Sonja
Henie was born in Oslo, Norway, on 8th
April, 1912. Henie began ice-skating at the age of six and four years
later was the Norwegian national figure-skating champion.
In 1927 she won the world amateur championship for women, holding
the title for ten consecutive years. Henie was European Womans Ice
Skating Champion (1931-1936) and won the Olympic gold medal for figure
skating in 1928 (Germany), 1932 (United States) and 1936 (Switzerland).
Henie turned professional in 1936 and starred in touring ice-shows
before going to Hollywood where she made several films including Thin
Ice (1937), Happy Landing
(1938), My Lucky Star (1938),
Everything Happens at Night (1939),
Iceland (1942) and The
Countess of Monte Cristo (1948).
Henie and her third husband, the Norwegian shipowner Niels Onstad,
the Henie Onstad Art Center, near Oslo. Sonja Henie died of leukemia
on 12th October, 1969.
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