Greta Nissen
Vintage Postcard
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Greta Nissen (January 30, 1906 – May 15, 1988), Norwegian-born American film and stage actress, vintage silver print postcard.
Born Grethe Rüzt-Nissen in Oslo, Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer. She debuted as a solo ballerina on the National Theatre in 1922. She toured in Norway and participated in several Danish films.
Nissen made her Broadway debut as a ballerina in 1924. She had studied ballet with Mikhail Fokine. In early 1924, she came as a member of a Danish ballet troupe to New York, where she was soon hired to do a larger dance numbers for George S. Kaufman in the musical Beggar on Horseback. Greta was discovered by film producer Jesse L. Lasky of Paramount Pictures, and would appear in more than twenty films.
Verso bears original graphics, else blank and clean. In very good condition.
TAGS: Silent Films
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