Lenka Peterson

Lenka Peterson

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Lenka Peterson

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Lenka Peterson

Performer

October 16, 1925

Omaha, Nebraska

September 24, 2021

Lenka Peterson was an American theater, film, and television actress.

At The Actors Studio, Peterson studied with Lee Strasberg, Arthur Penn and Robert Lewis.

In 1947, she made her Broadway debut (the first of 11 further appearances) in the play Bathsheba at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre.

Peterson also worked on the daytime dramas Young Doctor Malone, Search for Tomorrow, Another World, Ryan's Hope, and General Hospital and appeared on episodes of The Inner Sanctum, Robert Montgomery Presents, Route 66, The Rookies, Quincy M.E., Kate & Allie, Hill Street Blues, and Law & Order, among many other shows.

Peterson died September er 24, 2021 in Connecticut. She was 95.

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