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Signe Hasso was the toast of her native Sweden before she left for Hollywood. Once here, she couldn't land a part. Now she's in M-G-M's Assignment in Brittany
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| All roads lead to Hollywood, but Signe Hasso took the longest one on record. The German submarine threat in the Atlantic forced her to make the trip from her native Sweden by way of Russia, Siberia, Japan and the Pacific. (Of course, this was before we were at war.) It took her two and a half months to circle more than half of the globe.
This flaming-haired daughter of the Vikings, who pronounces her name Si-nee, was once the toast of Stockholm. She even has the muchcoveted Scandinavian Prize to prove it. Five feet-four, curvacious and green-eyed, Signe was one of the most popular and beautiful actresses on the Swedish stage and screen. Then R-K-O signed her for American movies in 1940, which entailed that long and dangerous journey across Europe and Asia to Hollywood.
Once here she was hailed as an exotic new find. She posed for leg art, gave scores of interviews, attended night clubs and important parties. "But," Signe sighed,
"nothing happened. They told me they couldn't find a good story for me. Months passed and I was doing nothing. I was on salary, of course, but I wanted to work for it. When I went out, people would ask me when I would start working. It was so embarrassing. I was miserable. You can be so terribly lonely even though surrounded by thousands of people."
So Signe fled from Hollywood. She flew to Washington to get her immigration papers in order. While she was there, the Swedish ambassador gave an elaborate party for her. The next thing she knew she was appearing in a Broadway play, Golden Wings. George Jean Nathan promptly proclaimed her "the most attractive new foreign actress in America." And most important, she was discovered by M-G-M.
Even with this sudden good fortune, the glamorous Swedish star was unhappy. Her seven-year-old son was still in Sweden. (Signe had divorced her director husband, Harry Hasso, in 1940.) She couldn't be
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