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Actor Born: January 13, 1914 in Copenhagen, Denmark Death: January 2, 2006 in Santa Monica, CA Biography:Although never a major star, Danish-born actress "Osa Massen" made an impact in such 1940s melodramas as "A Woman's Face" (1941), in which she engages in an outright catfight with heroine "Joan Crawford", and the noir thriller "Deadline at Dawn" (1946), as a woman with something to hide. Trained as a newspaper photographer, Massen (born Aase Madsen) was persuaded by Danish director "Alice O'Fredericks" to make her acting debut in "Kidnapped" (1935), a comedy starring Denmark's answer to "Shirley Temple", and although Osa had designs on a career as a film cutter, she agreed to appear in a second Danish film, the seemingly lost "Bag Københavns Kulisser" (1935). A screen test for 20th Century Fox led to a Hollywood contract. Director "Edward H. Griffith" cast her as a Dutch-Polynesian femme fatale in "Honeymoon in Bali" (1939), which several reviewers thought she stole outright from nominal stars... Full Biography
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