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Rula Lenska
Acting

Rula Lenska
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1947-09-30,St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
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.

Filmography

5.5

Gypo
2005-08-24

5.2

Jack Says
2008-09-22

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

6.841

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery
1981-03-08

3.32

Queen Kong
1976-12-10

4.5

Alfie Darling
1975-07-17

Alice in Terrorland

5.9

Alice in Terrorland
2023-12-26

The Huntress of Auschwitz

3.3

The Huntress of Auschwitz
2022-05-23

The Picture of Dorian Gray

6.708

The Picture of Dorian Gray
2023-09-18

5.6

Wolf Manor
2022-08-28

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage

1

An Audience with Dame Edna Everage
1980-12-26

The Winter Witch

3.833

The Winter Witch
2022-12-26

8.3

Jesus
1979-10-19

Oh, Little Spark!

0

Oh, Little Spark!

0

Aubrey
1982-01-22

5.2

Bait
2015-08-29

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy

0

To the Manor Born: Britain's Best Loved Comedy
2024-01-27

The Deadly Females

2

The Deadly Females
1976-11-01

It Could Happen to You

1

It Could Happen to You
1976-11-11

5.944

Royal Flash
1975-10-10

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

4.4

Soft Beds, Hard Battles
1974-01-24

Confessions of a Pop Performer

4.5

Confessions of a Pop Performer
1975-01-01

The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke

0

The New Media Bible: The Gospel According to St. Luke
1979-01-01

Amazing Stories

0

Amazing Stories
1976-02-01

3.217

Aura
2018-08-07

Design for Living

0

Design for Living
1979-05-06

7.5

7 Up & Me
2019-06-03

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks

7.8

Doctor Who: Resurrection of the Daleks
1984-02-15

6.6

Mr. H Is Late
1988-02-15

Jeepers Creepers

4

Jeepers Creepers
2020-10-12

4.333

Agent Crush
2008-01-01

Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes

0

Morecambe & Wise: The Unseen Tapes
2025-04-12

The Kingdom by the Sea

0

The Kingdom by the Sea
2024-10-30

8

Starbound
1996-12-25

7.874

Doctor Who
1963-11-23

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

Take a Letter, Mr. Jones

4

Take a Letter, Mr. Jones
1981-09-05

Robin of Sherwood

7.6

Robin of Sherwood
1984-04-28

6

Rock Follies
1976-02-24

5.8

Private Schulz
1981-05-06

5.6

GMTV
1993-01-01

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

6.8

Minder
1979-10-29

6.1

Casualty
1986-09-06

6.7

The Detectives
1993-01-27

Return of the Saint

7

Return of the Saint
1978-09-10

8.029

Ideal
2005-01-11

7.084

Space: 1999
1975-09-04

6.4

Cluedo
1990-07-25

Celebrity Big Brother

4.8

Celebrity Big Brother
2001-03-08

7

Playhouse
1974-03-13

BBC Play of the Month

5

BBC Play of the Month
1965-10-19