
Emmy Lynn (born Emily Leigh; 1889–1978) was a Spanish-born French
actress.
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Lynn was born Emily Leigh in Barcelona to an English father who worked at the British Consulate and a half-Spanish and half-German mother. She arrived in Paris at the age of one. She was first married to actor Henry Roussel, then to Charles Peignot, and to theatre critic, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Gautier.
Selected filmography
* '' The Cameo'' (1913)
* '' The Torture of Silence'' (1917)
* '' The Tenth Symphony'' (1918)
* '' The Kiddies in the Ruins'' (1918)
* ''Le Vertige
''Le Vertige'' is a 1926 French film directed by Marcel l'Herbier, who wrote the screenplay based upon the play by Charles Méré.
Cast
*Emmy Lynn as Natacha Svirsky
* Jaque Catelain as Henri de Cassel
* Roger Karl as General Svirsky
* Claire ...
'' (1927)
* ''A Foolish Maiden
''A Foolish Maiden'' (French: ''La vierge folle'') is a 1929 French silent comedy film directed by Luitz-Morat and starring Emmy Lynn, Jean Angelo and Suzy Vernon.Crisp p.121
The film's sets were designed by the art director Pierre Schild.
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'' (1929)
* '' The Two Orphans'' (1933)
* '' Le Lit à colonnes'' (1942)
References
External links
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1889 births
1978 deaths
French stage actresses
French film actresses
French silent film actresses
Actresses from Barcelona
20th-century French actresses
Spanish emigrants to France
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