Vera Ralston

Vera Ralston

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vera Ralston (born Věra Helena Hrubá) was a Czech figure skater and actress. She later became a naturalized American citizen. She worked as an actress during the 1940s and 1950s. As a figure skater, she represented Czechoslovakia in competition under her birth name Věra Hrubá. She competed at the 1936 European Figure Skating Championships and placed 15th. Later that season, she competed at the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she placed 17th. During the games, she personally met and insulted Adolf Hitler. Hitler asked her if she would like to "skate for the swastika." As she later boasted, "I looked him right in the eye, and said that I'd rather skate on the swastika. The Führer was furious." Hrubá competed at the 1937 European Figure Skating Championships and placed 7th. She emigrated to the United States in 1941 and became a naturalized citizen in 1946. She moved to Hollywood with her mother and signed a contract in 1943 with Republic Pictures. During her career she was known as Vera Hrubá Ralston and later Vera Ralston. She normally played an immigrant girl, because of her limited English skills. Among the 26 films Ralston starred in were: Storm Over Lisbon; Dakota; I, Jane Doe; The Fighting Kentuckian; A Perilous Journey; and Fair Wind to Java. She retired from films in 1958. In 1952, Ralston married Republic studio head Herbert Yates. Yates was nearly 40 years her senior, and had left his wife and children to be with Ralston. Yates used his position to obtain roles for Ralston, and at one point was sued by studio shareholders for using company assets to promote his wife. Yates died in 1966, leaving his $8 million estate to Ralston. She suffered a nervous breakdown shortly thereafter, remarried, and lived quietly in southern California. She died on February 9, 2003, in Santa Barbara, California, after a long battle with cancer. For her work in films, Ralston has a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A registered Republican, she supported Dwight Eisenhower during the 1952 presidential election. Description above from the Wikipedia article Vera Ralston, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

  • Title: Vera Ralston
  • Popularity: 1.729
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1920-07-12
  • Place of Birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]
  • Homepage:
  • Also Known As: Vera Hruba, Vera Hruba Ralston, ヴェラ・ラルストン , Věra Helena Hrubá
img

Vera Ralston Movies

  • 1952
    imgMovies

    Hoodlum Empire

    Hoodlum Empire

    6.1 1952 HD

    It's a deadly play for power when a Mafia chieftain's top gun goes straight and threatens to testify against the big boss and his cruel, nationwide...

    img
  • 1956
    imgMovies

    Accused of Murder

    Accused of Murder

    4.5 1956 HD

    A police detective finds himself entangled in the web of the underworld when he falls in love with a nightclub singer accused of murdering a crooked...

    img
  • 1949
    imgMovies

    The Fighting Kentuckian

    The Fighting Kentuckian

    5.8 1949 HD

    John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the...

    img
  • 1947
    imgMovies

    The Flame

    The Flame

    5.4 1947 HD

    George McAllister, the black sheep of a wealthy family who has squandered his share of the family inheritance, lives in constant jealousy, hatred and...

    img
  • 1948
    imgMovies

    I, Jane Doe

    I, Jane Doe

    5.9 1948 HD

    While stationed in France during World War II, an American fighter pilot marries a French girl but leaves her behind when he returns to the U.S. The...

    img
  • 1958
    imgMovies

    The Man Who Died Twice

    The Man Who Died Twice

    5.643 1958 HD

    An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of...

    img
  • 1945
    imgMovies

    Dakota

    Dakota

    5.1 1945 HD

    In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra "Sandy" Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon....

