Greta Gynt

Greta Gynt

Birth : 1916-11-15, Oslo, Norway

Death : 2000-04-02

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Greta Gynt (November 15, 1916 – April 2, 2000), born Margrethe Woxholt, was a Norwegian singer, dancer and actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Greta Gynt, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Greta Gynt
Greta Gynt

Movies

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons
Jeanette
A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.
The Crowning Touch
Rosie
Several stories linked by a hat.
Fortune Is a Woman
Vere Litchen
An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.
The Strange Case of Dr. Manning
Annette Manning
A doctor receives an early morning callout and is kidnapped. American detective Nick Logan assists Scotland Yard in tracking down the perpetrator.
The Blue Peter
A Merchant Navy hero of the Korean War returns to England after three years of captivity in Communist hands, his mind confused by brain-washing and indoctrination at the hands of his captors, and accepts a post as an instructor at the Outward Bound Sea School.
Devil's Point
Peggy Mason
A Thames River barge operator finds a mysterious package dropped by smugglers.
Forbidden Cargo
Mme. Simonetta
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
Three Steps In The Dark
Sophy Burgoyne
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
Cora Ann Milton
An underhand solicitor receives threatening notes, and the police are called in to protect him.
I'm A Stranger
Herself
When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?
Whispering Smith Hits London
Louise Balfort
Mystery directed by Francis Searle.
Soldiers Three
Crenshaw
Kiplingesque tale of British forces in 19th-century India.
I'll Get You for This
Claudette
Nick, an American gambler, arrives in San Paolo and falls in love with Colleen, an American tourist, after she loses all of her money at the casino. Nick flees with Colleen after they are framed for murder and he tries to track down the real killer.
Shadow of the Eagle
Countess Loradona Camponiello
During the eighteenth century the Empress of Russia sends her lover to kidnap her rival for the throne.
Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill
Isobel Lester
A handsome young master at a boys school incurs the jealousy of an embittered colleague. From the novel by Hugh Walpole.
The Calendar
Wenda Panniford
The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.
Easy Money
Pat Parsons
A win on the football pools in postwar Britain changes lives. A happy family is turned into an unhappy argumentative lot until it is discovered the coupon apparently didn't get posted. A mild-mannered clerk worries about how to tell his overbearing boss he is quitting. A double-bass player finds life without the orchestra lacks something. The lure of the big money even turns some people into criminals, as when a coupon checker is tempted by his night-club singer girlfriend to cheat the company. Written by Jeremy Perkins
Dear Murderer
Vivien Warren
When a man discovers his wife is having an affair, he commits the perfect crime.
Take My Life
Phillipa Shelley
When her husband is wrongly accused of murder, an opera singer sets out to find the real culprit.
London Town
Mrs. Eve Barry
Veteran music-hall entertainer Jerry Stanford a washed-up comedian hopes to stage a comeback in a glittering new revue. Alas, Stanford is hired as merely an understudy and bit player. His faithful daughter pulls a few fast ones in order to get her dad back on stage in a starring role....
Mr. Emmanuel
Elsie Silver
An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein are greeted by a wall of silence from the scared Jewish community and anti-Semitic hatred from many Germans.
Tomorrow We Live
Marie DuSchen
British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.
It's That Man Again
Stella Ferris
Lunatic British comedy about a small town mayor who finds himself the owner of a broken-down London theatre and acting school. Insanity run amok.
The Common Touch
Sylvia Meadows
The Common Touch is a 1941 British drama film directed by John Baxter and starring Geoffrey Hibbert, Harry Welchman, Greta Gynt and Joyce Howard. On the death of his father, an eighteen-year old lad leaves school to take over the family firm in the City of London. Realising the other directors want to keep him in the dark he starts asking questions, and is soon undercover as a down-and-out in a hostel which will disappear if a company building project goes ahead.
Crook's Tour
La Palermo
Charters and Caldicott are touring the Middle East. After visiting Saudi Arabia they find themselves in Bagdad where they are mistaken by a group of German spies for the messengers who are to carry a song record by beautiful singer La Palermo which contains secret instructions of the German Intelligence. Realizing their error, the German spies follow Charters and Caldicott to Istanbul and Budapest, trying to eliminate them and retrieve the record.
The Middle Watch
Mary Carlton
Through a series of unforeseen events, two glamorous young ladies find that they are obliged to spend the night on board the battleship HMS Falcon, where they have been attending a 'bon voyage' reception. At first it seems that Captain Randall will be able to keep them concealed, but then the Admiral unexpectedly arrives on board and orders the ship to sea.
The Dark Eyes of London
Diana Stuart
Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
Gwen Lee
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.
She Couldn't Say No
Frankie Barnes
A woman arranges a burglary to try to recover a stolen diary with compromising details written in it.
Second Best Bed
Yvonne
A newly married couple run into difficulty when the wife refuses to obey her husband.
Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
Madamoiselle Julie
Sexton Blake and Tinker foil criminal plot connected with the Tongs, and master-minded by "famous stamp collector" and millionaire.
The Last Curtain
Julie
An insurance investigator tracks a series of robberies to a gang who are hiding the stolen jewels in the produce of a bakery.
Boys Will Be Girls
Roberta
Matronly great aunt Emily went off to Africa and left behind her wanna be snobbish family. Ten years later, upon her death, the greedy family members awaits the reading of the will. Ready to celebrate their fortunes the family gathers the evening before with a big party. A great assortment of characters, comic ones, are all expecting to get their share of the inheritance.
It Happened in Paris
Minor Role
A British millionaire's son travels to France to study art, and falls in love in Paris.