{{Short description|German actress (1903–1970)}} {{Expand German|topic=bio|date=August 2010|Grethe Weiser}} [[File:GretheWeiser1932.jpg|thumb|Weise on stage at the [[Berlin Wintergarten theatre]], 1932 [[File:Unterschrift Grethe Weiser deutsche Bühnen- und Filmschauspielerin.png|center|frameless|class=notpageimage skin-invert-image|upright=0.8|Signature Grethe Weiser]]]] '''Grethe Weiser''' ({{IPA|de|ˈɡʁeːtə ˈvaɪzɐ|lang|De-Grethe Weiser.ogg}}; 27 February 1903 – 2 October 1970) was a German actress.
== Biography == [[File:Grethe Weiser-Schwerin.jpg|thumb|Grave of Grethe Weiser and her husband Dr Hermann Schwerin in Berlin in 2006]] Born in [[Hanover]], she spent her childhood in [[Dresden]]. She escaped from her dominant and sometimes violent father by marrying a Jewish confectionery manufacturer in 1920. Her only child, a son, was born in 1922. Quite quickly she established herself in the [[cabaret]] scene in Berlin, especially after her husband became a leaseholder of a nightclub on the [[Kurfürstendamm]]. Her film debut came soon after in 1927.
Weiser had a lifelong relationship with Hermann Schwerin, a [[Universum Film AG|UFA]] film producer, which began in 1934, but the couple were not married until 1958. Her previous marriage had been dissolved in 1934. Weiser avoided becoming a member of the Nazi Party. She managed to finance and arrange for her previous husband and her son to survive the Nazi years in Switzerland, as well as at the same time continue her career in Germany.
She died after a road traffic accident, aged 67, in Untersteinbach near [[Bad Tölz]] in Bavaria and is buried in an [[Ehrengrab|honorary grave]] at the [[Friedhof Heerstraße|Heerstraße Cemetery]] in Berlin.
==Selected filmography== {{div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[Salto Mortale (1931 German film)|Salto Mortale]]'' (1931) * ''[[Gretel Wins First Prize]]'' (1933) * ''[[Just Once a Great Lady (1934 film)|Just Once a Great Lady]]'' (1934) * ''[[Bashful Felix]]'' (1934) * ''[[One Too Many on Board]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Man with the Paw]]'' (1935) * ''[[The Schimeck Family (1935 film)|The Schimeck Family]]'' (1935) * ''[[Fresh Wind from Canada]]'' (1935) * ''[[His Late Excellency (1935 film)|His Late Excellency]]'' (1935) * ''[[Fräulein Veronika]]'' (1936) * ''[[Martha (1936 film)|Martha]]'' (1936) * ''[[Hilde and the Volkswagen]]'' (1936) * ''[[The Abduction of the Sabine Women (1936 film)|The Abduction of the Sabine Women]]'' (1936) * ''[[Escapade (1936 film)|Escapade]]'' (1936) * ''[[Men Without a Fatherland]]'' (1937) * ''[[My Friend Barbara]]'' (1937) * ''[[The Divine Jetta]]'' (1937) * ''[[Women for Golden Hill]]'' (1938) * ''[[Woman at the Wheel]]'' (1939) * ''[[Ursula Under Suspicion]]'' (1939) * ''[[Mistake of the Heart]]'' (1939) * ''[[Marriage in Small Doses]]'' (1939) * ''[[Between Hamburg and Haiti]]'' (1940) * ''[[Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree (1940 film)|Left of the Isar, Right of the Spree]]'' (1940) * ''[[We Make Music]]'' (1942) * ''[[The Great Love (1942 film)|The Great Love]]'' (1942) * ''[[A Waltz with You]]'' (1943) * ''[[The Buchholz Family]]'' (1944) * ''[[Dog Days (1944 film)|Dog Days]]'' (1944) * ''[[Marriage of Affection]]'' (1944) * ''[[The Master Detective]]'' (1944) * ''[[Somewhere in Berlin]]'' (1946) * ''[[Everything Will Be Better in the Morning]]'' (1948) * ''[[Tromba (film)|Tromba]]'' (1949) * ''[[My Wife's Friends]]'' (1949) * ''[[The Trip to Marrakesh]]'' (1949) * ''[[Artists' Blood]]'' (1949) * ''[[Nothing But Coincidence]]'' (1949) * ''[[Love '47]]'' (1949) * ''[[Amico (film)|Amico]]'' (1949) * ''[[Third from the Right]]'' (1950) * ''[[Gabriela (1950 film)|Gabriela]]'' (1950) * ''[[When Men Cheat]]'' (1950) * ''[[Maya of the Seven Veils]]'' (1951) * ''[[Fanfares of Love]]'' (1951) * ''[[Dance Into Happiness (1951 film)|Dance Into Happiness]]'' (1951) * ''[[The Mine Foreman (film)|The Mine Foreman]]'' (1952) * ''[[Holiday From Myself (1952 film)|Holiday From Myself]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Chaste Libertine]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Prince of Pappenheim (1952 film)|The Prince of Pappenheim]]'' (1952) * ''[[Queen of the Arena]]'' (1952) * ''[[Rose of the Mountain]]'' (1952) * ''[[The Empress of China (film)|The Empress of China]]'' (1953) * ''[[The Rose of Stamboul (1953 film)|The Rose of Stamboul]]'' (1953) * ''[[The Cousin from Nowhere (1953 film)|The Cousin from Nowhere]]'' (1953) * ''[[Lady's Choice (film)|Lady's Choice]]'' (1953) * ''[[Money from the Air]]'' (1953) * ''[[Hooray, It's a Boy! (1953 film)|Hooray, It's a Boy!]]'' (1953) * ''[[Dutch Girl]]'' (1953) * ''[[The Uncle from America]]'' (1953) * ''[[Money from the Air]]'' (1954) * ''[[The Great Lola]]'' (1954) * ''[[The Seven Dresses of Katrin]]'' (1954) * ''[[It Was Always So Nice With You]]'' (1954) * ''[[As Long as There Are Pretty Girls]]'' (1955) * ''[[My Leopold (1955 film)|My Leopold]]'' (1955) * ''[[Secrets of the City]]'' (1955) * ''[[Father's Day (1955 film)|Father's Day]]'' (1955) * ''[[The Double Husband]]'' (1955) * ''[[My Children and I]]'' (1955) * ''[[Three Days Confined to Barracks (1955 film)|Three Days Confined to Barracks]]'' (1955) * ''[[And Who Is Kissing Me? (1956 film)|And Who Is Kissing Me?]]'' (1956) * ''[[Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden (1956 film)|Fruit in the Neighbour's Garden]]'' (1956) * ''[[Just Once a Great Lady (1957 film)|Just Once a Great Lady]]'' (1957) * ''[[Aunt Wanda from Uganda]]'' (1957) * ''[[Lemke's Widow (1957 film)|Lemke's Widow]]'' (1957) * ''[[The Legs of Dolores]]'' (1957) * ''[[That's No Way to Land a Man]]'' (1959) * ''[[The Domestic Tyrant]]'' (1959) * ''[[The Young Sinner (1960 film)|The Young Sinner]]'' (1960) * ''[[Freddy and the Melody of the Night]]'' (1960) * ''[[We Will Never Part]]'' (1960) * ''[[Freddy and the Millionaire]]'' (1961) * ''[[When the Music Plays at Wörthersee]]'' (1962) {{div col end}}
==Further reading== * Hans Borgelt: ''Grethe Weiser. Herz mit Schnauze''. (Sonderausgabe.) Schneekluth, München 1983 {{ISBN|3-7951-0769-5}}
== External links == *{{Commons category-inline|Grethe Weiser}} * {{IMDb name|0918780|Grethe Weiser}} * [https://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=1120 Photographs and bibliography]
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