Gurie, Sigrid (1911–1969)
Gurie, Sigrid (1911–1969)
American-born actress. Born Sigrid Gurie Haukelid, May 18, 1911, in Brooklyn, NY; raised in Norway and Belgium; died Aug 14, 1969, in Mexico City, Mexico; dau. of Norwegian parents; twin sister of Knut Haukelid (leader in the Norwegian resistance whose story is told in The Heroes of Telemark); m. Thomas Stewart, 1935 (div. c 1938); m. Dr. Lawrence Spangard, 1939 (div. 1948); m. Lynn Abbott, 1958 (div. 1961).
Moved back to Norway (1912); brought to Hollywood by Samuel Goldwyn and billed as the Norwegian Garbo (1936); made film debut in The Adventures of Marco Polo (1937), followed by Algiers, The Forgotten Woman, Rio, Three Faces West, Dark Streets of Cairo, Voice in the Wind, Enemy of Women and Sofia, among others.
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