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|

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| children = 1

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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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