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Sonja Henie
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Norwegian figure skater and actress (1912–1969)
Sonja Henie was a Norwegian figure skater and actress who lived from 1912 to 1969. She was a notable athlete and entertainer of the 20th century who combined success in both competitive skating and film careers.
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Sonja
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oslo
- Place of death
- Oslo
- Spouse
- Niels Onstad
- Father
- Wilhelm Henie
- Occupation
- art collector
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Sport
- figure skating
- Country for sport
- Norway
- Image
- Sonja Henie 1942.jpg
- Height
- 165
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- name in native language
- Sonja Henie
- sports discipline competed in
- ladies' singles
- competition won
- figure skating at the 1928 Winter Olympics – ladies' singles
- Commons category
- Sonja Henie
- cause of death
- chronic lymphocytic leukemia
- date of birth
- 1912-04-08
- date of death
- 1968-10-12
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons gallery
- Sonja Henie
- place of burial
- Høvikodden
- unmarried partner
- Jack Dunn
- medical condition
- leukemia
- relative
- Marit Henie
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Figure Skating
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Encyclopedic overview
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 – 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and film star. She was a three-time Olympic champion (1928, 1932, 1936) in women's singles, a ten-time World champion (1927–1936) and a six-time European champion (1931–1936). Henie won more Olympic and World titles than any other ladies' figure skater. She is one of only two skaters to successfully defend a ladies' singles Olympic title, the other being Katarina Witt, and her six consecutive European titles have only been matched by Witt.
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).
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