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1. Rutanya Alda (born Rūta Skrastiņa; October 13, 1942) is a Latvian-American actress. She began her career in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting parts in The Deer Hunter (1978), Rocky II (1979), and Mommie Dearest (1981). She also appeared in a lead role in the horror films Amityville II: The Possession and Girls Nite Out (both ...
Rutanya Alda is a Latvian-born actress and writer who has appeared in films such as The Deer Hunter, Mommie Dearest and Amityville II: The Possession. She was also the stand-in for Anne Francis and Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby and Barbra Streisand in Funny Girl.
- January 1, 1
- 3 min
- Riga, Latvia
Rutanya Alda is a Latvian-born actress and writer who appeared in films such as The Deer Hunter, Mommie Dearest and Amityville II. She was married to actor Richard Bright and lost him in a tragic accident in 2006.
- October 13, 1942
Rutanya Alda was born Rūta Skrastiņa in Riga, in German-occupied Latvia, the daughter of Vera ( née Ozoliņa), a businesswoman, and Jānis Skrastiņš, a poet. [1] Alda, her grandmother, her mother and her brother spent seven years in a refugee camp in Allied-occupied Germany after World War II. [2] She then moved with her family to the ...
Rutanya Alda is a Latvian-American actress. Drawing on her youthful exposure to a fairy tale play put on while she was living in a displaced persons camp after World War II, Latvian-born actress ...
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Oct 9, 2015 · Actress Rutanya Alda shares her diary of working on the cult classic MOMMIE DEAREST and other horror movies with Brian De Palma, George Romero, and more. She also reveals her childhood in displaced persons camps, her relationship with Faye Dunaway, and her encounters with Robert De Niro, Mia Farrow, and Sharon Tate.
Drawing on her youthful exposure to a fairy tale play put on while she was living in a displaced persons camp after World War II, Latvian-born actress Rutanya Alda took the escapist dream of acting to the American stage and screen, building a lengthy career of supporting parts. Born Rutanya Skrastina, she came to the United States after the war...
