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Hanna Hertelendy


Hanna Hertelendy (October 5, 1919 – May 15, 2008), aka Hanna Landy, was a Hungarian-American film and television actress.

She was born as Ilona Zimka near Budapest. She married Istvan Hertelendy in 1940. She became a successful stage actress with the Hungarian Repertory Theatre “VIGSZINHAZ” in Budapest, playing such roles as Ophelia (Hamlet), Irina (Chekhov's Three Sisters), in Molnar'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.

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, and Columbo. Among her television roles was as murderer Helga Dolwig in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Impetuous Imp." 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).


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