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    Murder in the Music Hall

    Murder in the Music Hall

    4.6 1946 HD

    An orchestra leader turns sleuth to clear his ice-skating girlfriend for murder.

    img
  • 1958
    imgMovies

    The Notorious Mr. Monks

    The Notorious Mr. Monks

    1 1958 HD

    A drunken driver, his wife and a hitchhiker equals murder.

    img
  • 1944
    imgMovies

    Storm Over Lisbon

    Storm Over Lisbon

    4.8 1944 HD

    A nightclub star helps trap an enemy agent on the trail of an American newsman.

    img
  • 1953
    imgMovies

    A Perilous Journey

    A Perilous Journey

    4 1953 HD

    A ship of women embarks on a voyage to California. Director R. G. Springsteen's 1953 adventure drama stars Vera Ralston, David Brian, Virginia Grey,...

    img
  • 1944
    imgMovies

    The Lady and the Monster

    The Lady and the Monster

    5.8 1944 HD

    A millionaire's brain is preserved after his death by a scientist and his two assistants, only to create a telepathic monster.

    img
  • 1954
    imgMovies

    Jubilee Trail

    Jubilee Trail

    4.643 1954 HD

    A wild-west trader and his New York wife head out for the California by wagon train. The trader is killed enroute, and his wife finds herself with...

    img
  • 1951
    imgMovies

    The Wild Blue Yonder

    The Wild Blue Yonder

    6 1951 HD

    Wendell Corey and Forrest Tucker star as a pair of World War II Army Air Corps officers. In between their battles over the affections of a beautiful...

    img
  • 1950
    imgMovies

    Surrender

    Surrender

    4.8 1950 HD

    Violet Barton, a femme-fatale goal-setter, fascinates men and readily returns their affection to obtain the wealth she desires, even to the point of...

    img
  • 1951
    imgMovies

    Belle Le Grand

    Belle Le Grand

    3 1951 HD

    Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do...

    img
  • 1946
    imgMovies

    The Plainsman and the Lady

    The Plainsman and the Lady

    3 1946 HD

    Film about the early days of the Pony Express and the crooked businessman who opposed it.

    img
  • 1948
    imgMovies

    Angel on the Amazon

    Angel on the Amazon

    4.8 1948 HD

    An expedition exploring the Amazon jungle comes across a jungle goddess who lives among the animals and fears none of them--and apparently has found...

    img
  • 1942
    imgMovies

    Ice Capades Revue

    Ice Capades Revue

    5.7 1942 HD

    Promoter Ann Porter decides to start her own Ice Show despite the efforts of ex-racketeer Duke Baldwin who owns a rival show. Jeff Stewart, a rich,...

    img
  • 1953
    imgMovies

    Fair Wind to Java

    Fair Wind to Java

    4.9 1953 HD

    The Dutch East Indies, at the end of the nineteenth century. An adventurous captain of an American merchant vessel is looking for a sunken Dutch...

    img
  • 1955
    imgMovies

    Timberjack

    Timberjack

    3.2 1955 HD

    A young man seeks his father's killers among lumberjacks, and discovers that they are actually timber barons who also seek to control lumber mills....

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Spoilers of the Forest

    Spoilers of the Forest

    1 1957 HD

    Vera Ralston plays Joan Milna, who shares several thousand acres of valuable Montana timberland with her stepfather (John Alderson). Coveting Joan's...

    img
  • 1947
    imgMovies

    Wyoming

    Wyoming

    6 1947 HD

    Small ranchers battle against a land baron trying to take their spreads.

    img
  • 1957
    imgMovies

    Gunfire at Indian Gap

    Gunfire at Indian Gap

    5 1957 HD

    A stagecoach is attacked by a group of outlaws who make off with a pile of money. Unfortunately for Mexican Juan, the sheriff believes he's one of...

    img
  • 1944
    imgMovies

    Lake Placid Serenade

    Lake Placid Serenade

    1 1944 HD

    On a peaceful, pre-war winter in Czechoslovakia, the genial godfather, Jaroslav Haschek, of Vera Hascheck, presents the young girl with her first...

    img
  • 1941
    imgMovies

    Ice-Capades

    Ice-Capades

    5 1941 HD

    Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arrives too late, so decides to film a woman skating...

    img
  • 1947
    imgMovies

    A Week in the Quiet House

    A Week in the Quiet House

    6.3 1947 HD

    img