Edina Ronay

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Edina Ronay

Born
Edina Maria Ronay

(1943-01-08) 8 January 1943 (age 81)
Budapest, Hungary
Occupations
Spouse
Dick Polak
(m. 1971,divorced)
Children2, including Shebna
Parent

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.

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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 .

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. [1]

Filmography

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References

  1. "Our Heritage". edinaronay.com. Archived from the original on 24 March 2011. Retrieved 9 September 2016.