Greta Thyssen

Roger notified me of the passing recently of actress Greta Thyssen at the age of 90. I confess that I had no idea at all who she was, but thankfully, Roger provided context. In addition to her film career she later became an artist, and was married for a time to Cary Grant.

For my purposes, she starred in several Three Stooges shorts. I’ve never been a huge fan of the Stooges, but you can’t deny that they elevated the fine art form on which Ms. Thyssen several times found herself on the receiving end:

Full points to Ms. Thyssen for her pie-faced slow burn!