Signe Hasso

Last seen publicly at the "Night of 200 Stars" tribute to Gene Autry and Whitney Houston in New York City in 1995.

She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7080 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 1, 1994.

In her early Hollywood career, Signe Hasso lived above the Sunset Strip. Moving to New York where she performed with Eva Le Galliene's American Repertory Company, and also on tour with various ARC productions across the United States. Returning to Hollywood in 1957, Hasso lived at Hollywood Boulevard and Stanley Ave. in an apartment building, the rear 2nd floor 2BR apartment. Fifteen years later, moving to Park LaBrea into a two story complex, adjacent to Farmers Market.

Young Signe Larsson was only 12 when she started to work as a child extra at The Royal Dramatic Theater and was the youngest ever enrolled for acting studies there at 16. She quickly got leading roles in movies and always received very good reviews. In 1940 she went to Hollywood and signed a contract with RKO. Despite her talent, it didn't lead to any work and she ventured off to New York and the theater.

She married German national Harry Hartnagel (aka Harry Hasso; who would later be married to fellow Swedish actress Viveca Lindfors from 1941-1943) on November 12, 1933. They couple had one child, Signe's only child, a son named Karl Georg Harry (born June 14, 1934). Karl died on January 15, 1957, aged 22, in an automobile accident in Los Angeles, California.