Lenka Peterson

Lenka Peterson (born Betty Ann Isacson; October 16, 1925) is an American theater, film, and television actress.

Lenka Peterson
Born
Betty Ann Isacson

(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925
Omaha, Nebraska
Spouse(s)Daniel Patrick O'Connor (1948-2015, his death)
ChildrenGlynnis O'Connor
Darren O'Connor
Parent(s)Sven Edward Isacson
Lenke Leinweber Isacson

Early years

Peterson was born in Omaha, Nebraska, the daughter of Lenke (née Leinweber), a lab technician, and Sven Edward Isacson, a physician.[1] Her father was Swedish, and her mother was Hungarian.[2] She majored in drama at the University of Iowa.[3]

Career

Peterson had the role of Corliss Archer in a USO-sponsored troupe that performed on military bases in Japan, the Philippines, and other places in the Pacific.[4] In the mid-1940s,[5] she acted with the Berkshire Playhouse stock theater in New Hampshire.[3] She later acted on stage in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; and Providence, Rhode Island.[2]

One of the first members admitted to New York City's Actors Studio,[6] Peterson's Broadway portrayals included Ella in Sundown Beach (1948), Maude in The Grass Harp (1952), Kitty in The Time of Your Life (1955), Sally and Mary in All the Way Home (1960), Rose in Nuts (1980), and Sarah in Quilters (1984).[7]

Peterson was nominated for a 1985 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her role in Quilters.[8] She guest starred in such early television productions as Hallmark Hall of Fame (1952), The Philco Television Playhouse (1955), and Actors Studio (1949 and 1950).

On television, she portrayed Faye Banister on the NBC drama Young Dr. Malone (1958),[9]:120 Martha Skerba on the ABC serial A Time for Us (1964),[9]:1085 Doris Bonino on the NBC comedy Bonino (1953)[9] and Eve Morgan on the ABC comedy Love, Sidney (1981)[9]:629-630 and was a cast member of the series Herb Shriner Time (1951),[9]:451 Search for Tomorrow, playing Isabel Moore in 1962 and Evelyn Reedy in 1977, A Flame in the Wind, Another World as Marie Fenton from 1983-1984 and later Lorna Devon's adopted grandmother, and Code of Vengeance.

Personal life

On May 8, 1948, Peterson married Daniel O'Connor in Omaha, Nebraska.[5] Peterson is the mother of actress Glynnis O'Connor and Darren O'Connor (and three more sons, Kevin, Brian, and Sean) by O'Connor, who retired from NBC News, and who died in 2015.

References
  1. "Lenka Peterson Biography (1925-)". www.filmreference.com.
  2. Miller, Donald (June 27, 1983). "Something special about 'Quilters,' it returned". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. p. 21. Retrieved 23 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Wyden, Peter (November 25, 1951). "In Lively Whirl On TV Carrousel (sic)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Missouri, St. Louis. p. 2 H. Retrieved 23 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "'Kiss and Tell' at Playhouse Next Week". The Berkshire Eagle. Massachusetts, Pittsfield. July 20, 1946. p. 11. Retrieved 23 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lenka Peterson, Playhouse Actress, Will Wed May 8". Berkshire County Eagle. Massachusetts, Pittsfield. March 31, 1948. p. 6. Retrieved 23 June 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Robert Lewis (1996) [1984]. "Actors Studio, 1947". Slings and Arrows: Theater in My Life. New York: Applause Books. p. 183. ISBN 1-55783-244-7. At the end of the summer, on Gadget's return from Hollywood, we settled the roster of actors for our two classes in what we called the Actors Studio - using the word 'studio' as we had when we named our workshop in the Group, the Group Theatre Studio. Kazan's people met twice a week and included, among others, Julie Harris, Jocelyn Brando, Cloris Leachman, James Whitmore, Joan Copeland, Steven Hill, Lou Gilbert, Rudy Bond, Anne Hegira, Peg Hillias, Lenka Peterson, Edward Binns, and Tom Avera.
  7. "("Lenka Peterson" search results)". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  8. "(Lenka Peterson search results)". Tony Awards. Archived from the original on March 16, 2020. Retrieved March 16, 2020.
  9. Terrace, Vincent (2011). Encyclopedia of Television Shows, 1925 through 2010 (2nd ed.). Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. p. 123. ISBN 978-0-7864-6477-7.


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