Lenka Peterson: Lenka Peterson. Actress: Dragnet. Blonde Lenka Peterson was born Lenka (or Lenke) Isacson in Omaha, where she was raised, the daughter of a Swedish diagnostician, Sven Edward Isacson, and a Hungarian lab tech, Magdalina "Lenke" (Leinweber). She gained her first acting experience in local amateur theatre. Having majored in drama at the University of Iowa, she moved to New York in 1943. As a struggling actress trying to make it...
Known For: Dragnet (Granny Mundy), All the King's Men (Savannah Clerk), Jeffrey (Church Lady #2), Lifeguard (Mrs. Carlson)