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.
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.
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