Greta Gynt (as Elsie Silver) in a screenshot from Mr. Emmanuel (1944) (4)

Greta Gynt

Norwegian actress (1916–2000) | Take My Life (1947), Mr Emmanuel (1944), The Common Touch (1941)

Norwegian leading lady, popular in British films of the 1940s

Mini Biography

Born in Oslo, Greta Gynt settled in England in the mid-1930s, and was put under contract by J. Arthur Rank. Tiring of being cast as a femme fatale, she retired in the mid-1950s. Married four times.

Latest Greta Gynt Pictures

Vivien Warren (Greta Gynt) in a scene from Gainsborough Pictures’ Dear Murderer (1947)
  • 29th November, 2017
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Greta Gynt as Vivien Warren in Dear Murderer (1947)
Greta Gynt (as Elsie Silver) in a screenshot from Mr. Emmanuel (1944) (4)
  • 30th July, 2012
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Mr. Emmanuel (1944) screenshot (4) | Greta Gynt
Greta Gynt (as Crenshaw) and Stewart Granger (as Pvt Archibald Ackroyd) in a pressbook for Soldiers Three (1951) (1)
  • 12th September, 2009
Greta Gynt, Stewart Granger
Soldiers Three (1951) pressbook (1) | Greta Gynt, Stewart Granger

Select Greta Gynt Filmography

The Last Curtain (1937) opening credits (1)
The Last Curtain (1937)
Julie Rendle
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939) opening credits (1)
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery (1939)
Gwen Lee
Crook’s Tour (1940) opening credits (4)
Crook’s Tour (1940)
La Palermo
The Common Touch (1941) opening credits
The Common Touch (1941)
Sylvia Meadows
The Common Touch (1941) opening credits
It’s That Man Again (1943)
Stella Ferris
Tomorrow We Live (1943) opening credits (1)
Tomorrow We Live (1943)
Marie Duchesne
Mr. Emmanuel (1944) opening credits
Mr Emmanuel (1944)
Elsie Silver
London Town (1946) opening credits
London Town (1946)
Mrs Eve Barry
Dear Murderer (1947) opening credits (4)
Dear Murderer (1947)
Vivien Warren
Take My Life (1947) opening credits (3)
Take My Life (1947)
Philippa Shelley
Easy Money (1948) opening credits
Easy Money (1948)
Pat Parsons
Easy Money (1948) opening credits
Mr Perrin and Mr Traill (1948)
Isobel Lester
Shadow of the Eagle (1950) opening credits (2)
Shadow of the Eagle (1950)
Countess Loradona Camponiello
Shadow of the Eagle (1950) opening credits (2)
Soldiers Three (1951)
Crenshaw
I’m a Stranger (1952) opening credits (3)
I’m a Stranger (1952)
Herself
Three Steps in the Dark (1953) opening credits (3)
Three Steps in the Dark (1953)
Sophy Burgoyne
Forbidden Cargo (1954) opening credits
Forbidden Cargo (1954)
Mme Simonetta
Fortune is a Woman (as She Played With Fire) 1957 opening credits
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
Vere Litchen
Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960) opening credits
Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons (1960)
Jeanette
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