Sonja Henie

. Jones is a breast cancer survivor. She died in 1969 of leukemia. Considered by most as the greatest female figure skater in history, she and her husband are buried on the hilltop overlooking the Henie-Onstad Museum. She is currently on the board of directors of the Norton Simon Museum. Together with her husband, Niels Onstad, she founded the Henie-Onstad Art Centre at Høvikodden, near Oslo. She subsequently married milionaire industrialist and philanthropist Norton Simon in 1971, and remained married to him until his death in 1993. Sonja Henie became an international superstar and an icon in her native Norway. After recovering, Jones became involved in mental health issues.

She then went on to an extensive film career, retiring in 1958. Her daughter with Selznick, Mary Jennifer Selznick, committed suicide, which led to a suicide attempt by Jones. She is credited with being the first to adopt the short skirt costume in figure skating, and the first to make use of dance choreography. Jones married Selznick in 1949, staying with him until his death in 1965. She also won six consecutive European championships. The couple divorced in 1944. She won her first of ten consecutive World Figure Skating Championships in 1927 at the age of fifteen, and her first Olympic gold medal the following year. Jones's first marriage to Robert Walker produced two sons, both of whom became actors.

By the next Olympiad, she no longer needed to ask. She appeared in Selznick's production Duel in the Sun in 1946. She had earlier placed eighth in a field of eight at the 1924 Winter Olympics, at the age of eleven. During the 1924 program, she skated over to the side of the rink several times to ask her coach what to do next. Selznick. Born in Oslo, Henie took the gold medal in the 1928, 1932 and 1936 Winter Olympics. Jennifer Jones (born Phyllis Flora Isley on March 2, 1919 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an actress created within the studio system by producer David O. Sonja Henie (April 8, 1912-October 12, 1969) was a Norwegian figure skater. 1944 Won The Song of Bernadette.

1945 Nominated Since You Went Away. 1946 Nominated Love Letters. 1947 Nominated Duel in the Sun. 1956 Nominated Love is a Many-Splendored Thing.