- Born
- Birth nameRutanya Skrastina
- Height5′ 4¾″ (1.65 m)
- Rutanya Alda was born on October 13, 1942 in Riga, Latvia. She is an actress and writer, known for The Deer Hunter (1978), Mommie Dearest (1981) and Amityville II: The Possession (1982). She was previously married to Richard Bright.
- SpouseRichard Bright(June 11, 1977 - February 18, 2006) (his death, 1 child)
- Children
- Often plays soft spoken, submissive, and obedient women.
- Dark brunette hair.
- Alda's husband of almost 30 years, actor Richard Bright, was tragically killed after being hit by a tour bus in Manhattan. The couple had one child, son Jeremy Bright, born in 1988.
- Rutanya Alda broke into films via Brian De Palma's experimental movies of the late 1960s.
- Is no relation to two more famous Aldas, father and son: Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo) and Alan Alda (born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo).
- Doubled for Anne Francis in Funny Girl (1968), for Mia Farrow in Rosemary's Baby (1968), and Barbra Streisand in Hello, Dolly! (1969).
- Alda won a Clio Award for Best Actress for a John Hancock Commercial.
- Growing up in a displaced persons camps after World War II, I saw my first play, a fairy tale, done in the camps. It showed a better life than I was living in, it was magical and I said to myself then and there, that's what I want to do ... My favorite role is the one I'm currently working on, whatever it may be.
- Quentin Tarantino told Rutanya " you are in the greatest scene in film history! The Be Black Baby scene in Hi Mom.
- James Cagney said to Rutanya on the phone, "you got moxie kid."
- You're funny...Neil Simon
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