Greta keller biography
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Greta Keller
American singer
Margaretha "Greta" Keller (8 February 1903 - 11 November 1977) was an Austrian and American cabaret singer and actress, who worked in some Hollywood movies and television dramas.[1]
Early years
Born Margaretha Keller in Vienna, Austria, she studied dance from the age of 8, followed by acting.
Her début was in Pavillon in Vienna. She also appeared on stage with Marlene Dietrich in Broadway, in which she sang and danced.
A recording contract with Ultraphon in 1929 took her from Vienna to Prague and Berlin, where she enjoyed great success with Peter Igelhoff and Peter Kreuder.
Greta keller biography
For over 45 years, her voice was familiar worldwide in radio shows, films, revues, concerts and musicals, and above all in recordings. First called "The Great Lady Of Chanson" in her native Vienna, the nickname followed her to London and the United States.
Personal life
Greta Keller's first marriage to the singer Joe Sargent in 1928 did not last; he