Greta Thyssen Nov. 1957, 10" x 8" Type 1 Photo

Updated August 7, 2026

Lot number	63
Auction	Investment Grade Tangible Assets 8-30-26
Date	August 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM EDT
Auction house	Hradil Auction Company
Location	Timmonsville, South Carolina

Greta Thyssen, November 1957, 10" x 8" Original Photograph for Comedy Magazine by Russ Meyer. PSA/DNA Type 1. Vintage gelatin silver glossy 10" x 8" photograph of Greta Thyssen [Grethe Karen Thygesen], July 1958, for Comedy magazine, and November 1963, for Joker, by Russ Meyer for Globe Photos, with credit wet stamp, "C-7-58" and "Jo 11-63" in grease pencil, ONE REPRODUCTION ONLY / CREDIT / RUSS MEYER (stamp addition) / GLOBE PHOTOS credit wet stamp, file number #5957 stamp and sitting number "9595" in graphite on the verso. Thyssen was Miss Denmark in 1951 and was modeled after Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield, appearing as Monroe's double in Bus Stop, and in Accused of Murder, Terror Is a Man, Three Blondes in His Life, and Journey to the Seventh Planet. From the archives of Martin Goodman, publisher of Humorama. Titles were digest-sized magazines filled with original good girl art by George Crenshaw, Dan DeCarlo, Bill Wenzel, and Bill Ward, and photographs of glamour queens Joi Lansing, Tina Louise, Jayne Mansfield, Irish McCalla, Julie Newmar, Greta Thyssen, and Mamie Van Doren, and burlesque performers Lili St. Cyr, Blaze Starr, and Tempest Storm, by celebrated pin-up photographers Keith Bernard, Earl Leaf, and Russ Meyer, who later directed Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Supervixens. Danish film actress and former model, long-resident in the United States. Born in Hareskovby, Denmark, she appeared in films and television series between 1956 and 1967. Thyssen arrived in the United States after winning the Miss Denmark crown in 1951. She attempted to follow in the footsteps of the reigning blonde sex symbols Marilyn Monroe and Jayne Mansfield by forging a movie career. She was Monroe's double in Bus Stop, and appeared in Accused of Murder, Terror Is a Man, Three Blondes in His Life and Journey to the Seventh Planet. In addition to her appearances on the television series Dragnet and Bachelor Father, she appeared as Roxy Howard, the title character in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Nervous Accomplice". Thyssen also appeared on Broadway in Pajama Tops as a replacement for June Wilkinson. Thyssen is probably best remembered for her appearances in the Three Stooges films Quiz Whizz, Pies and Guys and Sappy Bull Fighters. In her brief stint with the Stooges, she endured a cream pie to the face in the second film. From 1956 to 1958, Thyssen was the original Pirate Girl on the game show Treasure Hunt, assisting host Jan Murray with presenting prizes hidden in miniature treasure chests. After appearing in the musical comedy Cottonpickin' Chickenpickers (1967), she retired from acting.

Greta Thyssen Nov. 1957, 10" x 8" Type 1 Photo

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