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

Greta Gynt

(1916–2000)

Norwegian actress (died aged 83) | 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.

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Photograph from Easy Money (1948) (1) featuring Greta Gynt (as Pat Parsons) and Jack Watling (as Dennis Stafford) — Easy Money (1948) photograph (1) | Greta Gynt, Jack Watling

Vivien Warren (Greta Gynt) in a scene from Gainsborough Pictures’ Dear Murderer (1947) — Greta Gynt as Vivien Warren in Dear Murderer (1947)

Greta Gynt (as Elsie Silver) in a screenshot from Mr. Emmanuel (1944) (4) — 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) — Soldiers Three (1951) pressbook (1) | Greta Gynt, Stewart Granger

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Personal Details

Born

Died

Born

Greta Gynt was born (as Greta Woxholt) in Oslo, Norway on 15^th November, 1916.
Died

Greta Gynt died in London on 2^nd April, 2000, aged 83.

Watch Greta Gynt on British television

- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- A British agent in German-occupied France suspects a local woman of conspiring with the Nazis.
- Wednesday at 3.05pm on London Live
- 8^th December at 2.50pm on London Live
- 10^th December at 11am on London Live
- Forbidden Cargo (1954)
- A narcotics agent receives a tip about a drug-smuggling operation.
- 13^th December at 1pm on Legend