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Signe Hasso (August 15, 1910 – June 7, 2002)
was a Sweden|Swedish actor|actress.

Born Signe Larsson in Stockholm, Sweden, at the
age of twelve Hasso became one of the youngest
students to be accepted to the prestigious Royal
Dramatic Theatre.  She made her first film in 1933
and in 1940 moved to the United States where she
was signed to a contract by RKO Studios who
promoted her as "the next Greta Garbo|Garbo".  Her
first role of note was as the beautiful
"Mademoiselle" in Heaven Can Wait (1943)|Heaven
Can Wait (1943).  Her other roles during the 1940s
included The Seventh Cross (1944), Johnny Angel
(1945), A Scandal in Paris (1946) and A Double
Life (1947). 

By the 1950s her Hollywood career had stalled, and
in 1954 her son was killed in a car accident. 
From then she divided her time between making
films in Sweden and acting on stage in New York,
New York|New York until she returned to Hollywood
in the mid 1960s. 

In her later years, Hasso won acclaim for her work
as a poetry|poet and writer, and for her work
translating Swedish folk music|folk songs into
English.  She also continued acting, making her
final appearance in 2001, in a television
documentary about Greta Garbo. 

In 1972 the King of Sweden awarded her The Royal
Order of Vasa, with the rank of Knight First Class
-- the equivalent of the English knighthood.  She
died in Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles from
pneumonia, which resulted from lung cancer. 

Signe Hasso has a star on the Hollywood Walk of
Fame for her contribution to motion pictures, at
7080 Hollywood Boulevard.

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