
Sonja Henie
Actor · 1912 – 1969 · Oslo, Norway
Sonja Henie (8 April 1912 - 12 October 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater and actress.
Movies23
Movie5.4ComedyDramaOne camera in one setting, one attic and eight young directors – the result is a unique Dadaistic collage of seven short sketches. The original task for each filmmaker was to keep each short under three minutes, to set it in one hotel room, and to include the sentence “I miss Sonja Henie." This experimental film was shot over a single night at the international film festival FEST in Beograd in 1971.
Movie6.0ComedyFamilyWhile visiting Hollywood a starstruck movie fan (Eddie Cantor) fantasizes about himself cast in an Arabian adventure. Director David Butler's comedy--with many songs--also features Tony Martin, Roland Young, Gypsy Rose Lee (billed as Rose Hovick), John Carradine, June Lang, Virginia Field, Charles Lane, The Peters Sisters and many big-name guest stars playing themselves.
Ali Baba Goes to Town
1937 · 20 votes
Movie6.2ComedyMusicBandleader and manager discover skater in Norway. They become rivals as she returns with them to America.
Happy Landing
1938 · 4 votes
Movie8.0DocumentaryA live television broadcast covering the world premiere of A Star Is Born, capturing the arrivals, spectacle, and excitement surrounding one of Hollywood’s most lavish premiere events.
A Star Is Born World Premiere
1954 · 4 votes
Movie7.0RomanceComedyThis musical tells the tales of two movie extras who abscond to an expensive resort with their costumes and pretend to be aristocrats. Included in the film are ice skating numbers and songs.
The Countess of Monte Cristo
1948 · 2 votes
Movie7.1ComedyMusicWhen Phil Corey's band arrives at the Idaho ski resort its pianist Ted Scott is smitten with a Norwegian refugee he has sponsored, Karen Benson. When soloist Vivian Dawn quits, Karen stages an ice show as a substitute.
Sun Valley Serenade
1941 · 31 votes
Movie9.0MusicDocumentarySecond installment of deleted scenes, mostly musical or comedic, from Fox films of the 30's - 50's.
Movie6.0A young husband becomes a game-show participant in the hopes of winning the cash to pay his pregnant wife's doctor.
Take It or Leave It
1944 · 2 votes
Movie5.3ComedyDramaTwo reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
Everything Happens at Night
1939 · 5 votes
Movie5.1ComedyStudio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back to Minnesota but he follows her.
Second Fiddle
1939 · 8 votes
- Movie9.0Documentary
A trip through Norway, visiting the biggest cities, the fjords and mountains. Visiting farming communities as well as factories on the way, with great athletes, like Sonia Henie and meeting all from ordinary people to the King.
Se Norge
1929 · 1 votes
Movie9.0DramaRomanceA hairdresser wins the lottery and decides to spoil herself by spending Easter at a mountain resort where she meets new people.
Syv dage for Elisabeth
1927 · 1 votes
Movie6.7DocumentaryThe world couldn't keep its eyes off two athletes at the 1994 Winter Games in Lillehammer - Nancy Kerrigan, the elegant brunette from the Northeast, and Tonya Harding, the feisty blonde engulfed in scandal. Just weeks before the Olympics on Jan. 6, 1994 at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Kerrigan was stunningly clubbed on the right knee by an unknown assailant and left wailing, "Why, why, why?" As the bizarre "why" mystery unraveled, it was revealed that Harding's ex-husband, Jeff Gillooly, had plotted the attack with his misfit friends to literally eliminate Kerrigan from the competition. Now two decades later, THE PRICE OF GOLD takes a fresh look through Harding's turbulent career and life at the spectacle that elevated the popularity of professional figure skating and has Harding still facing questions over what she knew and when she knew it.
The Price of Gold
2014 · 30 votes
Movie7.0ComedyMusicAmerican theatrical manager discovers Greta Muller preparing for the Olympics in Switzerland and brings her to Madison Square Garden.
