Talk:Sonja Henie
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[edit] Biography assessment rating comment
WikiProject Biography Assessment
The article may be improved by following the WikiProject Biography 11 easy steps to producing at least a B article. -- Yamara 16:53, 2 June 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Discussion
I removed the following:
- She is the only three-time Olympic figure skating gold medalist.
Other three-time Olympic figure skating gold medalists are Gillis Grafström (1920/24/28) and Irina Rodnina (1972/76/80). []D[][]V[][]D
[edit] Film Career?
None of Sonja's dozen films may be remembered as masterpieces, but this entry does seem to short shrift what after all was a major part of her professional life (and a great boost to the coffers of Twentieth Century Fox). Anyone up for writing up "Sonja: The Film Star Years"?
- I agree, it deserves attention. At one point, she was the third biggest box-office draw, behind Shirley Temple and Clark Gable! --Pelladon 03:37, 18 September 2005 (UTC)
[edit] "Sonja Henie's Tutu"
Should there be some mention of this phrase? AnonMoos 21:12, 1 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Henie and Occuppied Norway
Wasn't there a controversy concerning her and Nazi occuppied Norway? Not sure it should be in, but here's some on that
Once after performing in Germany, she skated in front of the chancellor's box, raised her right arm and cried, "Heil Hitler!" which caused critics to brand her a Nazi. She explained, "How can people say such things? Nazi-shmatzy! Hitler is the German leader, and I was honoring Germany, not the Nazis. I don't even know what a Nazi is." Washington Times.
From the Telegraph, "But her charm swiftly wore off in Norway, where she became loathed for an apparent indifference to her compatriots' troubles after the German invasion of 1940. Already disliked because of an infamous picture which showed her bestowing a Nazi salute upon a beaming Adolf Hitler at the 1936 Olympics at Garmisch, Henie's unpopularity plunged to new depths when she refused to contribute to a training school for Norwegian pilots in Canada. She was never forgiven."[1]
Then again I have often heard that she was just naive and apolitical so the criticism was unfair. Too explosive to deal with?--T. Anthony 01:00, 25 February 2006 (UTC)
- I've added a section to the article based on the material in the "Queen of Ice, Queen of Shadows" biography. Yes, it's obvious from that book that Henie was not interested in much of anything other than herself. Dr.frog 02:13, 2 December 2007 (UTC)
I think whoever wrote this did a GREAT JOB!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.147.118.33 (talk) 23:46, 14 January 2008 (UTC)
