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Sigrid Gurie is a Actor and Scriptwriter American born on 18 may 1911 at New York City (USA)

Sigrid Gurie

Sigrid Gurie
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Birth name Sigrid Gurie Haukelid
Nationality USA
Birth 18 may 1911 at New York City (USA)
Death 14 august 1969 (at 58 years) at Mexico City (Mexique)

Sigrid Gurie (May 18, 1911 – August 14, 1969) was a Norwegian American motion picture actress from the late 1930s to early 1940s.

Biography

Née de parents d'origine norvégienne dans l'arrondissement de Brooklyn à New York, Sigrid Gurie débute au cinéma à Hollywood en 1937, dans un petit rôle non crédité. L'année suivante (1938), sortent deux de ses films les mieux connus, le premier étant Les Aventures de Marco Polo, où elle interprète la princesse Kukachin, face à Gary Cooper ; dans le second, Casbah, elle reprend le rôle d’Inès — tenu par Line Noro dans le film français Pépé le Moko (1937), dont Casbah est le remake —, aux côtés de Charles Boyer et Hedy Lamarr.

Malgré ces débuts prometteurs, elle se désintéresse assez vite du cinéma au profit d'autres activités, notamment celle d'artiste peintre, en amateur. C'est pourquoi sa filmographie, ci-dessous, ne comprend que douze films américains — parmi ses autres partenaires, citons William Lundigan, Basil Rathbone et John Wayne — et une coproduction franco-norvégienne (en 1948, mais dans un rôle mineur coupé au montage).

Sigrid Gurie se retire définitivement de l'écran après un ultime film sorti en 1950. Elle meurt prématurément en 1969, des complications d'une embolie pulmonaire.

Usually with

Charles Boyer
Charles Boyer
(1 films)
Hedy Lamarr
Hedy Lamarr
(1 films)
Walter Wanger
Walter Wanger
(1 films)
Gino Corrado
Gino Corrado
(2 films)
Omar Kiam
Omar Kiam
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Sigrid Gurie (10 films)

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Actress

Operation Swallow: The Battle for Heavy Water, 1h36
Directed by Jean Dréville
Origin France
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Action
Themes Political films
Actors Henki Kolstad, David Knudsen, Sigrid Gurie
Rating69% 3.4778753.4778753.4778753.4778753.477875
L'histoire relate une mission de sabotage en 1943, contre l'usine qui distillait l'eau lourde pour l'Allemagne nazie, en Norvège occupée, pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Sofia
Sofia (1948)
, 1h22
Directed by John Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Gene Raymond, Sigrid Gurie, Patricia Morison, Mischa Auer
Roles Linda Carlsen
Rating60% 3.0036553.0036553.0036553.0036553.003655
Voice in the Wind, 1h25
Directed by Arthur Ripley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Noir, Crime
Actors Francis Lederer, Sigrid Gurie, J. Edward Bromberg, J. Carrol Naish, Alexander Granach, Luis Alberni
Roles Marya
Rating54% 2.715372.715372.715372.715372.71537
Jan Foley (Francis Lederer), an amnesiac Czech pianist is a victim of Nazi torture for playing a banned song. Living under a new identity on the island of French-governed Guadalupe, Jan tries to recall his past life while working for crooked refugee-smuggler Angelo (Alexander Granach).
Enemy of Women, 1h25
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Wolfgang Zilzer, Claudia Drake, Robert Barrat, Donald Woods, H. B. Warner, Sigrid Gurie
Roles Magda Quandt [bit]
Rating51% 2.5857952.5857952.5857952.5857952.585795
Joseph Goebbels, a down-on-his-luck playwright, boards with Col. Eberhardt Brandt. While there, Goebbels falls in love with Brandt's daughter, Maria, an aspiring actress who does not return his affections. When Goebbels tries to force himself on Maria, Col. Brandt kicks him out of the house, and Goebbels joins the Nazis. Later, as propaganda minister, Goebbels manipulates Maria's career and attempts to force a relationship with her. Maria again rejects him, and he uses his power to blacklist her.
Three Faces West, 1h19
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Romance, Western
Actors John Wayne, Sigrid Gurie, Charles Coburn, Russell Simpson, Spencer Charters, Roland Varno
Roles Leni 'Lenchen' Braun
Rating60% 3.047093.047093.047093.047093.04709
Two refugees, a medical doctor and his 20-something-year-old daughter arrive in the USA from Nazi-annexed Austria end up in becoming the much-needed physician and nurse in a small North Dakota farm town. The local town located in the area known as the Dust Bowl and is being hard hit by the drought and dust storms. The local farmers and townspeople want to try to save their farms and the town by adopting newer farming methods, but are eventually convinced by the Department of Agriculture, and the continuing dust storms to pack up the whole town and move en masse to an undeveloped portion of Oregon, where a new dam will create a water supply for them to build a new farming community.
Rio
Rio (1939)
, 1h15
Directed by John Brahm
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Actors Basil Rathbone, Victor McLaglen, Sigrid Gurie, Robert Cummings, Leo Carrillo, Billy Gilbert
Roles Irene Reynard
Rating60% 3.0356553.0356553.0356553.0356553.035655
French financier Paul Reynard (Rathbone) is sentenced to a ten-year term in a South American penal colony for bank fraud. His wife Irene (Gurie) and Paul's faithful servant Dirk (McLaglen) travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for Paul's escape. But once she's landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with American engineer Bill Gregory (Cummings). After his escape Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man. Seeking revenge, he prepares to shoot Bill in cold blood, but Dirk intervenes and kills Reynard instead.
The Adventures of Marco Polo, 1h44
Directed by John Ford, Archie Mayo
Origin USA
Genres Biography, Adventure, Historical, Romance
Actors Gary Cooper, Sigrid Gurie, Basil Rathbone, George Barbier, Alan Hale, Ernest Truex
Roles Princess Kukachin
Rating56% 2.8037352.8037352.8037352.8037352.803735
Nicolo Polo shows treasures from China and sends his son Marco Polo (Gary Cooper) there with his assistant (and comic relief) Binguccio (Ernest Truex). They sail from Venice, are shipwrecked, and cross the desert of Persia and the mountains of Tibet to China, to seek out Peking and the palace of China's ruler, Kublai Khan (George Barbier).
Algiers
Algiers (1938)
, 1h36
Directed by John Cromwell, Walter Wanger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Gangster films
Actors Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart
Roles Ines
Rating65% 3.297833.297833.297833.297833.29783
Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious thief, who, after his last great heist, escaped from France to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter", of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane (Calleia), who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby (Lamarr), who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines (Gurie), Pepe's Algerian mistress.

Scriptwriter

Algiers
Algiers (1938)
, 1h36
Directed by John Cromwell, Walter Wanger
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa, Gangster films
Actors Charles Boyer, Sigrid Gurie, Hedy Lamarr, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale, Gene Lockhart
Rating65% 3.297833.297833.297833.297833.29783
Pepe Le Moko (Boyer) is a notorious thief, who, after his last great heist, escaped from France to Algeria. Since his escape, Moko became a resident and leader of the immense Casbah, or "native quarter", of Algiers. French officials arrive insisting on Pepe's capture are met with unfazed local detectives, led by Inspector Slimane (Calleia), who are biding their time. Meanwhile, Pepe begins to feel increasingly trapped in his prison-like stronghold, a feeling which intensifies after meeting the beautiful Gaby (Lamarr), who is visiting from France. His love for Gaby soon arouses the jealousy of Ines (Gurie), Pepe's Algerian mistress.