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Winner of the Olympic Gold medal in figure skating an impressive three times in a row (1928, 1932, 1936), Henie came to Twentieth Century-Fox shortly after her last win and was built up as a popular star. Nearly a dozen light musical comedies offered the blonde and dimpled Henie plenty of opportunities to don her blades and perform in lavish ice ballets while her leading men beamed and a cast of supporting comics clowned around. When her film career petered out in the mid-1940s she turned to performing in live ice shows.

Winner of the Olympic Gold medal in figure skating an impressive three times in a row (1928, 1932, 1936), Henie came to Twentieth Century-Fox shortly after her last win and was built up as a popular star. Nearly a dozen light musical comedies offered the blonde and dimpled Henie plenty of opportunities to don her blades and perform in lavish ice ballets while her leading men beamed and a cast of supporting comics clowned around. When her film career petered out in the mid-1940s she turned to performing in live ice shows.

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CAST: (feature film)

1.
 The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948) Karen [Kirsten]
2.
 It's a Pleasure! (1945) Chris Linden
3.
 Wintertime (1943) Nora
4.
 Iceland (1942) Katina Jonsdottir
5.
 Sun Valley Serenade (1941) Karen Benson
6.
 Second Fiddle (1939) Trudi Hovland
7.
 Everything Happens at Night (1939) Louise [Norden]
8.
 My Lucky Star (1938) Kristina Nielson
9.
 Happy Landing (1938) Trudy Ericksen
10.
 Thin Ice (1937) Lili Heiser
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1927:
World skating champion at age 15
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Moved to Hollywood
1936:
Joined 20th Century-Fox as a skating star; first US film, "One in a Million"
:
Made the annual exhibitors poll of top ten box office stars three years in a row, placing 8th in 1937, 3rd in 1938, and 10th in 1939
1943:
Last film for Fox, "Wintertime"
1945:
First and only film in color, "It's a Pleasure", released by RKO
1948:
Last film, "The Countess of Monte Cristo"
1960:
Retired from performing
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Notes

Won Gold Medal in Women's figure skating in the 1928, 1932, and 1936 Winter Olympics

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husband:
Daniel R Topping. Divorced.
husband:
Winthrop Gardiner Jr. Second husband; divorced; died in 1980.
husband:
Niels Onstad. Third husband; died in 1978.

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