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Sigrid Gurie (1911-1969) |
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- Joan Bennett, The Man in the Iron Mask, 1939. Variety reported that Gurie and Frances Dee tested for the Dumas heroine, Maria Theresa, opposite the titular Louis Heyward - in a change of pace for Frankenstein director James Whale. (Ironically, his cast included the debut of Peter Cushing, Hammer’s Professor Frankenstein six times during 1956-1973).
- Linda Darnell, Blood and Sand, 1940. Producer Sam Goldwyn’s “Norwegian Garbo” tested for Carmen, ever-loving wife of Tyrone Power’s poor matador in the re-hash of Rudolph Valentino’s 1921 silent classic. Gurie casued a scandal later in the 40s, when the media discovered she was born not in Norway but… Brooklyn!
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