Eva Norvind
| Eva Norvind | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Eva Johanne Chegodayeva Sakonsky May 7, 1944 Trondheim, Norway |
| Died | May 14, 2006 (aged 62) Zipolite, Oaxaca, Mexico |
| Cause of death | Drowning |
| Residence | Mexico City, Mexico |
| Nationality |
 Norwegian
|
| Occupation | Writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist, dominatrix, actress |
| Years active | 1961-1968 (actress) 1961-2006 (writer, producer, director) |
| Children | Nailea Norvind (b. 1970) |
| Parent(s) | Prince Paulovic Chegodayef Sakonsky Johanna Kajanus |
| Relatives |
Georg Kajanus (brother) Naian González Norvind (granddaughter) Tessa Ia González Norvind (granddaughter) |
Eva Norvind (born Eva Johanne Chegodayeva Sakonsky on May 7, 1944 in Trondheim, Norway - Died May 14, 2006, in Zipolite, Mexico) was a Norwegian-born Mexican writer, documentary producer, director, sex therapist/ dominatrix, and former actress of the cinema of Mexico. She was the mother of telenovela actress Nailea Norvind and the sister of composer and singer/songwriter Georg Kajanus.
Eva Norvind was the daughter of Russian prince Paul Vernstad née Chegodayef Sakonsky and Finnish sculptor Johanna Kajanus, who won the bronze medal for sculpture at the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne (1937). Eva, her mother and her brother moved to France when Eva was 15 years old. The following year she won the second prize in the beauty contest at the Cannes Film Festival which enabled her to win a minor role in the film Saint Tropez Blues. She then joined the cast of the Folies Bergère and changed her stage name to Eva Norvind. She also appeared in A School for Scandal at the Comédie-Française.
In 1962, Eva moved to Canada and then to New York City where at the age of 18 she worked as a Playboy Bunny and a Can-Can dancer. She finished high school in 1964 and then moved to Mexico City to study Spanish when she was recruited as an actress. She made seven films in Mexico, her last one being Báñame mi amor in 1968.
Norvind was the object of controversy in Mexico, when on the highly censored national television she spoke in defense of birth control. The government of Mexico then asked her to leave the country within 24 hours but with the help of the National Association of Actors she was able to stay in the country, although she was forbidden from appearing on television for one year. She performed in two plays, En el closet, no and Machiavelli's La mandragola (The Mandrake).
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