Vera Schmiterlöw

Alice Vera Cecilia Charlotta Schmiterlöw was a Swedish actress. She studied drama at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1921 to 1924, where she met classmates Mimi Pollak and Greta Garbo, with whom she had a lifelong friendship. The intimate correspondence between Schmiterlöw and Garbo is saved in the National Archives of Sweden. From 1927 to 1932 she mainly worked in Germany where she appeared in several films. Vera Schmiterlöw was the half-sister of artist Bertram Schmiterlöw.