Emmy Lynn

Acting

Emmy Lynn

Born
Died
(aged 88)
Birthplace
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Credits
12 titles

Biography

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.

Signature work

Known For

Acting credits 12

YearTitleRole
1942 The Four-Poster Bed Film Countess of Verrières
1933 Une idée folle Film Mabel
1933 The Two Orphans Film Countess of Lignères
1932 Ma femme... homme d'affaires Film Gladys Spring
1930 Illegitimate Child Film Liane Orland
1929 A Foolish Maiden Film
1926 Le Vertige Film Natacha Svirsky - une émigrée russe qui croit reconnaître son amant mort à Nice
1923 Résurrection Film
1922 The Sheik's Wife Film
1918 The Tenth Symphony Film Eve Dinant
1917 L'hallali Film
1917 The Torture of Silence Film Manon Berliac
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