Sigrid Gurie

Sigrid Gurie

Born: May 18, 1911
Died: August 14, 1969
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
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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.

Movies for Sigrid Gurie...

The Du Pont Story
Title: The Du Pont Story
Character: Sophie du Pont
Released: December 15, 1950
Type: Movie
A straight-line historical account of the Du Pont chemical manufacturing company and its vital role in the growth of the USA.
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Sofia
Title: Sofia
Character: Linda Carlsen
Released: September 3, 1948
Type: Movie
A former OSS agent is assigned to rescue two atomic scientists from the dastardly Russians and spirit them away from behind the Iron Curtain.
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Sword of the Avenger
Title: Sword of the Avenger
Character: Maria Louisa
Released: June 2, 1948
Type: Movie
Roberto Balagtas is falsely arrested for treason and sent to prison where he is tortured. He escapes with other prisoners, but only Batagtas survives the escape, carrying with him a treasure map left by one of the others. He crosses paths with Ming Tang (Strong) and a group of Chinese smugglers, with whom he finds the treasure. The booty makes him extremely wealthy, and he changes his name to Don Diego Sebastian. He then goes back to the Philippines to seek his revenge.
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Enemy of Women
Title: Enemy of Women
Character: Magda Quandt [bit]
Released: November 10, 1944
Type: Movie
Playwright Joseph Goebbels turns Nazi propagandist and loses his girlfriend to another man.
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Voice in the Wind
Title: Voice in the Wind
Character: Marya
Released: March 3, 1944
Type: Movie
Former concert pianist, victim of Nazi torture, pursues a confused, melancholic existence on the island of Guadalupe.
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Dark Streets of Cairo
Title: Dark Streets of Cairo
Character: Ellen Stephens
Released: December 1, 1940
Type: Movie
A rapid series of murders occurs when a professor disrupts a tranquil Egyptian tomb by removing some precious jewels.
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Three Faces West
Title: Three Faces West
Character: Leni 'Lenchen' Braun
Released: July 3, 1940
Type: Movie
Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town, John Phillips leads the townsfolk in moving to greener pastures in Oregon. He falls for Leni, but she is betrothed to the man who helped her and her father escape from the Third Reich. She must decide between the two men.
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Rio
Title: Rio
Character: Irene Reynard
Released: September 29, 1939
Type: Movie
Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
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The Forgotten Woman
Title: The Forgotten Woman
Character: Anne Kennedy
Released: July 7, 1939
Type: Movie
A beautiful woman is forced to help gangsters in a robbery, and is arrested as an accessory.
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The Adventures of Marco Polo
Title: The Adventures of Marco Polo
Character: Princess Kukachin
Released: April 7, 1938
Type: Movie
The Venetian traveler Marco Polo meets Kublai Khan and foils a plotter with fireworks in medieval China.
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Algiers
Title: Algiers
Character: Ines
Released: January 16, 1938
Type: Movie
Pepe Le Moko is a notorious thief, who escaped from France. Since his escape, Moko has become a resident and leader of the immense Casbah of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane, who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe meets the beautiful Gaby, which arouses the jealousy of Ines.