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(Eva Brigitta Hartwig)
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| 2 January 17 |
is born in Berlin, Germany, to a German father and a Norwegian mother
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spends her childhood summers in the coastal town of Kristiansund, Norway, her parents’ hometown
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| c. 23 |
debuts in Kristiansund at age six as a butterfly in a flower ballet
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attends private school in Berlin, Germany
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studies dancing under Nicholas Legat
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| 28 |
under the adopted name of Brigitta, she dances in Erik Charrell's Lilac Time and in two Max Reinhardt productions, A Midsummer Night's Dream and The Tales of Hoffman
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| 33 |
goes with Reinhardt to England to appear in Rodney Ackland’s Ballerina
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| 34 |
changes her name to Vera Zorina and dances with Col. de Basil’s company of the Monte Carlo Ballets Russes
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| 37 |
is in Rogers and Hart's On Your Toes in London
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| 38 |
debuts on Broadway in I Married an Angel
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| 24 December 38 |
marries choreographer George Balanchine
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| c.40 |
is a close acquaintance of Marlene Dietrich, who has an affair with German-born writer Erich Maria Remarque
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is off to Hollywood to work on a movie, accompanied by her mother and her agent
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| 41 |
the FBI puts her on a list of prominent Hollywood stars who are suspected as contributors to Communist Party causes
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| c. 42 |
attends Oskar Homolka’s birthday party with Remarque. Novelists Bertolt Brecht, Franz Werfel, and Lion Feuchtwanger attend, too. She enjoys a wild night with Remarque afterwards.
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| c. 43 |
is replaced by Ingrid Bergman in For Whom the Bell Tolls when producer Sam Wood thinks her short, cropped hairstyle makes her nose stand out too prominently
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| January 46 |
divorces Balanchine
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| 46 |
marries Goddard Lieberson, president of Columbia Records
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| 49? |
presents Honegger’s oratorio Joan of Arc at the Hollywood Bowl with actor John Lund
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her son Peter Goddard Crespian is born. He will become a composer.
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her son Jonathan is born. He will become a philosophy teacher and receive a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
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| 53 |
narrates A Parable of Death by Lukas Foss at the Ojai Festival
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| 70s |
is appointed director of the Norwegian Opera in Oslo
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| 77 |
becomes the widow of Lieberson
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| 86 |
publishes her autobiography, Zorina
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| 89 |
her son Jonathan dies
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| 90 |
moves to Santa Fe, New Mexico
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directs Santa Fe Opera productions
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| 91 |
marries harpsichordist Paul Wolfe
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| 00 |
lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico
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| 7 April 03 |
suffers a cerebral hemorrhage
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| 9 April 03 |
dies at age 86 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, of natural causes. Her husband survives.
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Sources:
They Had Faces Then by John Springer, Opposite Attraction by Julie Gilbert, www.IMDb.com |
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Links:
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