Vanda Hudson


Vanda Hudson was a Polish-born British film and television actress, cabaret entertainer and model. She was noted for playing blonde bombshell roles.

Career

Born in Slaskie, Poland, Hudson emigrated to the UK in 1948 and after working as a cabaret singer found her first acting role in the 1955 BBC TV drama Miss Patterson.
From 1957–1969 she appeared in a dozen British films including Sapphire, Bottoms Up, Strip Tease Murder and Jungle Street Girls, in which she sang "I'm Only a Girl". In 1960 she appeared in the cult film Circus of Horrors in which she played a girl stabbed to death by a knife-thrower.
In 1959 she wrote a weekly column "Diary of a Glamour Girl" for Picturegoer magazine."
On TV she appeared in The Vise and The Avengers.
In 1971 she appeared in cabaret in London at the Astor Club and in the review "Stand By For Take Off" at the Casino de Paris club.

Personal life

Hudson was married to Jan Pikulski with whom she had two sons, Julian and Lucian.
After retiring from show business she ran the restaurant "Turpin's" in Hampstead, London.

Filmography

Greetings Cards as selfSeven Thunders as minor role Innocent Sinners as minor role Sapphire as girl at the Tulip Club The Heart of a Man as Cha Cha Libel as girl in streetBottoms Up as Matron Circus of Horrors as Magda von MeckTicket to Paradise as GinaStrip Tease Murder as Angelin

TV appearances

Miss Patterson as girl