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Born · September 30, 1947 (77 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
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.
Self-Mlle Dutoit
0.0
2024
Beth
6.0
2023
Narrator (voice)
7.0
2023
Omi
4.4
2022
Maleva
6.3
2022
Amelia Kaminska
3.9
2022
Self - Fantasy Lover (voice)
4.0
2020
Self
7.5
2019
Ada
3.1
2018
Linda
5.2
2015
Celia · (1 episode)
8.0
2014
Garvey
5.2
2008
Irina
5.5
2005
The Red King · (1 episode)
8.1
2005
Self - Contestant · (23 episodes)
4.7
2001
Duchess · (1 episode)
6.7
1993
Self · (1 episode)
5.8
1993
Mrs. Peacock · (6 episodes)
6.4
1990
7.0
1988
Circus Owner · (1 episode)
6.0
1986
Morgwyn of Ravenscar · (2 episodes)
7.6
1984
Styles
7.8
1984
Mabel Beardsley
0.0
1982
(6 episodes)
4.0
1981
Gertrude Steiner · (1 episode)
5.8
1981
Countess Radzsky
6.7
1981
1.0
1980
Natasha · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
Herodias (scenes deleted)
8.3
1979
Gilda
0.0
1979
Luce Habit
3.3
1976
Luisa
2.3
1976
Louise
4.4
1975
Janina/Babcia
0.0
Kate · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
Sandra Last · (1 episode)
6.8
1979
Herodias
0.0
1979
Diana Lang · (1 episode)
7.0
1978
Rita
1.0
1976
(12 episodes)
6.0
1976
Ms Fandom
0.0
1976
Helga
6.0
1975
Joan Conway · (1 episode)
7.1
1975
Receptionist
5.1
1975
Louise
4.1
1974
Styles · (2 episodes)
7.9
1963