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Vera Ralston
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Vera Ralston
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1920-07-12,Prague, Tchécoslovaquie
Gender
Female
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Ralston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.462

Hoodlum Empire
1952-04-15

Accused of Murder

4.8

Accused of Murder
1956-12-21

The Fighting Kentuckian

5.9

The Fighting Kentuckian
1949-09-15

5.833

The Flame
1947-11-24

6.389

I, Jane Doe
1948-05-25

The Man Who Died Twice

5.875

The Man Who Died Twice
1958-06-06

5.2

Dakota
1945-12-15

Murder in the Music Hall

5.3

Murder in the Music Hall
1946-04-10

The Notorious Mr. Monks

7

The Notorious Mr. Monks
1958-02-28

Storm Over Lisbon

5.429

Storm Over Lisbon
1944-10-16

A Perilous Journey

4.5

A Perilous Journey
1953-04-05

The Lady and the Monster

5.977

The Lady and the Monster
1944-04-17

5.167

Jubilee Trail
1954-05-15

The Wild Blue Yonder

7

The Wild Blue Yonder
1951-12-05

4.833

Surrender
1950-09-15

5.333

Belle Le Grand
1951-01-27

The Plainsman and the Lady

6

The Plainsman and the Lady
1946-11-11

Angel on the Amazon

5.5

Angel on the Amazon
1948-11-01

Ice Capades Revue

6

Ice Capades Revue
1942-12-24

Fair Wind to Java

5.6

Fair Wind to Java
1953-01-28

4.167

Timberjack
1955-02-18

Spoilers of the Forest

6

Spoilers of the Forest
1957-04-04

6.5

Wyoming
1947-07-28

Gunfire at Indian Gap

5.667

Gunfire at Indian Gap
1957-12-11

Lake Placid Serenade

10

Lake Placid Serenade
1944-12-23

5.857

Ice-Capades
1941-08-19

A Week in the Quiet House

7

A Week in the Quiet House
1947-08-22