Sigrid Gurie

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sigrid Gurie May 18 1911 August 14 1969 was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s In 1936 Gurie arrived in Hollywood Film magnate Sam Goldwyn reportedly took credit for discovering her promoting his discovery as the new Garbo and billed her as the siren of the fjords When the press discovered Guries birth in Flatbush Goldwyn then claimed the greatest hoax in movie history 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 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 In the late 1940s she attended the Kann Art Institute operated in West Hollywood by abstract artist Frederick I Kann 18861965 She studied 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 then developed a blood clot that passed through her lungs which led to her death