Belita: The Ice Maiden
Like Sonja Henie and Vera Ralston, the creature known as Belita (Maria Belita Jepson-Turner, 1923-2005) found her way to movie stardom by being a world renowned ice skater. Like Ralston, she had skated in the 1936 Olympics, in her own case on behalf of the U.K. She was also trained in ballet, which was another […]