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- Birth nameMargarete Emma Dorothea Mohsheim
- Grete Mosheim was born on January 8, 1905 in Berlin, Germany. She was an actress, known for Car of Dreams (1935), The Dreyfus Case (1930) and Poor as a Church Mouse (1931). She was married to Robert Cooper, Howard Gould and Oscar Homolka. She died on December 29, 1986 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpousesRobert Cooper(1951 - ?)Howard Gould(1937 - 1947) (divorced)Oscar Homolka(June 28, 1928 - 1937) (divorced)
- In 1941 she came back to the American stage and belonged to the founders of the German-language ensemble "The Players from Abroad".
- 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. She had no children by any of her marriages.
- Mosheim was born in Berlin, Germany on 8 January 1905, the daughter of Markus Mosheim (1868-1956), a physician, and his wife Clara Mosheim (née Hilger; 1875-1970). Her younger sister was actress Laurie Lane (born Lore Anne Mosheim), who appeared in at least nine films.
- 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. In 1925, he gave her the chance to substitute in the play Der sprechende Affe by René Fauchois when the female lead became ill. She learned the difficult role in one day and became a star almost overnight. She left Germany due to her Jewish ancestry in 1933 and subsequently performed on stage in London and New York. She wed industrialist Howard Gould in 1937; they went to New York a year later. At his request she retired from the entertainment.Returned to Germany in 1952, but eventually settled in New York after marrying an American journalist.
- Mosheim appeared in Germany for the first time after the war in 1952, making guest performances on television and visiting 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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