Alice Vera Cecilia Charlotta Schmiterlöw (19 July 1904,

Varberg Varberg () is a Urban areas in Sweden, locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg th ...

– 9 September 1987,

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) was a

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. She studied drama at the

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from 1921 to 1924, where she met classmate

Greta Garbo Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress and a premier star during Hollywood's Silent film, silent and early Classical Hollywood cinema, golden eras. Regarded as one of the g ...

with whom she grew a lifelong friendship. The intimate correspondence between the two are saved in the National archives of Sweden. From 1927 to 1932 she mainly worked in

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where she appeared in a number of films. Vera Schmiterlöw is the half-sister of artist

Bertram Schmiterlöw Bertram Schmiterlöw (20 January 1920, Karlskrona–28 December 2002, Stockholm) was a Swedish painter, printmaker, draughtsman and sculptor. Bertram Schmiterlöw's artistry extends through more than five decades and is characterized by figurati ...

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmiterlow, Vera 1904 births 1987 deaths Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses People from Varberg Actresses from Halland County