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Hanna Hertelendy

Hanna Hertelendy
Born
Ilona Zimka

(1919-10-05)5 October 1919
Budapest, Hungary
Died15 May 2008(2008-05-15) (aged 88)
Years active1944–2000
Spouses
István Hertelendy
(m. 1940; died 1945)
Ernest Valentine Polutnik
(m. 1947; div. 1949)
(m. 1949; died 1951)
(m. 1953; div. 1958)
(m. 1960)
ChildrenBarbara Kerwin (b. 1954)

Hanna Hertelendy (born Ilona Zimka; October 5, 1919 – May 15, 2008), also known as Hanna Landy, was a Hungarian-American film and television actress.

Early years

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She was born as Ilona Zimka near Budapest. She married István Hertelendy in 1940. She became a successful stage actress with the Hungarian Repertory Theatre Vígszínház in Budapest, playing such roles as Ophelia (Hamlet), Irina (Chekhov's Three Sisters), in Molnár's Liliom and in J.B. Priestley's An Inspector Calls.

She came to New York City and, in 1947, became a lifelong member of the Actors Studio.[1]

Career

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She continued to act on television in such series as Peter Gunn, Perry Mason, Barnaby Jones, Ironside, Marcus Welby, M.D., The Fugitive, Dr. Kildare, Columbo and Wonder Woman. Among her television roles was as Helga Dolwig in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Impetuous Imp," as well as Nazi villainess Lena Greenberg on Magnum, P.I.. Notable films in which she appeared include Five Minutes to Live (1961), Harlow (1965), Convict Stage (1965), In Like Flint (1967), Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Girl from Petrovka (1974), Two-Minute Warning (1976), Raid on Entebbe (1977), Being There (1979), Christmas Lilies of the Field (1979) and Circle of Power (1981). Others included independent films such as Return (1985).

Affiliations

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She was active for more than 40 years with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the North Hollywood-based Theater West. [citation needed]

Family

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Hertelendy was the third and last wife of film star Robert Walker, whom she married on July 27, 1949. Walker died at the age of 32 in 1951, reportedly due to an allergic reaction to a drug administered by his psychiatrist. Hertelendy was married five times; her last husband was Hungarian-American actor Stephen Bekassy. She had one child, from her marriage to William Kerwin, with whom she was married from 1953 until their 1958 divorce.[citation needed]

Death

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She died in her West Hollywood, California home on May 15, 2008, aged 88.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ Garfield, David (1980). "Appendix: Life Members of The Actors Studio as of January 1980". A Player's Place: The Story of The Actors Studio. New York: MacMillan Publishing Co., Inc. p. 278. ISBN 0-02-542650-8.
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