Greta Thyssen started out as a fresh-faced brunette beauty from Copenhagen. Soon after she was crowned Miss Denmark 1951, she left her European home and hit the road for Hollywood. And along the way, she transformed herself into the buxom, blonde bombshell that caused many a male jaw to drop and hit the floor. With measurements reported at between 40-21-35 and 39-24-36, she had the type of body that made even the most stoic men's magazine reader stop and whistle. It is no wonder that she was a favorite model of legendary pin-up photographer and filmmaker Russ Meyer. She was the perfect combination of European good looks mixed with Hollywood glamour. Thyssen's Hollywood career consisted mostly of a few B-movies (like the forgotten “The Beast of Budapest” and “Terror Is A Man”), a series of Three Stooges shorts (1958’s “Quiz Whiz, “Pies and Guys,” and “Sappy Bullfighters”), a handful of television appearance (everything from a spot on “Dragnet” to the quiz show “Treasure Hunt”), and a few stage rolls (starring the swinging “Pajama Tops”). Along the way, she was reported to have had an affair with Cary Grant and broke countless hearts. She worked on stage and screen until the early seventies and is now retired in New York.
