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person_profile-Vera Ralston

Vera Ralston Died at age: 82

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Vera Ralston

Date of Birth:

Jul 12, 1920

Country of birth:

Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Died:

Feb 09, 2003

Biography of

Vera Ralston

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá) was a Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s.

    As a figure skater, she represented Czechoslovakia in competition under her birth name Věra Hrubá. She competed at the 1936 European Figure Skating Championships and placed 15th. Later that season, she competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she placed 17th. During the games, she personally met and insulted Adolf Hitler. Hitler asked her if she would like to "skate for the swastika." As she later boasted, "I looked him right in the eye, and said that I'd rather skate on the swastika. The Führer was furious." Hrubá competed at the 1937 European Figure Skating Championships and placed 7th. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a naturalized citizen in 1946.

    She moved to Hollywood with her mother and signed a contract in 1943 with Republic Pictures. During her career she was known as Vera Hrubá Ralston and later Vera Ralston. She normally played an immigrant girl, because of her limited English skills. Among the 26 films Ralston starred in were: Storm Over Lisbon; Dakota; I, Jane Doe; The Fighting Kentuckian; A Perilous Journey; and Fair Wind to Java. She retired from films in 1958.

    In 1952, Ralston married Republic studio head Herbert Yates. Yates was nearly 40 years her senior, and had left his wife and children to be with Ralston. Yates used his position to obtain roles for Ralston, and at one point was sued by studio shareholders for using company assets to promote his wife. Yates died in 1966, leaving his $8 million estate to Ralston. She suffered a nervous breakdown shortly thereafter, remarried, and lived quietly in southern California.

    She died on February 9, 2003, in Santa Barbara, California, after a long battle with cancer. For her work in films, Ralston has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A registered Republican, she supported Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election.

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Filmography of

Vera Ralston

Found 27 Movies in total

The Man Who Died Twice

Lynn Brennon ( Actor )

... 1958

The Notorious Mr. Monks

Angela Monks ( Actor )

... 1958

Gunfire at Indian Gap

Cheel Palmer ( Actor )

... 1957

Spoilers of the Forest

Joan Milna ( Actor )

... 1957

Accused of Murder

Ilona Vance ( Actor )

... 1956

Timberjack

Lynne Tilton ( Actor )

... 1955

Jubilee Trail

Florinda Grove ( Actor )

... 1954

A Perilous Journey

Francie Landreaux ( Actor )

... 1953

Fair Wind to Java

Kim Kim ( Actor )

... 1953

Hoodlum Empire

Marte 'Marty' Dufour Gray ( Actor )

... 1952

The Wild Blue Yonder

Lt. Helen Landers ( Actor )

... 1951

Belle Le Grand

Daisy Henshaw / Belle Le Grand ( Actor )

... 1951

Surrender

Violet Barton ( Actor )

... 1950

The Fighting Kentuckian

Fleurette De Marchand ( Actor )

... 1949

Angel on the Amazon

Christine Ridgeway ( Actor )

... 1948

I, Jane Doe

Annette Dubois / Jane Doe ( Actor )

... 1948

The Flame

Carlotta Duval ( Actor )

... 1947

A Week in the Quiet House

Sieglová ( Actor )

... 1947

Wyoming

Karen Alderson ( Actor )

... 1947

The Plainsman and the Lady

Ann Arnesen ( Actor )

... 1946

Murder in the Music Hall

Lila Laughton ( Actor )

... 1946

Dakota

Sandy Poli (Devlin) ( Actor )

... 1945

Lake Placid Serenade

Vera Haschek ( Actor )

... 1944

Storm Over Lisbon

Maria Mazarek, aka Maritza ( Actor )

... 1944

The Lady and the Monster

Janice Farrell ( Actor )

... 1944

Ice Capades Revue

Vera Hruba - Ice-Capades Skater ( Actor )

... 1942

Ice-Capades

Ice-Capades Skater ( Actor )

... 1941