Edina Ronay
Edina Maria Ronay FRSA (born 8 January 1943) is an Anglo-Hungarian fashion designer and former actress. She is the daughter of food critic Egon Ronay and the mother of actress/writer Shebah Ronay. In films and television from 1960, Ronay's numerous TV roles included The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Special Branch, The Champions, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Jason King.
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Edina Ronay
- Name
- Edina Ronay
- Birth Name
- Edina Maria Ronay
- Born
- 8 January 1943
- Birthplace
- Budapest, Hungary
- Occupation
- * Fashion designer
- Full name
- Rónay Edina Mária.
- Nationality
- Hungary.
- Education
- Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and Putney High School.
- Languages
- Hungarian.
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Edina Maria Ronay FRSA (born 8 January 1943) is an Anglo-Hungarian fashion designer and former actress. She is the daughter of food critic Egon Ronay and the mother of actress/writer Shebah Ronay. In films and television from 1960, Ronay's numerous TV roles included The Avengers, No Hiding Place, Special Branch, The Champions, Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) and Jason King.
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She retired from acting in the mid-1970s to take up fashion design, specialising in knitwear; she eventually formed her own company in 1984. Ronay was honoured as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
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• Name — Edina Ronay • Honorific Suffix — FRSA • Birth Name — Edina Maria Ronay • Born — 8 January 1943 • Birthplace — Budapest, Hungary • Occupation — * Fashion designer • actress • Children — 2, including Shebah • Father — Egon Ronay
Filmography
Filmography
• The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960) as Lavinia (uncredited) • Edgar Wallace Mysteries Episode: Five to One (film) (1963) as Gloria • A Hard Day's Night (1964) as Girl at Disco (uncredited) • Night Train to Paris (1964) as Julie • The Black Torment (1964) as Lucy Judd • The Collector (1965) as Nurse / Next Victim (uncredited) • A Study in Terror (1965) as Mary Jane Kelly • He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) as Anna • The Big Job (1965) as Sally Gamely • Carry On Cowboy (1965) as Dolores • Prehistoric Women (1967) as Saria • Our Mother's House (1967) as Doreen • The Window Cleaner (1968) as Sharon • To Grab the Ring (1968) as Vriendin • Praise Marx and Pass the Ammunition (1968) as Lucy • Sherlock Holmes Episode: A Study in Scarlet (1968) as Alice Charpentier • Three (1969) as Liz • Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus (1969) as Nathalie, Hostess • The Swordsman (1974) as Guy Champion
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