June 20, 2014
11) Old Hollywood: Which foreign-born Olympian turned Hollywood girl next door initially worried studio execs when she was signed to a long-term contract because she and her family were close associates to several high ranking Nazis, including Hitler himself?
Sonja Henie
Nice one, AJ!
ReplyDeletewho dat. I'm not 100 so I have no clue....
ReplyDeleteD I thought it was just me.
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ReplyDeleteShe's mostly forgotten now, but was a figure skater turned movie star.
ReplyDeleteShe was a figure skater who won a gold medal and went to Hollywood after I think. Off to google....
ReplyDeleteJinx
ReplyDeleteLiberace's one true love, right?
ReplyDeleteOnly if she tucked
ReplyDelete@Lotta, I was going to try and cheer you up with some Jax Teller but SOMEBODY apparently reported it to YouTube as a violation of standards.
ReplyDelete@Somebody
@Seven, who would report such a wonderful thing?
DeleteI saw an ep of "The Haunting Of" Connie Stevens lives in the house that Sonja did when she was a star in LA. Connie thinks Sonja haunts the attic.
ReplyDeleteShe won three Olympic Gold Medals and then became a star in some very odd skating musicals. And she toured with her own show forever. I'm a little embarrassed that this is the second thing I've ever posted about. And that when I do post it's because I know way more than I should about Sonja Henning.
ReplyDeleteDon't be embarrassed; own it!
DeleteReading her Wikipedia page would've revealed this "blind".
ReplyDeleteI know more about her than I should too. And many other figure skaters. :)
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