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Greta Gynt is a Actor Norvegienne born on 15 november 1916 at Oslo (Norvege)
Greta Gynt (15 November 1916 – 2 April 2000), born Margrethe Woxholt, was a Norwegian singer, dancer and actress.
She played lead roles in minor British films in the 1930s and 40s. The Rank Organisation was trying to market her as the British Jean Harlow. She also tried an unsuccessful career in the US, and went back to England afterwards.
Her most famous film is the 1939 Bela Lugosi film The Dark Eyes of London. Her last film was a Columbia Pictures release - the 1963 (released 1966) The Runaway in which she played the lead.
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Birth name Margrethe Woxholt
Nationality Norvege
Birth 15 november 1916 at Oslo (Norvege)
Death 2 april 2000 (at 83 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Nationality Norvege
Birth 15 november 1916 at Oslo (Norvege)
Death 2 april 2000 (at 83 years) at London (United-kingdom)
Biography
Greta Gynt was born Margrethe Woxholt in Oslo, Norway. As a child, she came with her parents to England and started dancing lessons at the age of 5. Eventually, they moved back to Norway. At age 12, she started out as a dancer at the Chat Noir shows in Oslo. After the Swedish film Sången till henne (1934), her mother, costume designer Kirsten Woxholt, felt her daughter would have better luck in England. She got a letter of recommendation from Fox Film and moved back to the UK.She played lead roles in minor British films in the 1930s and 40s. The Rank Organisation was trying to market her as the British Jean Harlow. She also tried an unsuccessful career in the US, and went back to England afterwards.
Her most famous film is the 1939 Bela Lugosi film The Dark Eyes of London. Her last film was a Columbia Pictures release - the 1963 (released 1966) The Runaway in which she played the lead.
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The Crowning Touch (1959)
, 1h15Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Griffith Jones, Sydney Tafler, Dermot Walsh, Maureen Connell
Roles Rosie
The "Crowning Touch" of the title is a fancy ladies hat. It has been ordered and specially set aside at a posh British hat shop, but no one has come to collect it. Three of the shop's staff offer different reasons as to why the pretty young girl who'd ordered the hat never showed up.
Fortune Is a Woman (1957)
, 1h30Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Jack Hawkins, Arlene Dahl, Dennis Price, Violet Farebrother, Ian Hunter, Geoffrey Keen
Roles Vere Litchen
Rating67%
London insurance investigator Oliver Branwell goes to Louis Manor to probe a recent fire. Tracey Moreton lives there with his wife Sarah and his mother. He introduces them to Oliver, as well as his neighbor and cousin, Clive, and describes a valuable painting that was lost in the blaze. Tracey isn't aware that Sarah and Oliver were once romantically involved.
, 1h15Directed by Arthur Crabtree
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Greta Gynt, Ron Randell, Garard Green, Bruce Seton, Robert Raglan, Wally Patch
Roles Annette Manning
Rating54%
The rich and successful Dr. Manning is called out in the middle of the night to visit a private patient. He never returns and the next morning his wife Annette (Gynt) finds him missing. Soon after, she receives a ransom note demanding £5,000 for his release. The police are alerted and soon Annette is trying to deliver the money to various drop-off points specified by the kidnapper in telephone calls to her. The police keep watch, hoping to catch the kidnapper in the act of retrieving the money, but every attempts ends in failure as he fails to show up, realising the locations are being watched. Annette hires a private detective Nick Logan (Randell) to make his own investigations.
My Wife's Family (1956)
, 1h16Origin United-kingdom
Actors Ronald Shiner, Ted Ray, Greta Gynt, Fabia Drake, Diane Hart, Zena Marshall
Jack Gay, a newlywed with a dominating mother-in-law attempts to surprise his wife Stella with a baby grand piano, but when she overhears him discussing it, she mistakes it for an illegitimate child, particularly with the arrival of his ex girlfriend, the blonde and glamourous Gloria Marsh.
See How They Run (1955)
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Ronald Shiner, Greta Gynt, James Hayter, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Dora Bryan, Richard Wattis
Roles Penelope Toop
Rating26%
The Blue Peter (1955)
, 1h33Directed by Wolf Rilla
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Adventure
Actors Kieron Moore, Sarah Lawson, Greta Gynt, Mervyn Johns, Harry Fowler, Mary Kerridge
Roles Mary Griffin
Rating61%
Forbidden Cargo (1954)
, 1h25Directed by Harold French
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Seafaring films, La provence, Transport films
Actors Jack Warner, Nigel Patrick, Elizabeth Sellars, Terence Morgan, Jack Warner, Greta Gynt
Roles Mme. Simonetta
Rating64%
Un agent des Douanes reçoit une information à propos d'un trafic de drogue. On suspecte Roger Compton et sa sœur Rita. Il les suit jusqu'à Cannes puis de retour à Londres. Mais il commence à éprouver des sentiments pour la belle Rita...