One in a Million
1937 · 8 votes
Movie5.2MusicComedyA star hockey player with the Wildcats is barred from Hockey for hitting a referee. Through the actions of Chris, Don is able to get a job with Buzz Fletcher's ice-show as the novelty act.
It's a Pleasure
1945 · 4 votes
Movie4.0DocumentaryIce skating is the theme; at the Tropical Ice Garden, in Westwood Hills, are seen a flock of skating stars including Irene Dare and Phyllis Ann Thomoson, as well as Hollywood luminaries such as Franklyn Pangborn, Norma Shearer, Rita Hayworth, Mickey Rooney, Dick Purcell and Ann Sheridan.
Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8
1939 · 1 votes
- Movie9.0Documentary
The film depicts Olav Vs and Märtha from Norway's trip to the USA in 1939
Til Vesterheimen
1939 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0Documentary
Hello London is a 1958 documentary film starring Sonja Henie and Michael Wilding.
Hello London
1960 · 2 votes
Movie6.8ComedyRomanceA Swiss hotel ski instructor falls in love with a man who goes skiing every morning.
Thin Ice
1937 · 8 votes
Movie5.9ComedyMusicGeorge Cabot Jr., the son of a department store owner, enrolls Kristina Nielsen, the store's sports clerk, at a university to use her as an advertisement for their fashion department. She falls for Larry Taylor, a teacher, and gets expelled.
My Lucky Star
1938 · 7 votes
Movie6.5RomanceMusicMarine James Murfin, is unaware of Icelandic customs. When he flirts with Katina her Icelandic family take his actions as a proposal of marriage to Katina. Desperately wanting out, James gets his buddy to help him.
Iceland
1942 · 4 votes
Movie5.3ComedyMusicNora and her uncle get railroaded into spending the night at a broken-down hotel in Canada. After Nora falls for the handsome owner, she convinces her uncle to invest in the inn and modernize it. After the hotel opens, Nora's uncle faces financial ruin and her romance hit a snag in the form of pretty reporter.
Wintertime
1943 · 3 votes
- Movie9.0DocumentaryTV Movie
Narrated by Cliff Robertson The daughter of a fur wholesaler, Sonja Henie received her first pair of ice skates when she was six. Eight years later, she was the Norwegian Skating Champion. At 15, she would win the gold medal in Skating at the 1928 Olympics, thus becoming the youngest Olympic skating champion -- a record that stood for 70 years.
Sonja Henie: Queen of the Ice
1995 · 1 votes
Series5
TV7.0FamilyComedyFour panelists must determine guests' occupations - and, in the case of famous guests, while blindfolded, their identity - by asking only "yes" or "no" questions.
What's My Line?
1950 · 29 votes
TV6.8ComedyTalk ShowThe Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June 20, 1948 to Sunday June 6, 1971, and was hosted by New York entertainment columnist Ed Sullivan. It was replaced in September 1971 by the CBS Sunday Night Movie, which ran only one season and was eventually replaced by other shows. In 2002, The Ed Sullivan Show was ranked #15 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948 · 23 votes
TV6.9ComedyThe Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC network from 1950 to 1955. The show starred many notable comedians and entertainers of the era, including Eddie Cantor, Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis, Fred Allen, Donald O'Connor, Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Ray Bolger, Gordon MacRae, Ben Blue, Robert Paige, Tony Curtis, Burt Lancaster, Broadway dancer Wayne Lamb and Spike Jones and His City Slickers.
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950 · 13 votes
- TV6.0News
Der Sport-Spiegel
1963 · 1 votes
TV8.0ComedyValentine's Day is a 1964 comedy television series that appeared on ABC's schedule. The series starred Tony Franciosa as Valentine Farrow, a swinging Manhattan publishing executive, and Jack Soo, later of Barney Miller as Rocky Sin, Farrow's poker-playing con-artist valet. The show was created by Hal Kanter and lasted only one season. One noteworthy episode was produced as a tie-in to the movie Rio Conchos, in which Franciosa co-starred; he played both Valentine and his Mexican character from the feature.
Valentine's Day
1964 · 1 votes