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Hertelendy, Hanna, 1919-2008


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    • Landy, Hanna, 1925-2008
    • Zimka, Ilona, 1919-2008
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    • Birth Date

        1919-03-05
    • Death Date

        2008-05-15
    • Birth Place

        Budapest (Hungary)
    • Occupation

      Actresses

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    • Earlier Established Forms

      • Landy, Hanna, 1925-2008
    • Sources

      • found: Rosemary's baby, c2006:credits (Hanna Landy)
      • found: Internet Movie Database WWW site, May 30, 2011(Hanna Landy, actress ; b. Ilona Zimka, March 11, 1925 in San Diego, CA ; d. May 15, 2008 in West Hollywood, CA)
      • found: IMDb, April 25, 2019(Hanna Hertelendy (1919-2008); born October 5, 1919 in Budapest, Hungary as Ilona Zimka; she was an actress, known for Rosemary's Baby (1968), Being There (1979) and Magnum, P.I. (1980); she was married to William Kerwin, Robert Walker, Ernest Valentine Polutnik, Istvan Hertelendy and Stephen Bekassy; she died on May 15, 2008 in Los Angeles, California; she is credited in several movies and television shows as Hanna Landy)
      • found: Find A Grave, via WWW, April 25, 2019(Hanna Hertelendy; actress; Hanna Hertelendy (also credited as Hanna Landy) was born Ilona Zimka on October 5, 1919 in Budapest, Hungary; still in her native Hungary, she married Istvan Hertelendy in 1940, becoming a successful stage actress with the Hungarian Repertory Theatre "VIGSZINHAZ" in Budapest; after Istvan Hertelendy's death, Hanna came to New York in 1947; she married Ernest Valentine Polutnik in December 1947, but soon divorced; little is known of her next marriage with film actor Robert Walker, whom she married in 1949; Walker died from adverse reaction to a sedative in August 1951, leaving her widowed; after some success in early television in New York, she landed a small part in the low-budget comedy, "Mr. Walkie Talkie;" in the spring of 1952, she married actor William Kerwin, with whom she had a daughter, actress Barbara Kerwin (who later went into Costume and Wardrobe design in Hollywood); Hanna divorced Bill Kerwin in 1958; her last husband was Hungarian-born Hollywood actor Stephen Bekassy; Hanna Hertelendy enjoyed a healthy career on screen throughout the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, usually cast in thick-accented Eastern-European roles; she's best known for roles like Grace Cardiff in "Rosemary's Baby" (1968), or as Natasha Skrapinov (wife of Richard Basehart's Soviet Ambassador character) in "Being There;" her career lasted until 2000, cast in a small part in an episode of TV's "Entourage" at age 82; Hanna also had a long connection with Theater West troup of North Hollywood, CA; Hanna Hertelendy died in West Hollywood on May 15, 2008 at the age of 88)
      • found: Wikipedia, April 25, 2019(Hanna Hertelendy; Hanna Hertelendy (October 5, 1919--May 15, 2008), aka Hanna Landy, was a Hungarian-American film and television actress; she was born as Ilona Zimka near Budapest and died in her West Hollywood, California home)
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      • 2011-06-08: new
      • 2019-04-26: revised
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