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Czech figure skater and actress
- Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá; July 12, 1919 or 1920 or 1921 or 1923 – February 9, 2003) was a Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s.
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Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá; July 12, 1919 [1] [2] or 1920 [3] [4] or 1921 [5] or 1923 [4] [6] – February 9, 2003) was a Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s. Early life.
Vera Ralston. Actress: Storm Over Lisbon. After achieving modest fame as an ice skater in her native Czechoslovakia, Vera Hruba was brought to the United States by Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates, who hoped to turn her into the next Sonja Henie.
- July 12, 1923
- February 9, 2003
Vera Ralston. Actress: Storm Over Lisbon. After achieving modest fame as an ice skater in her native Czechoslovakia, Vera Hruba was brought to the United States by Republic Pictures head Herbert J. Yates, who hoped to turn her into the next Sonja Henie.
- January 1, 1
- Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
- January 1, 1
- Santa Barbara, California, USA
Vera Hruba Ralston, the Czech-born ice-skating star whose B-movie career at Republic Pictures in the 1940s and ‘50s never equaled her performances on the ice, has died. Ralston died...
May 17, 2014 · In the case of Vera Hrubá Ralston, figure skater turned Hollywood actress, the Hollywood movie analogy doesn't fall far from the skate guard. Photo courtesy "Skating" magazine. Born in Prague in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1919, Vera Hrubá was the daughter of wealthy jeweler Rudolf Hrubá.
Feb 18, 2003 · The Czech-born ice skater Vera Hruba Ralston, who starred in the film ''Ice-Capades'' and in Republic Pictures B-movies, died on Feb. 9 at her home here. She was 79. The cause was cancer,...
Czech-born actress and figure skater. Name variations: Vera Hruba. Born Vera Hruba, June 12, 1921, in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic ); died Feb 9, 2003, in Santa Barbara, CA; m. Herbert J. Yates (head of Republic Pictures), 1952 (died 1966); m. Charles de Alva, 1973.
