Alice Vera Cecilia Charlotta Schmiterlöw (19 July 1904,

Varberg Varberg () is a locality and the seat of Varberg Municipality, Halland County, Sweden, with 35,782 inhabitants in 2019. Varberg and all of Halland are well known for their "typical west coast" sandy beaches. In Varberg the coast changes from ...

– 9 September 1987, Stockholm) was a

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. She studied drama at the

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from 1921 to 1924, where she met classmate

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with whom she grew a lifelong friendship. The intimate correspondence between the two are saved in the National archives of Sweden. From 1927 to 1932 she mainly worked in

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where she appeared in a number of films. Vera Schmiterlöw is the half-sister of artist Bertram Schmiterlöw.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmiterlow, Vera 1904 births 1987 deaths Swedish film actresses Swedish silent film actresses 20th-century Swedish actresses People from Varberg