Kaj Gynt Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Kaj Gynt Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki

Kaj (Kay) Gynt (pseudonym of Karin Sophia Matthiessen; née Karin

Sophia Cederstrand; 24 October 1885 â€" 1956) was a

Swedish-turned-American actress and, for one albeit notable 1927

Broadway musical, a book writer."Actress Before emigrating to New

York, Gynt performed three years with the Royal Dramatic Theatre in

Stockholm. In America, she played Kate in the 1917 film The Eternal

Mother[B] and was a skating party guest in the 1917 film, The Last

Sentence, directed by Ben Turbett. In 1921, Gynt played Clorinda in

Henry Bataille's 3-act romantic comedy, Don Juan, at the Garrick

Theatre, New York.[C]""Author She authored the book for the 1927

Broadway musical revue, Rang Tang. She also co-authored, in 1936 with

Langston Hughes, a proposed production, Cock o' the World, music by

Duke Ellington, Wilbur Hughes Strickland, MD (1903â€"1987), and Billy

Strayhorn. The work was never performed."Gynt grew-up in Stockholm and

was friends with Greta Garbo.[D][E] At age 22, she and Harold Gustav

Frederic Matthiessen (1883â€"1940) arrived at Ellis Island, New York,

December 21, 1907, aboard the SS Kaiserin Auguste Victoria from

Cuxhaven.[Genealogy 1] That same day, they married each other at the

Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church,[Genealogy 2] 155 East 22nd Street

(between Lexington and Third Avenues). Their marriage was officiated

by Rev. Dr. Johan Gustaf Mauritz Stolpe (1858â€"1938), son of composer

Gustav Stolpe (1833â€"1901). In 1917, Harold and Karin both became

United States naturalized citizens.
Kaj Gynt Family, Real Name, Spouse, Profession, Eye Color, body stats, Feet Size, Wiki


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