Emmy Lynn Explained

Emmy Lynn (born Emily Leigh; 1889–1978) was a Spanish-born French actress.[1]

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.[2] She was first married to actor Henry Roussel, then to Charles Peignot, and to theatre critic, novelist and essayist Jean-Jacques Gautier.

Selected filmography

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20090201100201/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/12188 BFI.org
  2. Web site: Interviews avec Emmy Lynn. Ève. Francis. Fonds Commission de Recherche Historique. Référence : CRH79-B4. Cinémathèque française. 1966. 6 April 2019. French.