Greta Schröder

Greta Schröder
Greta Schroeder in Nosferatu (1922).
Born	Margarethe Schröder 27 June 1892 Düsseldorf, Germany
Died	8 June 1980 (aged 87) Berlin, Germany
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 or 8 June 1980) was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife and Count Orlok's victim 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.

According to the Austrian writer Kay Weniger, Greta Schröder died in 1980, though some sources mention 1967.

Filmography

as Actress:

• 1913: Die Insel der Seeligen
• 1920: Arme Violetta
• 1920: The Golem: How He Came into the World
• 1920: Die geschlossene Kette
• 1921: Der verlorene Schatten
• 1921: Zirkus des Lebens
• 1921: Marizza
• 1921: Nosferatu
• 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: Anna Louise and 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 the Internet Archive
• Greta Schröder at IMDb
• Text of a letter by Greta Schröder from 1911 (German)