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. She married Joseph Rehka Zdenek in

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in August 1962, and applied for U.S. citizenship the following year. In 1966, it was reported by the ''

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'' that the couple were breeding Arabian horses. In June 1980, Valenska was then working as a real estate agent in

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. She died in

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on 26 September 1994, at the age of 72.

Selected filmography

* '' Spring Song'' (1944) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' No Surgery Hours Today'' (1948) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' Golden Arrow'' (1949)

References

Bibliography

* Chibnall, Steve & McFarlane, Brian. ''The British 'B' Film''. Palgrave MacMillan, 2009.

External links

* 1922 births 1994 deaths Czech film actresses Czechoslovak emigrants to the United Kingdom Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States People from Mělník {{Czech-actor-stub