Greta Granstedt

Greta Granstedt (July 13, 1907 - October 07, 1987) was an American Movie and Television Actress.

Background

Irene Greta Granstedt was born the eldest child of Theodore and Emma Granstedt in Scandia Township, in Republic County, Kansas. Her father was of Norwegian and Swedish heritage. Her family later moved to Santa Clara County, California. She was modeling at San Francisco Art Association in the summer of 1926. By the mid-'20s, Greta had appeared opposite Joseph Schildkraut in a Los Angeles production of From Hell Came a Lady.

Career

She made her screen debut in a small role in Buck Privates (1928), with Hungarian film actress Lya de Putti, and made her talkie debut in The Last Performance (1929). She continued to play mainly bit parts some of which were memorable. She appeared as Beulah Bondi's daughter in the crime drama Street Scene (1931) and as Margo's friend in Crime Without Passion (1934).

While in New York City, Greta appeared in several Broadway plays before returning to Hollywood for perhaps her best remembered role, that of Anna, one of the resistance workers in Hitler, Beast of Berlin (1939). Her 1940s roles were minor. Greta Granstedt appeared as Mrs. Lars Faraassen in Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945). In 1958, she played a California housewife welcoming Francis Lederer's count to her suburban home in The Return of Dracula. During the 1960s, she appeared in a variety of Television shows including Perry Mason, Peter Gunn, The Millionaire, Lassie and Dragnet. She retired in 1970.

Filmography

• Desire Under the Elms (1958)
• Cause for Alarm! (1951)
• The Enforcer (1951)
• The Crooked Way (1949)
• Our Vines Have Tender Grapes (1945)
• Telephone Operator (1937)
• Hitler, Beast of Berlin (1939)
• The Devil Horse (1932)
• They Never Come Back (1932)
• Street Scene (1931)
• The Deceiver (1931)
• Manhattan Parade ( 1931)
• Close Harmony (1929)

External links

• Greta Granstedt pictures