Hanna Hertelendy

Hanna Hertelendy (born Ilona Zimka; October 5, 1919 – May 15, 2008), also known as Hanna Landy, was a Hungarian-American film and television actress. Early years She was born as Ilona Zimka near Budapest. She married István Hertelendy in 1940. She became a successful stage actress with the Hungarian Repertory Theatre Vígszínház in Budapest, playing such roles as Ophelia (Hamlet), Irina (Chekhov's Three Sisters), in Molnár'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. Career 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, Columbo and Wonder Woman. Among her television roles was as Helga Dolwig in the 1965 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Impetuous Imp," as well as Nazi villainess Lena Greenberg on Magnum, P.I.. 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).