Lena Malena

born: 09 October 1905
Konstanz, Baden-Württemberg,
Germany
died: 1975-1980


(age 69-75)

Beautiful German born actress from the 1930s. One source incorrectly gives her birthdate as 14 April 1900 (Berlin, Germany) and date of death as April 1986 (Ohio, USA).
Went by the name of Sasha Bragowa in foreign films.
Real name: Eleonore Erath
Height: 5'3"
Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1931
Thundering Tenors
Doctor Schmidt

Acknowledgements & sources:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXMK-72S (1926 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24X6-KK5 (1929 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCJ1-YQG (1930 Census)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8J7-LQZ (1931 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XLJ8-Q26 (1932 border crossing)
https://www.fold3.com/document/9298734/ (1932 petition for nat.)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KX3K-G7F (CA Nat. Index)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K7MF-QX1 (1940 Census)
Lena M Peters and Reinhold Schunzel, "New York, New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018" (Ancestry.com)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVPZ-YZL7 (1951 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2H7F-48N (1953 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV1Z-GDW9 (1954 pass. list)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP9P-H25Y (1959 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXT8-W7F (1959 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6NV-LH7 (1971 marriage)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V6DT-SVT (1971 marriage)
https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturealm00quig_0#page/n138/mode/1up/search/malena (1931 Motion Picture Almanac)
https://archive.org/stream/motionpicturealm00quig#page/n121/mode/1up/search/malena (1932 Motion Picture Almanac)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/32600661/ (Jacksonville Daily Journal — 03 Jul 1931)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/577794849/ (Brooklyn Times Union — 29 Jul 1934)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380468222/ (Los Angeles Times — 06 Jan 1935)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/369840049/ (Hartford Courant — 28 Jul 1935)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/259877236/ (Honolulu Advertiser — 28 Apr 1959)
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/269370162/ (Honolulu Star-Bulletin — 29 Apr 1959)
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth734015/m1/8/ (Coleman Democrat-Voice — 29 Jan 1980)
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWD-DTBM (husband Donald Marr Nelson's death certificate — 1959)
https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9D06E5D8133AF933A05753C1A96E9C8B63.html (husband Kenneth Graham Rolfe's obituary — 2008)
https://archive.nytimes.com/query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage-9C0DE1D8133AF932A05753C1A96E9C8B63.html (husband Kenneth Graham Rolfe's obituary — 2008)
Jesse Brisson (research and information)

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