Gretchen Lederer | |
Birth Name: | Gretchen Schwallenback |
Birth Date: | 23 May 1891 |
Birth Place: | Cologne, German Empire |
Death Place: | Anaheim, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actress |
Yearsactive: | 1912–1918 |
Spouse: | |
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.