Sonja Henie
Norwegian figure skater and actress (1912-1969) · Norway · On the map · Athletes · Died at 57
Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927-1936) and a six-time European champion (1931-1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater.
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Darryl F. Zanuck Produced Second Fiddle and Ali Baba Goes to Town
Sidney Lanfield Directed Second Fiddle and One in a Million
Jack Dunn Professional partner
H. Bruce Humberstone Directed Sun Valley Serenade and Iceland
Roy Del Ruth Directed Happy Landing and My Lucky Star
William LeBaron Produced Iceland and Wintertime- Milton Sperling Produced Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
Cesar Romero Also in Wintertime and My Lucky Star
Tyrone Power Also in Second Fiddle and Ali Baba Goes to Town
Joan Davis Also in Thin Ice and My Lucky Star
Harold Alan Dinehart Also in Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
David Buttolph Wrote One in a Million and Iceland
Leah Ray Also in One in a Million and Thin Ice
Irving Cummings Directed Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Jean Hersholt Also in One in a Million and Happy Landing
Jack Oakie Also in Iceland and Wintertime
John Payne Also in Sun Valley Serenade and Iceland
Lynn Bari Also in Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
David Butler Directed Ali Baba Goes to Town (1937)
Raymond Scott Also in Ali Baba Goes to Town and Happy Landing
Gene Nelson Also in Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Arthur Treacher Also in Thin Ice and My Lucky Star- Harry Joe Brown Produced Everything Happens at Night (1939)
Lillian Porter Also in One in a Million and Second Fiddle
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Henie with British skater Cecilia Colledge during the medals ceremony at the 1936 Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
Sonja Henie appeared on the cover of Time magazine on 17 July 1939
Henie with Hitler in 1936
Henie's handprint/signature in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre
Henie in Berlin, 1930
A pair of Henie's skates on display at the Lake Placid Winter Olympic Museum
Henie's Olympic gold medal, St. Moritz 1928Awards
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She is one of only two skaters to successfully defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six consecutive European titles have only been matched by Witt.
