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Sigrid Gurie, also Known As: Sigrid Guri Haukelid (May 17, 1911-August 14, 1969) was a Norwegian-American motion picure actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s. Born in Brooklyn, New York to Bjørgulv and Sigrid Haukelidand, she was twin sister of Knut Haukelid, a Norwegian freedom fighter in World War II. In 1936, she arrived to Hollywood; film magnate Sam Goldwyn took credit for discovering her, and billed her as "the siren of the fjords." 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). In the late 1940's she attended the well-known Kann Institute of Art, in West Hollywood, studying 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, developed a blood clot that passed through her lungs and led to her death.

Filmography

Sofia (1948)
Sword of the Avenger (1948)
Kampen om tungtvannet (1948)
Enemy of Women (1944)
A Voice in the Wind (1944)
Dark Streets of Cairo (1941)
Three Faces West (1940)
Rio (1939)
The Forgotten Woman (1939)
Algiers
(1938)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)

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Actors - Sigrid Gurie

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