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person_profile-Rula Lenska

Rula Lenska Age: 77

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Rula Lenska

Date of Birth:

Sep 30, 1947

Country of birth:

UK

Biography of

Rula Lenska

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Rula Lenska (born Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska, 30 September 1947) is an English-Polish actress. She mainly appears in British stage and television productions, but is known in the United States for a series of commercials for Alberto VO5 hairspray in the late-1970s and early-1980s.

    Lenska was born at St. Neots, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, England. Her family are members of the Polish nobility, and bearers of the Pomian coat of arms. They once owned a castle and estate in Kazimierza Wielka, Poland. Her father, Major Count Ludwik Łubieński, was personal secretary to Józef Beck, Minister for Foreign Affairs in Poland before the Nazi occupation of the country. Later, he became adjutant to General Władysław Sikorski, Prime Minister of the Polish Government in Exile and chief of the Polish military mission in Gibraltar during World War II. Łubieński later became head of the CIA-funded Polish Section of Radio Free Europe in Germany during the Cold War. Her mother was Countess Elżbieta Tyszkiewicz who escaped from Poland during the Nazi occupation, to Italy, but was captured with her own mother and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where they survived for two years. Lenska was educated at the Ursuline Convent School in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent.

    Her big break was as Little Ladies' band member, "Q", in the British TV series Rock Follies (1976) and its sequel, Rock Follies of '77, the following year. By this time, she had renounced her title as a Polish countess.

    Lenska appeared in advertisements for the hair product Alberto VO5, which were shown on US television. Though Lenska was a popular actress in the UK, she was virtually unknown in the United States. In a Tonight Show monologue broadcast after the commercials started running, Johnny Carson asked "Who the hell is Rula Lenska?" and began using Lenska's name as a running joke on his show. Around the same time, Jane Curtin played Lenska in a sketch on Saturday Night Live.

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Rula Lenska

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Filmography of

Rula Lenska

Found 30 Movies in total

The Kingdom by the Sea

Linda ( Actor )

... 2024

... 2024

Alice in Terrorland

Beth ( Actor )

... 2023

The Picture of Dorian Gray

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 2023

The Winter Witch

Omi ( Actor )

... 2022

Wolf Manor

Maleva ( Actor )

... 2022

The Huntress of Auschwitz

Amelia Kaminska ( Actor )

... 2022

Jeepers Creepers

Self - Fantasy Lover (voice) ( Actor )

... 2020

7 Up & Me

Self ( Actor )

... 2019

Aura

Ada ( Actor )

... 2018

Bait

Linda ( Actor )

... 2015

Jack Says

Garvey ( Actor )

... 2008

Agent Crush

Olga Thyburn (voice) ( Actor )

... 2008

Gypo

Irina ( Actor )

... 2005

Starbound

Fortune Teller ( Actor )

... 1996

... 1984

Aubrey

Mabel Beardsley ( Actor )

... 1982

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

Countess Radzsky ( Actor )

... 1981

... 1980

Jesus

Herodias (scenes deleted) ( Actor )

... 1979

Design for Living

Gilda ( Actor )

... 1979

... 1979

Queen Kong

Luce Habit ( Actor )

... 1976

... 1976

The Deadly Females

Luisa ( Actor )

... 1976

Amazing Stories

Ms Fandom ( Actor )

... 1976

Royal Flash

Helga ( Actor )

... 1975

Alfie Darling

Louise ( Actor )

... 1975

Confessions of a Pop Performer

Receptionist ( Actor )

... 1975

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Louise ( Actor )

... 1974