Greta Nissen(1905-1988)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
Greta Ruzt-Nissen was born in Oslo, Norway, on January 30, 1905. As a
young girl she studied dance and had intended to make a career out of
it. For a while she did, but when she was 19 she appeared in her first
big-screen production,
L'enfant prodigue (1925). Afterwards she
made several more films, but she was one of those who lost much work
due to the advent of sound films. One setback for her was when she was
chosen for the lead in
Les anges de l'enfer (1930) by
Howard Hughes but then replaced by
Jean Harlow because of her heavy Norwegian
accent. The film shot Harlow to stardom. Throughout the 1930s Greta
stayed fairly busy. Obviously some roles were better than others, but
she never got the breakout role she wanted so badly. After
Cafe Colette (1937), Greta left the
screen forever. On May 17, 1988, she died of Parkinson's disease. She
was 83 years old.
