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) — Greta Gynt as Vivien Warren in Dear Murderer (1947)

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

- The Common Touch (1941)
- Sunday at 11am on Talking Pictures TV
- A rich young man poses as a tramp to save a dosshouse from destruction.
- Three Steps in the Dark (1953)
- Monday at 4.15am on London Live
- A wealthy eccentric invites all the members of his family to his country house in order to discuss the contents of his will.
- Tomorrow We Live (1943)
- Wednesday at 3am on Sony Movies Classic
- Wednesday at 4am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 6^th February at 4.35am on Sony Movies Classic
- 6^th February at 5.35am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 10^th February at 3.15am on Sony Movies Classic
- 10^th February at 4.15am on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- A British agent in German-occupied France suspects a local woman of conspiring with the Nazis.