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Hanna Hertelendy

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Hanna Hertelendy

Birth
Budapest, Hungary
Death
15 May 2008 (aged 88)
West Hollywood, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
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Actress. Hanna Hertelendy (also credited as 'Hanna Landy') was born Ilona Zimka was born 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, joining the Actors Studio, later becoming a lifelong member. She would remarry to Ernest Valentine Polutnik in December 1947, but soon divorced. Little is known of her next marriage with ill-fated film actor Robert Walker, whom she married in 1949. Walker would die from adverse reaction to a sedative in August 1951, leaving her widowed. After some success in early television in New York, she set sights for a career in Hollywood, landing a small part in low-budget comedy, "Mr. Walkie Talkie". Her career again leaned toward many Hollywood television projects throughout the 1950s. By Spring 1952, she would marry 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 to Hungarian-born Hollywood actor Stephen Bekassy. Hanna Hertelendy enjoyed a healthy career on screen throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s 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 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, after a long illness, at the age of 88.


Actress. Hanna Hertelendy (also credited as 'Hanna Landy') was born Ilona Zimka was born 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, joining the Actors Studio, later becoming a lifelong member. She would remarry to Ernest Valentine Polutnik in December 1947, but soon divorced. Little is known of her next marriage with ill-fated film actor Robert Walker, whom she married in 1949. Walker would die from adverse reaction to a sedative in August 1951, leaving her widowed. After some success in early television in New York, she set sights for a career in Hollywood, landing a small part in low-budget comedy, "Mr. Walkie Talkie". Her career again leaned toward many Hollywood television projects throughout the 1950s. By Spring 1952, she would marry 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 to Hungarian-born Hollywood actor Stephen Bekassy. Hanna Hertelendy enjoyed a healthy career on screen throughout the 1960s, 70s, and 80s 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 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, after a long illness, at the age of 88.




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