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Rula Lenska

Rula Lenska

Known For Acting
Birthday Sep 30, 1947 (78)
Birthplace St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
Popularity 1 (history)
Updated Aug 09, 2025
Entry Date Apr 13, 2024
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Biography

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 la ... te-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.

Known For

Filmography

Alice in Terrorland

Alice in Terrorland

2023

as Beth

The Picture of Dorian Gray

The Picture of Dorian Gray

2023

as Narrator (voice)

The Huntress of Auschwitz

The Huntress of Auschwitz

2022

as Amelia Kaminska

The Winter Witch

The Winter Witch

2022

as Omi

Wolf Manor

Wolf Manor

2022

as Maleva

Aura

Aura

2018

as Ada

Bait

Bait

2015

as Linda

Jack Says

Jack Says

2008

as Garvey

Gypo

Gypo

2005

as Irina

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Mystery

1981

as Countess Radzsky

Design for Living

Design for Living

1979

as Gilda

Jesus

Jesus

1979

as Herodias (scenes deleted)

Queen Kong

Queen Kong

1976

as Luce Habit

The Deadly Females

The Deadly Females

1976

as Luisa

It Could Happen to You

It Could Happen to You

1976

as Rita

Alfie Darling

Alfie Darling

1975

as Louise

Royal Flash

Royal Flash

1975

as Helga

Confessions of a Pop Performer

Confessions of a Pop Performer

1975

as Receptionist

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

Soft Beds, Hard Battles

1974

as Louise

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Organization Category Movie
Television Credits

Cluedo

as Mrs. Peacock

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Jul 25, 1990

Doctor Who

as Styles

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Nov 23, 1963

Robin of Sherwood

as Morgwyn of Ravenscar

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Apr 28, 1984

Minder

as Natasha

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Private Schulz

as Gertrude Steiner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: May 06, 1981

Minder

as Kate

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Minder

as Sandra Last

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Oct 29, 1979

Casualty

as Circus Owner

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 06, 1986

The Detectives

as Duchess

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 27, 1993

Return of the Saint

as Diana Lang

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 10, 1978

Ideal

as The Red King

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 11, 2005

Inside No. 9

as Celia

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Feb 05, 2014

Space: 1999

as Joan Conway

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Sep 04, 1975

Rock Follies

Episodes: 12

First Aired: Feb 24, 1976

Take a Letter, Mr. Jones

Episodes: 6

First Aired: Sep 05, 1981

Celebrity Big Brother

as Self

Episodes: 2

First Aired: Mar 09, 2001

GMTV

as Self

Episodes: 1

First Aired: Jan 01, 1993

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Popularity History


Year Month Avg Max Min
2024 6 8 13 5
2024 7 10 17 3
2024 8 10 20 6
2024 9 8 18 3
2024 10 4 9 1
2024 11 4 9 1
2024 12 5 8 3
2025 1 7 14 3
2025 2 3 5 1
2025 3 3 5 1
2025 5 1 1 1
2025 6 1 1 1
2025 7 0 0 0
2025 8 2 9 0
2025 9 0 1 0
2025 10 1 1 1

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