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- The surname Ralston was taken from the name of a popular breakfast cereal. A beautiful young actress came to Hollywood but was forced to change her name because, even though she was born Vera Ralston, she couldn't use her own name because this Vera Ralston had used it first. So she changed her name and became known as Vera Miles.
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Santa Barbara, California, U.S. Figure skating career. Country. Czechoslovakia. 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.
A beautiful young actress came to Hollywood but was forced to change her name because, even though she was born Vera Ralston, she couldn't use her own name because this Vera Ralston had used it first. So she changed her name and became known as Vera Miles.
- July 12, 1923
- February 9, 2003
She added the surname Ralston -- taken from the name of a popular breakfast cereal -- because Americans had difficulty pronouncing Hruba. By 1946, after Hruba had been...
VERA HRUBA RALSTON. The Queen of Republic was born Vera Hruba (pronounced Rue Buh) one June 12 in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Vera told me, “I was born in 1923, so I was 17 when I made my first movie, ‘Ice Capades’. (‘41)”. Beginning as an ice skater at home, “I came in second to Sonja Henie in the 1936 Winter Olympics in Berlin.
Jul 31, 2019 · Yates couldn’t have agreed more and in 1943 signed her to a long-term contract with the studio and added Ralston to her name. He added Ralston, a name borrowed from the cereal, because Hruba was difficult for moviegoers to pronounce.
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. After featuring her in two "Ice Capades" movies, he added "Ralston" to her name and tried to pass her off as a leading lady.
Feb 23, 2018 · In 1943, she was signed to a long-term contract with Republic and changed her name to Ralston, which she selected from Ralston cereals. Vera Ralston was advertised by Republic as skating “out of Czechoslovakia into the hearts of America.”
