Gretchen Lederer
Appearance
Gretchen Lederer | |
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![]() Lederer in 1924 | |
Born | Gretchen Schwallenback 23 May 1891 |
Died | 20 December 1955 Anaheim, California, U.S. | (aged 64)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1912–1918 |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Gretchen Lederer (née Schwallenback; 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era.[1] She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918.
Personal life
[edit]Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany. She was married twice. Her first husband was the Austrian-American actor Otto Lederer.[2] The couple had one son, Leroy Lederer Shepek (1908-1940). Her second husband was the conservative American economist Lewis Henry Haney. Gretchen Lederer was still with him in 1955, when she died in Anaheim, California at age 64.
Selected filmography
[edit]- Hearts in Conflict (1912)
- The Violin Maker (1915)
- The Chimney's Secret (1915)
- The Millionaire Paupers (1915)
- Under a Shadow (1915)
- Lord John's Journal (1915)
- Lord John in New York (1915)
- Bobbie of the Ballet (1916)
- The Grasp of Greed (1916)
- The Mark of Cain (1916)
- If My Country Should Call (1916)
- The Yaqui (1916)
- Doctor Neighbor (1916)
- Black Friday (1916)
- A Yoke of Gold (1916)
- The Morals of Hilda (1916)
- Little Eve Edgarton (1916)
- My Little Boy (1917)
- The Silent Lady (1917)
- The Little Pirate (1917)
- The Spotted Lily (1917)
- The Lair of the Wolf (1917)
- Bondage (1917)
- The Cricket (1917)
- Polly Redhead (1917)
- The Greater Law (1917)
- Princess Virtue (1917)
- The Little Orphan (1917)
- The Rescue (1917)
- New Love For Old (1918)
- The Model's Confession (1918)
- The Kaiser, the Beast of Berlin (1918)
- Riddle Gawne (1918)
- Hungry Eyes (1918)
- Wife or Country (1918)
References
[edit]- ^ Katchmer, George A. (2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons (3rd ed.). Jefferson, NC: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4.
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