- Sigrid Gurie
Sigrid Gurie, also Known As: Sigrid Guri Haukelid (
May 17 ,1911 -August 14 ,1969 ) was aNorwegian American motion picture actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s.Born in
Brooklyn, New York to Bjørgulv and Sigrid Haukelidand, she wastwin sister ofKnut Haukelid , a Norwegian freedom fighter inWorld War II . In 1936, she arrived inHollywood ; filmmagnate Sam Goldwyn took credit for discovering her, and billed her as "the siren of the fjords." She starred as Kokashin, daughter ofKublai Khan , in the 1938 production of "The Adventures of Marco Polo ", and went on to give worthwhile performances in such films as "Algiers" (1938), "Three Faces West " (1940) and "Voice in the Wind " (1944). In the late 1940s she attended the well-knownKann Institute of Art , in West Hollywood, studying oils and portraiture. Among her works werelandscapes ,portraits and pen and inksketches .From 1961 to 1969 she lived in
San Miguel de Allende ,Mexico , where she continued painting, and was also designingjewelry forRoyal Copenhagen inDenmark . She entered the hospital in Mexico City on an emergency basis for a recurring kidney problem, then developed a blood clot that passed through her lungs, which led to her death.Filmography
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The Adventures of Marco Polo " (1938)
*"Algiers" (1938)
*"The Forgotten Woman" (1939)
*"Rio" (1939)
*"Three Faces West " (1940)
*"Dark Streets of Cairo" (1941)
*"A Voice in the Wind" (1944)
*"Enemy of Women" (1944)
*"Kampen om tungtvannet" (1948)
*"Sword of the Avenger" (1948)
*"Sofia" (1948)External links
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