Actress Signe Hasso, 91
Posted: Monday, June 10th, 2002 11:45 pmSigne Hasso, a Swedish-born stage and film actress who played strong leading ladies in American movies in the 1940s, most notably in George Cukor’s “A Double Life,” has died. She was 91.
Hasso died Friday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. The cause of death was not announced. …
She came to Hollywood in 1940 and signed a contract with RKO, but few acting roles materialized.
As she later said, she was nearly out on the street when she decided to go to New York, where she found work in the theater.
Toward the end of World War II, she returned to Hollywood and signed a contract with MGM. … Read full obituary
