About Emmy Lynn
Lived 1889 – 1978 (aged 88). Emmy Lynn was a French actor.
Emmy Lynn (born Emily Leigh; 1889–1978) was a Spanish-born French actress.
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 (1927) A Foolish Maiden (1929) The Two Orphans (1933) Le Lit à colonnes (1942)
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Who was Emmy Lynn?
French actress
When was Emmy Lynn born?
Emmy Lynn was born on 1 August 1889 in Barcelona.
When did Emmy Lynn die?
Emmy Lynn died on 5 June 1978 in 13th arrondissement of Paris.
What was Emmy Lynn's occupation?
Emmy Lynn was an actor.
What nationality was Emmy Lynn?
Emmy Lynn was French.
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