Birthday:
04-08-1912
Deathday:
10-12-1969 (57 years)
Birthplace:
Oslo, Norway
Biography
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 - 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress.
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Wintertime
Act like Nora Ostgaard
event1943 star_border 3.5
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Nora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
Sun Valley Serenade
Act like Karen Benson
event1941 star_border 6.9
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When Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Second Fiddle
Act like Trudi Hovland
event1939 star_border 4.5
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Studio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
Happy Landing
Act like Trudy Ericksen
event1938 star_border 5.3
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Bandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Thin Ice
Act like Lili Heiser
event1937 star_border 6.7
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A Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
One in a Million
Act like Greta Müller
event1937 star_border 7
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American theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
Everything Happens at Night
Act like Louise Norden
event1939 star_border 4.1
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Two reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
Se Norge
Act like Self
event1929
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A trip through Norway, visiting the biggest cities, the fjords and mountains. Visiting farming communities as well as factories on the way, with great athletes, like Sonia Henie and meeting all from ordinary people to the King.
Til Vesterheimen
Act like Self
event1939
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The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939
It's a Pleasure
Act like Chris Linden
event1945 star_border 4.7
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A star hockey player with the Wildcats is barred from Hockey for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ice-show as the novelty act.
Syv dage for Elisabeth
Act like En ung skøyteløperske (skater)
event1927
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A hairdresser wins the lottery and decides to spoil herself by spending Easter at a mountain resort where she meets new people.
My Lucky Star
Act like Kristina Nielsen
event1938 star_border 5.3
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George Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
I Miss Sonia Henie
Act like Self (archive footage)
event1971 star_border 5.7
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One camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task for each filmmaker was to keep each short under three minutes, to set it in one hotel room, and to include the sentence “I miss Sonja Henie." This experimental film was shot over a single night at the international film festival FEST in Beograd in 1971.
Iceland
Act like Katina Jonsdottir
event1942 star_border 5.7
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Marine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to Katina. Desperately wanting out, James gets his buddy to help him.
Riviera Dream
Act like Sonja Henie
event1950
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This black & white novelty film features Egyptian actor Alex d'Arcy -- playing the part of a discharged American soldier -- traveling the French Riviera in his 1950's Studebaker convertible. d'Arcy meets up with many other movie stars including Charles Boyer, Sonja Henie, Maurice Chevalier, George Raft, Annie Crombez (ski champion), Elsa Maxwell, Bob Stack, Buddy Rogers, Steve Reeves.
Hello London
Act like herself
event1960 star_border 5
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Hello London is a 1958 documentary film starring Sonja Henie and Michael Wilding.
The Countess of Monte Cristo
Act like Karen Kirsten
event1948 star_border 5
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This musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
A Star Is Born World Premiere
Act like Self
event1954 star_border 8
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Live television broadcast of the world premiere. Described by various participants as the biggest world premiere in memory, even bigger than the Academy Awards.
Take It or Leave It
Act like (archive footage) (uncredited)
event1944 star_border 4
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A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
Act like Sonja Henie
event1939 star_border 4
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Ice skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.
Ali Baba Goes to Town
Act like Herself
event1937 star_border 6.1
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While visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1950 star_border 7
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The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
The Ed Sullivan Show
Act like Self (1 ep.)
event1948 star_border 6.6
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The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows.
In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
Valentine's Day
Act like Herself (archive footage) (1 ep.)
event1964
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Valentine's Day is a 1964 comedy television series that appeared on ABC's schedule. The series starred Tony Franciosa as Valentine Farrow, a swinging Manhattan publishing executive, and Jack Soo, later of Barney Miller as Rocky Sin, Farrow's poker-playing con-artist valet. The show was created by Hal Kanter and lasted only one season.
One noteworthy episode was produced as a tie-in to the movie Rio Conchos, in which Franciosa co-starred; he played both Valentine and his Mexican character from the feature.
What's My Line?
Act like Self - Mystery Guest (1 ep.)
event1950 star_border 6.8
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Four panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
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