Hanja Kochansky is a Croatian writer and actress.
A refugee to Italy during the Second World War, in 1948 she went to
Johannesburg
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as an emigrant. In 1966, she played one of
Elizabeth Taylor
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's handmaidens in the film ''
Cleopatra
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''.
In 1972, her book, ''Freely Female: Women's Sexual Fantasies'', was published by Ace Books in New York and was on the reading list for women’s studies programmes at a number of American universities. It was published by Aim Books in Australia in 1975 and by Granada Publishing Ltd. in the UK in 1977.
She married
Hugh Bebb in 1963. They had a daughter,
Katia
Katia is a feminine given name. It is a variant of Katya.
Notable people with this name
Actresses and models
* Katia Dandoulaki, Greek actress
*Katia Margaritoglou, Greek fashion model and beauty contestant
*Katia Winter (born 1983), Swedis ...
, in 1966. In 1974, she had a son, Kasimir, with the
Spaghetti Western
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actor,
William Berger.
He starred with his father in the TV mini-series, ''
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus
* lij, Cristoffa C(or)ombo
* es, link=no, Cristóbal Colón
* pt, Cristóvão Colombo
* ca, Cristòfor (or )
* la, Christophorus Columbus. (; born between 25 August and 31 October 1451, died 20 May 1506) was a ...
'' in 1985. He also acted in the film ''
Absurd'' aka ''Rosso sangue'' (1981) with his mother and sister.
After living in Rome for thirty years, she moved to London in 2010.
From 10 March to 19 June 2011, a photograph of her taken by
Ida Kar
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was displayed on the walls of the
National Portrait Gallery.
Filmography
* ''
Danger Man
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'' (1 episode, 1966, TV episode "The Paper Chase") .... Paula
* ''
Rosso sangue'' (1981) .... Mrs. Bennett
* ''
Liebeskonzil'' (1982) .... Purgue
* ''
La famiglia'' (1987) (as Hania Kochansky) .... Susanna
* ''
Una casa a Roma'' (1988) (TV)
* ''
La cena'' (1998)
* ''
Uomini & donne, amori & bugie'' (2003)
References
External links
*
Croatian film actresses
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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