Rula Lenska
| Rula Lenska | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska 30 September 1947 St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1973–present |
| Spouse(s) |
Brian Deacon (1977–87) (divorced) Dennis Waterman (1987–98) (divorced) |
Rula Lenska (born Róża Maria Leopoldyna Łubieńska, 30 September 1947) is an English actress. She mainly appeared in United Kingdom productions, but also appeared in a United States television advert that presented her as a celebrity, even though she was not widely known there at the time. She is a former wife of British actor Dennis Waterman.
Lenska was born at St Neots, Huntingdonshire, 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 pre-1939 Poland. 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 mother and sent to Ravensbrück concentration camp where they survived for two years. Lenska has two sisters: Anna, an actress who appeared in a few films in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and, Gabriela. Lenska was educated at the Ursuline Convent School in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent.
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