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Greta Gynt in The Human Monster (1939)

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Greta Gynt

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Overview

  • Born
    November 15, 1916 · Oslo, Norway
  • Died
    April 2, 2000 · London, England, UK (natural causes)
  • Birth name
    Margrethe Woxholt
  • Nickname
    • Mrs Moore

Biography

    • Glamourous, blonde, Norwegian actress who added a sparkle to British movies.

      Greta Gynt usually played a leading part, and remained at the top of the British cinema from the late 1930s through to the 40s. An opportunity for Greta to experience a Hollywood career came in the early 1950s, but it was too late. She had sadly lost most of the sparkle which kept her at the top in Britain. In Hollywood, her name was often found towards the bottom of a cast list in supporting roles. She returned to Britain making films until 1964.

      After retiring from the screen she lived in a luxury Kensington property known simply as 'Mrs Moore' and her career was sadly forgotten when she died in 2000. No television news show covered her passing nor was she honoured at the BAFTA Film awards during the annual tribute to film stars passed away, which was a shame for someone so famous during the 1940s and 50s.
      - IMDb mini biography by: Bobby G

Family

  • Spouse
      Christopher Mann(November 14, 1936 - ?) (divorced)

Trivia

  • She was very popular in Argentina, where minor British films, considered exotic, had become something of a cult.
  • She put her arms around Bernard L. Montgomery at the 8th Army Alamein reunion at the Royal Albert Hall, and gave him a big kiss; the photograph went round the world.
  • Greta Gynt took her last name Gynt during the late 1930s while she was listening to a piano player doing the Peer Gynt Suite by Edvard Grieg at the Chiltern Hotel in London. Unfortunately her real name, Woxholt, made people think of a car or bridge.
  • J. Arthur Rank put her under contract, vainly hoping to make her into a British Jean Harlow.
  • Came to Britain at the age of three with her engineer father, who worked for Vickers Armstrong.

Quotes

  • "I'm utterly bored with this femme fatale business." (1955)
  • "I haven't told anyone outside my family but I recently decided to retire...simply [because] I like being a housewife Really it's so much more fun and not so worrying as an acting career. I may feel the itch to act again but my arm would have to be twisted very very hard for me to accept." (1960)

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