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Greta Keller

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At the age of eight, Greta Keller studied dancing and later she went to acting school. Her début was in "Pavillon" in Vienna. She also played on Stage with Marlene Dietrich in "Broadway", in which she sang and danced. She had a recording contract with Ultraphon in 1929. Her career as a singer took her from Vienna to Prague and Berlin, where she had a big success with Peter Igelhoff and Peter Kreuder.

Because of her low voice, her repertoire began with Robert-Stolz-Melodie "Adieu, mein kleiner Gardeoffizier" ("Adieu, mon petit officier"). Then she sang songs by Benatzky, Nelson, Kreuder and Igelhoff till Kästner and Tucholsky, as well as American songs. In the 30s, she became a big star even in the USA. She played on Broadway, in New York, made films with Fox Studio, sang on the radio and played with Fred Astaire and Rod McKuen, who wrote "If You Go Away" for her. She also performed "My Way", composed by Paul Anka.
- IMDb mini biography by: Rudi Polt / rudipolt@aol.com

Singer of "Lili Marlene" in USA & Europe.
She appeared on stage with Marlene Dietrich in Broadway, in which she sang and danced.
Since 2007, a street in Vienna-Liesing (23rd district) has been named after her: Greta-Keller-Gasse.
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. For over 45 years, her voice was familiar worldwide in radio shows, films, revues, concerts and musicals, and above all in recordings.
Her second marriage started and ended in Hollywood, where she met and married Gaspar Griswold Bacon, Jr. ( = American stage and film actor David Bacon) son of Gaspar G. Bacon from a prominent family in Boston. In her later years, Keller disclosed that both she and Bacon were bisexuals and that their lavender marriage partly served as what she referred to as a "beard", allowing both of them to maintain the requisite façade in Hollywood, where they were both attempting to establish film careers.

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