Gretchen Lederer | |
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Born | Gretchen Schwallenback 23 May 1891 |
Died | 20 December 1955 Anaheim, California, U.S. | (aged 64)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1912–1918 |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 |
Gretchen Lederer (née Schwallenback; 23 May 1891 – 20 December 1955) was a German actress of the silent era.[1] She appeared in more than 80 films between 1912 and 1918.
Gretchen Lederer was born in Cologne, Germany. She was married twice. Her first husband was the Austrian-American actor Otto Lederer.[2] 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.