Paula Valenska (2 July 1922 – 26 September 1994) was a Czech actress noted for her roles in 1940s films. After appearing in several films in her native Czechoslovakia she went to Britain to star in two films produced by
Anatole de Grunwald
Anatole "Tolly" de Grunwald (25 December 1910 – 13 January 1967) was a Russian British film producer and screenwriter.
Biography
De Grunwald was born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, the son of a diplomat (Constantin de Grunwald) in the se ...
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Valenska graduated from the Musical and Dramatic Conservatory in
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate ...
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She married Joseph Rehka Zdenek in
Beverly Hills, California
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in August 1962, and applied for U.S. citizenship the following year. In 1966, it was reported by the ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' that the couple were breeding Arabian horses.
In June 1980, Valenska was then working as a real estate agent in
Camarillo, California
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She died in
Ventura, California
Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), is a city on the Southern Coast of California and the county seat of Ventura County. The population was 110,763 at the 2020 census. Ventura is a popular tourist des ...
on 26 September 1994, at the age of 72.
Selected filmography
* ''
Spring Song'' (1944)
* ''
Saturday
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'' (1945)
* ''
No Surgery Hours Today
'' No Surgery Hours Today'' ( cs, Dnes neordinuji) is a 1948 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Vladimír Slavínský and starring Jan Pivec, Dagmar Frýbortová and Paula Valenska, Paula Valenská.
Cast
* Jan Pivec as Dr. Jakub Johánek
* Dagma ...
'' (1948)
* ''
Bond Street
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'' (1948)
* ''
Golden Arrow'' (1949)
References
Bibliography
* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.
External links
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1922 births
1994 deaths
Czech film actresses
Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom
Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States
People from Mělník
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