Grete Mosheim was born on January 8, 1905 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Car of Dreams (1935), Cyankali (1930) and Arm wie eine Kirchenmaus (1931). She was married to Howard Gould, Oskar Homolka and Robert Cooper. She died on December 29, 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
Until 1933, when she went to London to escape Adolf Hitler's rise to power, she was pre-eminent in the Berlin theatre scene. She performed in a wide variety of roles, being equally at home in drama and comedy.
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After overcoming the language barrier with intensive study of English, she found a role in London in 1934 in "Two Share a Dwelling" with Alice Campbell. It became a special success for Mosheim, because she met the American railroad king Howard Gould, who had financed the performance, and who became in 1937 her second husband. Mosheim accompanied Gould to New York in 1938.
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After intensive study, she mastered English well enough to appear in Two Share a Dwelling in London in 1935. She starred in that same year in the British film Car of Dreams.
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In 1934 Grete Mosheim emigrated to England where could bear her living as an actress only very with difficulty because of her bad knowledge of languages. After the overcoming of this handicap she received more parts at English theaters.
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Mosheim became established under Max Reinhardt, and in 1925 he gave her the chance to substitute in the play Der sprechende Affe by René Fauchois when the female lead became ill. Mosheim learned the difficult role from Albert Bassermann in just 24 hours and became a superstar almost overnight.
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She began studying at Max Reinhardt's School of Drama under Berthold Held in early 1922, alongside Marlene Dietrich.
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She also appeared in musical revues and recorded songs by Friedrich Hollaender and others.
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Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January 1905, the daughter of Markus Mosheim (1868-1956) and his wife Clara Mosheim née Hilger (1875-1970).
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In Germany she made her entrance in 1952 and gave guest performances in different cities. However for the film itself she played no longer aside from individual TV appearances.
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Her sister was actress Lore Mosheim, who appeared in at least nine movies.
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In 1984, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, Germany's highest civilian award.
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Mosheim was married three times: to actor Oskar Homolka in Berlin (1928-1933), to industrialist Howard Gould in London (1937-1948) and to journalist Robert Cooper, who was a correspondent for The Times.
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Grete Mosheim came by the theater at the age of 17 and was a member of "Deutsches Theater Berlin" from 1922 to 1931. Although her first appearances at the stage didn't receive positive criticism she became established by Max Reinhardt.
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She had no children.
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She appeared in Germany for the first time after the war in 1952, and visited many cities playing leading roles in pieces by modern American dramatists such as Eugene O'Neill, Thornton Wilder, Tennessee Williams, and John van Druten.
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In 1941 she came back to the American stage and belonged to the founders of the German-language ensemble "The Players from Abroad".
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She got married with industrialist Howard Gould in 1937 and they went to New York a year later. At his request she retired from the entertainment.
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Blonde, elfin-like leading lady of German silent film comedy, the daughter of a physician. She was trained at the Max Reinhardt School of Drama and made her reputation as an ensemble member with the Deutsches Theater in Berlin, 1922-31. Left Germany due to her Jewish ancestry in 1933 and subsequently performed on stage in London and New York. Returned to Germany in 1952, but eventually settled in New York after marrying an American journalist.
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