Gretchen Lederer
{{Short description|German actress}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Gretchen Lederer
| image = Gretchen Lederer, silent film actress (SAYRE 5972).jpg
| caption = Lederer in 1924
| birth_name = Gretchen Schwallenback
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1891|5|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Cologne, German Empire
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|12|20|1891|5|23|df=yes}}
| death_place = Anaheim, California, U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1912–1918
| spouse = {{plainlist|
}}
| children = 1
}}
Gretchen Lederer (née Schwallenback; 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA202|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses|first=George A.|last=Katchmer|year=2015|publisher=McFarland | location = Jefferson, NC | isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8}} She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918.
Personal life
Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany. She was married twice. Her first husband was the Austrian-American actor Otto Lederer.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7-DgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA431|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons| edition = 3rd |first=Scott|last=Wilson|year=2016|publisher=McFarland | location = Jefferson, NC | isbn=978-0-7864-7992-4}} 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
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- 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)
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References
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External links
{{Commons category|Gretchen Lederer}}
- {{IMDb name|0496477|Gretchen Lederer}}
- {{Find a Grave|18663|Gretchen Lederer}}
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Category:German film actresses
Category:German silent film actresses
Category:Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
Category:20th-century German actresses