Lenka Peterson (born Betty Ann Isacson; October , ) is an American
theater, film, and television actress.Peterson was born in Omaha,
Nebraska, the daughter of Lenke (née Leinweber), a lab technician,
and Sven Edward Isacson, a physician. Her father was Swedish, and her
mother was Hungarian. She majored in drama at the University of
Iowa.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. In the mid-s, she acted with the Berkshire
Playhouse stock theater in New Hampshire. She later acted on stage in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; and Providence, Rhode
Island.One of the first members admitted to New York City's Actors
Studio, Peterson's Broadway portrayals included Ella in Sundown Beach
(), Maude in The Grass Harp (), Kitty in The Time of Your Life (),
Sally and Mary in All the Way Home (), Rose in Nuts (), and Sarah in
Quilters ().
theater, film, and television actress.Peterson was born in Omaha,
Nebraska, the daughter of Lenke (née Leinweber), a lab technician,
and Sven Edward Isacson, a physician. Her father was Swedish, and her
mother was Hungarian. She majored in drama at the University of
Iowa.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. In the mid-s, she acted with the Berkshire
Playhouse stock theater in New Hampshire. She later acted on stage in
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Boston, Massachusetts; and Providence, Rhode
Island.One of the first members admitted to New York City's Actors
Studio, Peterson's Broadway portrayals included Ella in Sundown Beach
(), Maude in The Grass Harp (), Kitty in The Time of Your Life (),
Sally and Mary in All the Way Home (), Rose in Nuts (), and Sarah in
Quilters ().
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