Sonja Henie was a Norwegian born figure skater and actress. She was born in Norway in 1912 to wealthy parents who helped her achieve her fame. She won the Olympic gold in figure skating 1928, 1932 and 1936 and became a world champion 10 consecutive times, which is the female figure skater record even today. She was also one of Hollywoods best paid actresses at the height of her career. The first movie she played in was "One in a million" in 1936 and thereafter followed several other movies with and without ice skating segments. Although Henie is considered to be one of the most famous Norwegians of all time, is she also viewed with skepticism in Norway. This is due to her friendship with Adolf Hitler previously to his occupation of Norway during to the Second World War (there is, however, no proof that she was a nazi and she supported the american involvement in the war). Henie died of Leukemia in 1969 at the age of 57 while flying from Paris to Oslo. She is buried in Oslo on a hilltop overlooking the art-museum she and her husband Onstad created after they had retired. Her hand and skate prints can be found on the ground outside of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Los Angeles.
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