Greta Schröder
actress, writer
- Birth name:
- Margarethe Schroeder
- Born:
- 1892-06-27, Düsseldorf, Germany
- Died:
- 1980-06-08, Berlin, Germany
- Professions:
- actress, writer
Biography
Greta Schröder was a German actress. She is best known for the role of Thomas Hutter's wife 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 peak 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. Greta Schröder died on 8 June 1980 at the age of 87.