Devil's Point (1954)
Directed by Montgomery Tully
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Richard Arlen, Greta Gynt, Donald Houston, Michael Balfour, Sydney Bromley, Mary Germaine
Roles Peggy Mason
Rating59%
John 'Capitaine' Martin (Richard Arlen) est un marin qui est mêlé à un trafic de drogue quand il découvre un paquet sur un port contenant des biens volés. Il rencontre un détective et surprend les voyous.
Three Steps In The Dark (1953)
, 1h1Directed by Daniel Birt
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Greta Gynt, Hugh Sinclair, Sarah Lawson, Elwyn Brook-Jones, John Van Eyssen, Katie Johnson
Roles Sophy Burgoyne
Rating56%
A rich but disliked elderly man invites his relatives to a family reunion at his home. Once the gathering is complete, he announces enigmatically that he intends to change his will before he dies. Before he can do this, he is murdered. His niece (Gynt), a detective story writer, has to put her theories into practice by solving a real-life murder mystery.
The Ringer (1952)
, 1h18Directed by Guy Hamilton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Noir, Crime
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Herbert Lom, Donald Wolfit, Mai Zetterling, Greta Gynt, William Hartnell, Norman Wooland
Roles Cora Ann Milton
Rating63%
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
I'm A Stranger (1952)
Directed by Brock Williams
Genres Comedy, Crime
Actors Greta Gynt, James Hayter, Hector Ross, Jean Cadell, Charles Lloyd-Pack, Fulton Mackay
Roles Herself
Rating59%
, 1h17Directed by Francis Searle
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Crime
Actors Richard Carlson, Greta Gynt, Herbert Lom, Rona Anderson, Alan Wheatley, Dora Bryan
Roles Louise Balfort
Rating62%
Soldiers Three (1951)
, 1h32Directed by Tay Garnett
Origin USA
Genres War, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Political films
Actors Stewart Granger, Walter Pidgeon, David Niven, Robert Newton, Cyril Cusack, Richard Hale
Roles Crenshaw
Rating58%
London, 1918: In a gentlemen's club, General Brunswick regales junior officers celebrating a British advance in France with the tale of how he won his brigade command during his service in India, not with gallantry under fire but under circumstances that warranted a court martial.
I'll Get You for This (1951)
, 1h27Directed by Joseph M. Newman
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors George Raft, Coleen Gray, Enzo Staiola, Charles Goldner, Walter Rilla, Martin Benson
Roles Claudette
Rating59%
American gambler Nick Cain (Raft) arrives at the town of San Paola, and befriends shoe-shine boy Toni (Staiola). He discovers he has been framed for the murder of a U.S. Treasury Agent. He escapes with Kay Wonderly (Gray) to a village, leaving her to hide out. Cain gets help from Massine (Goldner), whom he does not trust. He uncovers an international counterfeiting ring, members of which are responsible for the murder.
Easy Money (1948)
, 1h34Directed by Bernard Knowles
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Crime
Themes Sports films, Théâtre, Association football films, Films based on plays
Actors Petula Clark, Mervyn Johns, Jack Warner, Jack Watling, Yvonne Owen, Mabel Constanduros
Roles Pat Parsons
Rating60%
In the first story, a comedy, a content suburban family, headed by Jack Warner, is turned into an unhappy lot when they believe that they have the winning coupon in the football pool. But when it's discovered that the winning coupon apparently wasn't mailed by the younger daughter (Petula Clark), they regain their previously happy lives that had been made unhappy by plans they made regarding how to spend their winnings. Then, when it is discovered that the winning coupon was, in fact, mailed, they decide that they have learned their lesson and resolve not to let the money ruin their happiness. The second is more tragic, with a mild-mannered clerk (Mervyn Johns) concerned about quitting his mundane job. The third is a suspenseful crime caper involving a coupon checker (Dennis Price) and his nightclub singer girlfriend (Greta Gynt in a send-up of Rita Hayworth's Gilda) who devise a scheme to embezzle the winning pot. The final episode, another comedy, concerns a dispirited bass player (Edward Rigby) who discovers he misses the orchestra he left.