Grethe Weiser (German: [ËˆÉ¡Ê eË .tÉ™ ˈvaɪ̯.zÉ ] (listen); 27
February 1903 â€" 2 October 1970) was a German actress.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 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 honorary
grave at the Heerstraße Cemetery in Berlin.
February 1903 â€" 2 October 1970) was a German actress.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 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 honorary
grave at the Heerstraße Cemetery in Berlin.
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