Sigrid Gurie (born Sigrid Gurie Haukelid, May 18, 1911 â€" August 14,
1969) was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late
1930s to early 1940s.Gurie was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father
was a civil engineer who worked for the New York City Subway from 1902
to 1912. Since Sigrid Gurie and her twin brother Knut Haukelid were
born in the United States, the twins held dual Norwegian-American
citizenship. In 1914 the family returned to Norway. Sigrid Gurie
subsequently grew up in Oslo and was educated in Norway, Sweden, and
Belgium. In 1935 Gurie married Thomas Stewart of California; she filed
for divorce in 1938. Her brother became a noted member of the
Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.In 1936, Gurie
arrived in Hollywood. Film magnate Sam Goldwyn reportedly took credit
for discovering her, promoting his discovery as "the Norwegian Garbo"
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, When the press discovered Gurie's birth in Flatbush,
Goldwyn then claimed "the greatest hoax in movie history." She was
then scapegoated for the film's failureShe 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,, Knut Haukelid, a noted saboteur and member of the Norwegian
resistance against German occupation in World War II.
1969) was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late
1930s to early 1940s.Gurie was born in Brooklyn, New York. Her father
was a civil engineer who worked for the New York City Subway from 1902
to 1912. Since Sigrid Gurie and her twin brother Knut Haukelid were
born in the United States, the twins held dual Norwegian-American
citizenship. In 1914 the family returned to Norway. Sigrid Gurie
subsequently grew up in Oslo and was educated in Norway, Sweden, and
Belgium. In 1935 Gurie married Thomas Stewart of California; she filed
for divorce in 1938. Her brother became a noted member of the
Norwegian resistance movement during World War II.In 1936, Gurie
arrived in Hollywood. Film magnate Sam Goldwyn reportedly took credit
for discovering her, promoting his discovery as "the Norwegian Garbo"
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, When the press discovered Gurie's birth in Flatbush,
Goldwyn then claimed "the greatest hoax in movie history." She was
then scapegoated for the film's failureShe 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,, Knut Haukelid, a noted saboteur and member of the Norwegian
resistance against German occupation in World War II.
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