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Sigrid Gurie

Sigrid Gurie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sigrid Gurie (May 18, 1911 – August 14, 1969) was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s. In 1936, Gurie arrived in Hollywood. Film magnate Sam Goldwyn reportedly took credit for discovering her, promoting his discovery as "the new Garbo" and billed her as "the siren of the fjords". When the press discovered Gurie's birth in Flatbush, Goldwyn then claimed "the greatest hoax in movie history." She starred as Kokashin, daughter of Kublai 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). She had a minor role in the classic Norwegian film Kampen om tungtvannet (1948). The movie was based principally on the book Skis Against the Atom which was written by her brother. In the late 1940s she attended the Kann Art Institute, operated in West Hollywood by abstract artist Frederick I. Kann (1886–1965). She studied oils and portraiture. Among her works were landscapes, portraits and pen and ink sketches. From 1961 to 1969 she lived in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she continued painting, and was also designing jewelry for Royal Copenhagen in Denmark. 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.

Personal information

Birthday

1911-05-18

Birth Place

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Movies and TV shows :

Algiers

Algiers

1938

6.3

Movie
Dark Streets of Cairo

Dark Streets of Cairo

1940

6.0

Movie
Enemy of Women

Enemy of Women

1944

5.5

Movie
Joe Santa Claus

Joe Santa Claus

1951

0.0

Movie
Rio

Rio

1939

5.0

Movie
Sofia

Sofia

1948

5.7

Movie
Sword of the Avenger

Sword of the Avenger

1948

8.0

Movie
The Adventures of Marco Polo

The Adventures of Marco Polo

1938

5.9

Movie
The Du Pont Story

The Du Pont Story

1950

0.0

Movie
The Forgotten Woman

The Forgotten Woman

1939

0.0

Movie
Three Faces West

Three Faces West

1940

5.5

Movie
Voice in the Wind

Voice in the Wind

1944

5.2

Movie