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Sonja Henie

Norwegian figure skater and film star, dominant in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Sonja Henie is best known for Three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion in women's figure skating, also a film star. On Dead or Alive, Sonja Henie is listed in the Norwegian Icons category, where you can test yourself on similar names. Dead or Alive is a trivia game: you decide whether a famous person is still alive, then see the answer. The status for Sonja Henie is checked against public sources such as Wikidata and is shown only after you answer.

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Known for: Three-time Olympic champion and ten-time World champion in women's figure skating, also a film star.
Listed under: Norwegian Icons

About Sonja Henie

Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. At the height of Henie's American acting career, she was one of the highest-paid stars in Hollywood and starred in a series of box-office hits, including Thin Ice (1937), Happy Landing (1938), My Lucky Star (1938), Second Fiddle (1939), and Sun Valley Serenade (1941). In addition to the income from the fur business, both of Henie's parents had inherited wealth. Wilhelm Henie had been a one-time World Cycling Champion and the Henie children were...

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