Paula Valenska | |
Birth Name: | Milada Anna Šupitová |
Birth Date: | 2 July 1922 |
Birth Place: | Mělník, Czechoslovakia |
Death Place: | Ventura, California, U.S. |
Othername: | Pavla Vrbenská |
Occupation: | Actress |
Spouse: | Joseph Rehka Zdenek (m. 1962) |
Yearsactive: | 1944–1949 (film) |
Paula Valenska (2 July 1922 – 26 September 1994) was a Czech actress noted for her roles in 1940s films.[1] After appearing in several films in her native Czechoslovakia she went to Britain to star in two films produced by Anatole de Grunwald.[2]
Valenska graduated from the Musical and Dramatic Conservatory in Prague.[3] She married Joseph Rehka Zdenek in Beverly Hills, California in August 1962, and applied for U.S. citizenship the following year.[4] In 1966, it was reported by the Los Angeles Times that the couple were breeding Arabian horses.[5]
In June 1980, Valenska was then working as a real estate agent in Camarillo, California.[3] She died in Ventura, California on 26 September 1994, at the age of 72.[6] [7]