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51:(1911), she became the first stunt woman in Danish cinema. She went on to play dangerous roles in numerous films, sometimes as the leading actress. Sannon retired from the cinema in 1923 but continued to perform on the stage, in circuses or making risky parachute jumps. In 1931, at an air show in
71:. They had hoped to become rich there but returned to Denmark seven years later after unsuccessfully running an orange plantation. She and her sisters Charlotte (1884–1954), Thora (1893–1954) and Ragnhild (1896–1953) all became actresses, apparently from an early age.
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