Beginning in 1927, at just 14 years old, figure skater Sonja Henie glided onto the world stage and dominated the icenot only revolutionizing her sport with 10 consecutive world championships. Her fur-trimmed costume In 1936, Miss Henie decided to turn professional, stating simply, I want to go into pictures, and I want to skate in them. Sonja Henie, Skating Star, Dies - The New York Times Won 3 olympic gold medals between 1928 and 1936. Another accusation that hurt Henie's image was the perception that she was a Nazi sympathizer. The Hollywood Ice Review was polished by Henie's unwavering pursuit of perfection. the age of 57. The highly-publicized shows were well attended by film stars and filmmakers, including Darryl F. Zanuck of Twentieth Century-Fox. It was also noted in Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows that before the war started the Henies had visited with Adolf Hitler and that during a 1936 show in Berlin she had given him the Nazi salute and said "Heil, Hitler.". She did try to make a film series at her own expense; a series that would serve as a travelogue to several cities. While we were in Paris she suddenly became much worse and she was examined by a doctor, he said. A year later she won Oslos junior skating championship. It was her only film shot in Technicolor, but it was not as huge at the box office as her other films and also proved her limitations as a dramatic actress in her only dramatic film. -- Sonja Henie OSLO, Norway -- She was the first to spin, the first to jump, the first to be crowned a figure skating ice queen. Long, black skirts were the norm, being both modest and warm. Wintertime: Directed by John Brahm. The experience inspired her to introduce choreographic design in her free skating program, an innovation that helped her win an Olympic gold medal in 1928 at St. Moritz, Switzerland. Henie went on to win a total of three Olympic figure skating championships: she also won gold medals at Lake Placid, New York in 1932 and at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria in 1936. She grew up in a You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Darryl Henie-Onstad museum. During a week in Cleveland, she would skate for more than 62,000 fans. "When Cleveland fell under Sonja's spell 64 years ago, Henie's visit enchanted the city." She organized her own ice shows, which became immensely popular throughout the world. Figure skating, Sochi Olympics: The evolution of the jump in women's Throughout the 1940s, Henie and Wirtz produced lavish musical ice skating extravaganzas at Rockefeller Center's Center Theatre attracting millions of ticket buyers. It made the most of Henie's smiling, energetic persona and her dimpled beauty in a story about an Olympic hopeful. The skater turned professional later that same year, after having won her tenth world championship.

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