Greta Schröder

Greta Schröder
Greta Schroeder in Nosferatu (1922).
Born	Margarethe Schröder 27 June 1892 Düsseldorf, Germany
Died	13 April 1967 (aged 74) Vienna, Austria
Other names	Greta Schröder-Matray; Grete Wegener; Greta Schröder-Wegener
Spouse(s)	Ernst Matray and Paul Wegener

Greta Schröder (27 June 1892 – 13 April 1967) was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and victim to Count Orlok in the 1922 silent film Nosferatu. 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 until his death in 1948.

Filmography

as Actress:

• 1913: Die Insel der Seeligen
• 1920: Arme Violetta
• 1920: Der Golem-Wie er in die Welt kam
• 1920: Die geschlossene Kette
• 1921: Der verlorene Schatten
• 1921: Zirkus des Lebens
• 1921: Marizza, genannt die Schmugglermadonna
• 1921: Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens
• 1922: Es leuchtet meine Liebe
• 1923: Brüder
• 1923: Paganini
• 1930: Die zwölfte Stunde - Eine Nacht des Grauens
• 1937: Victoria the Great
• 1938: Sixty Glorious Years
• 1943: Melody of a Great City
• 1943: Wildvogel
• 1944: Kolberg
• 1951: Maria Theresia
• 1953: Stars Over Colombo
• 1953: Pünktchen und Anton

as Writer:

• 1915: Zucker und Zimt
• 1916: Das Phantom der Oper

References in popular culture

• In the 2000 film Shadow of the Vampire, which depicted the production of Nosferatu, Catherine McCormack portrayed Greta Schröder.

External links

• Works by or about Greta Schröder at Internet Archive
• Greta Schröder at the Internet Movie Database
• Text of a letter by Greta Schröder from 1911 (German)