Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in...
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American musical film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and starring Sonja Henie, John Payne, Glenn Miller, Milton Berle, and Lynn Bari. It features the...
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artcentre was founded in 1968 by World and Olympic champion figure skater Sonja Henie (1912–1969) and her husband, shipping magnate and art collector Niels...
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Henie is the surname of: Sonja Henie (1912–1969), Norwegian Olympic and world champion figure skater and film star Marit Henie (1925–2012), Norwegian figure...
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to defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Norwegian Sonja Henie. Witt is a four-time World Champion (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988) and two-time...
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Sonja Henie and Cesar Romero. It also features Woody Herman and His Orchestra. Norwegian millionaire Ostgaard (S.Z. Sakall) and his niece Nora (Sonja...
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Championships in 1896. Henie was coach and manager for his daughter Sonja, who became a famous figure skater and later film actress. Henie was an active track...
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competitor Sonja Henie, while the Austrian and German judges placed defending champion Herma Szabo first. The controversial result stood, giving Henie her first...
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by Charles Jewtraw of the United States in the 500-meter speed skate. Sonja Henie of Norway, at just 11 years old, competed in the ladies' figure skating...
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directed by Sidney Lanfield and starring Tyrone Power and figure skater Sonja Henie. The supporting cast includes Arthur Treacher, Raymond Walburn and Joan...
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skaters with three consecutive titles are Grafström in men's singles, Sonja Henie for Norway in women's singles, and Irina Rodnina from the Soviet Union...
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record for the most gold medals won in men's singles (at ten), while Sonja Henie of Norway holds the record for the most gold medals won in women's singles...
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drama-documentary/promotional musical film directed by Sidney Smith and starring Sonja Henie, Michael Wilding, Ronny Graham and Eunice Gayson. It was written by Ken...
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ending", the Charlotte spiral, a move she invented. In the early 1920s, Sonja Henie from Norway was the first female skater to perform an Axel in competition...
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1938 American musical comedy film directed by Roy Del Ruth, starring Sonja Henie, Ethel Merman, Don Ameche and Cesar Romero. A bandleader, Duke Sargent...
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state, Sonja Henie 1928: Found state, Sonja Henie 1929: Found state, Sonja Henie 1930: Found state, Sonja Henie 1931: Found state, Sonja Henie 1932: Found...
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starred together in the movie Suez. Previously, he had involvements with Sonja Henie, Claire Trevor, Joan Woodbury, and Evie Abbott. In an A&E biography,...
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Comedy-drama musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Sonja Henie, Michael O'Shea and Marie McDonald. Don Martin's career in ice hockey...
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Sidney Lanfield and starring Sonja Henie, Adolphe Menjou and Don Ameche. It marked the Hollywood debut of the ice skater Henie. It was the first of a series...
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20th Century-Fox, directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and stars skater Sonja Henie and John Payne as a U.S. Marine posted in Iceland during World War II...
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Cordova and starring Sonja Henie, Olga San Juan and Dorothy Hart. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was Henie's last dramatic feature...
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Everything Happens at Night is a 1939 American drama-comedy film starring Sonja Henie, Ray Milland and Robert Cummings. American Geoffrey Thompson and Englishman...
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written for the Twentieth Century Fox musical Iceland (1942) starring Sonja Henie and John Payne. The songs in the film featured Joan Merrill accompanied...
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romantic comedy film. This was Norwegian ice-skating Olympic champion Sonja Henie's fourth film. George Cabot Jr. (Cesar Romero), the son of a department...
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Awards and achievements Preceded by Sonja Henie Cover of Time July 24, 1939 Succeeded by Wendell L. Willkie...
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signatures are also included, and in some cases imprints of other objects: Sonja Henie imprinted her ice skates. John Barrymore imprinted the side of his face...
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Jack's, he was given assignments working for ice skater and actress Sonja Henie as well as for United Artists and Columbia Pictures. Travilla began selling...
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Haver (1926–2005) Helen Hayes (1900–1993) Susan Hayward (1917–1975) Sonja Henie (1912–1969) Judy Holliday (1921–1965) Celeste Holm (1917–2012) Miriam...
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that event. She was a month younger than the previous record holder, Sonja Henie from Norway, when she won the first of her ten World Championships in...
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United States. Skaters such as Dick Button, Katarina Witt, Midori Ito, Sonja Henie, Alexei Yagudin, and Michelle Kwan have been honored in the Hall of Fame...
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