Hinz and Karl John. A young woman moves to Berlin to work as a press photographer.
Cast
...
''
*1943: ''
Wild Bird
''Wild Bird'' is an album by American pianist Hal Galper released on the Mainstream Records, Mainstream label in 1972.Kolberg'' as
Sophie Marie von Voß
Countess Sophie Marie von Voß (1729-1814) was a German lady in waiting and memoirist. She was the influential confidant and ''Oberhofmeisterin'' (mistress of the Robes) for many decades at the Prussian royal court. Her memoirs have also been pu ...
*1951: ''
Maria Theresa
Maria Theresa Walburga Amalia Christina (german: Maria Theresia; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position ''suo jure'' (in her own right). ...
Anna Louise and Anton
''Annaluise and Anton'' (German: ''Pünktchen und Anton'') is a 1953 Austrian-West German comedy film directed by Thomas Engel and starring Paul Klinger, Hertha Feiler, and Heidemarie Hatheyer. It was one of the 10 most popular films released i ...
Shadow of the Vampire
''Shadow of the Vampire'' is a 2000 independent
meta period horror comedy film directed by E. Elias Merhige, written by Steven Katz, and starring John Malkovich and Willem Dafoe. It is a fictionalized account of the making of the classi ...
'', which depicted the production of ''Nosferatu,''
Catherine McCormack
Catherine Jane McCormack (born 3 April 1972) is an English actress of stage and screen. Her film appearances include ''Braveheart'' (1995), ''The Land Girls'' (1998), ''Dangerous Beauty'' (1998), ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' (1998), ''Spy Game'' (20 ...