Greta Thyssen, who has died aged 90, was a voluptuous former Miss Denmark who moved to Hollywood in the 1950s in her quest to follow in the footsteps of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. Greta Thyssen, who has died aged 90, was a voluptuous former Miss Denmark who moved to Hollywood in the 1950s in her quest to follow in the footsteps of Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield. Initially the closest she came to competing with Marilyn Monroe was when she was employed as her body double in Bus Stop (1956). Nonetheless, the comedian Jan Murray was impressed by Greta Thyssen and gave her a job as a busty "pirate girl", akin to a Playboy bunny, on his quiz show Treasure Hunt (1956). During her film career Greta Thyssen married several times, but left acting to marry her final husband, Theodore Guenther, a mining engineer, in 1967.

Source: Irish Independent February 25, 2018 02:26 UTC