Sonja Henie
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 8, 1912 Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway |
| Died | Oct 12, 1969 en route by air to Oslo, Norway |
| Age | Died at 57 |
| Final Resting PlaceHilltop overlooking the Henie-Onstad Museum | |
Sonja Henie | |
| Job | Actress |
| Top Roles | Herself, Trudi Hovland, Karen Benson, Greta 'Gretchen' Muller, Lili Heiser |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance, Musical, Drama, Fantasy, Film Adaptation |
| Top Topics | Show Business, Mistaken Identity, Royalty |
| Top Collaborators | Cesar Romero, Darryl F. Zanuck (Producer), Tyrone Power, John Payne |
| Shares birthday with | Mary Pickford, Walter Connolly, John Gavin see more.. |
Sonja Henie Overview:
Legendary actress, Sonja Henie, was born on Apr 8, 1912 in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. Henie died at the age of 57 on Oct 12, 1969 in en route by air to Oslo, Norway and was laid to rest in Hilltop overlooking the Henie-Onstad Museum Cemetery in Oslo, Norway.
MINI BIO:
Blonde, Norwegian-born Olympic champion with winning smile who went to America and did for ice in the thirties what Esther Williams did for water in the forties. Died from leukemia, on board an airplane bound for her native city, Oslo. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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She was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Sonja Henie's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #38 on Jun 28, 1937. Henie was never nominated for an Academy Award.
BlogHub Articles:
45th Annual Seattle International Film Festival: A Norwegian Biopic of Ice Skating Star
By KC on May 23, 2019 From Classic MoviesSonja: the White Swan (2019) is a biopic of skating star , who made records as an athlete and sparkled briefly, but potently as a movie queen in Hollywood musicals. I don’t know enough about this phenomenally successful athlete/actress to be able to say whether it succeeded in telli... Read full article
Olympics to Hollywood:
on Feb 21, 2018 From Comet Over HollywoodShe was the youngest competitor in the first Winter Olympics, the first woman to win three Olympic gold medals, and one Hollywood?s top-grossing stars. Norwegian athlete turned actress skated across the silver screen in 12 films, bringing a novelty to films and helping popula... Read full article
- A Cutting Edge Millionaire
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 17, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers, the dimple-faced Norwegian skating sensation of the 1930s, shot to stardom when she appeared in her first motion picture for 20th Century Fox - One in a Million - in 1936. In less than a year she became the eighth most popular actress at the box office, but according to a Motion Picture... Read full article
- A Cutting Edge Millionaire
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 17, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers, the dimple-faced Norwegian skating sensation of the 1930s, shot to stardom when she appeared in her first motion picture for 20th Century Fox - One in a Million - in 1936. In less than a year she became the eighth most popular actress at the box office, but according to a Motion Picture... Read full article
- A Cutting Edge Millionaire
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jan 17, 2015 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film Lovers, the dimple-faced Norwegian skating sensation of the 1930s, shot to stardom when she appeared in her first motion picture for 20th Century Fox - One in a Million - in 1936. In less than a year she became the eighth most popular actress at the box office, but according to a Motion Picture... Read full article
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