What is Rutanya Alda?
{{Infobox person | name = Rutanya Alda | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Rūta Skrastiņa | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|13}} | birth_place = [[Riga]], [[Latvia]] | othername = Ruth Alda, Ruth Avots, Rutanya Skrastiņa | yearsactive = 1968–present | occupation = [[Actress]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Richard Bright (actor)|Richard Bright]]|1977|2006|end=d.}} | children = 1 }} '''Rutanya Alda''' (born '''Rūta Skrastiņa'''; October 13, 1942) is a [[Latvian Americans|Latvian-American]] [[actress]]. ==Life== Rutanya Alda was born Rūta Skrastiņa in [[Riga]], in [[German occupation of Latvia during World War II|German-occupied]] [[Latvia]], the daughter of Vera ([[married and maiden names|''née'']] Ozoliņa), a [[businesswoman]], and Jānis Skrastiņš, a [[poet]].<ref>[http://www.filmreference.com/film/49/Rutanya-Alda.html Rutanya Alda Biography]</ref> Alda, her grandmother, her mother and her brother spent seven years in a [[refugee camp]] in [[Allied-occupied Germany]] after [[World War II]].<ref name=hh>{{cite web|url=https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3wo3nl|title=Overcoming Adversity: Actress & Author Rutanya Alda Grew Up In WWII Refugee Camp|work=HooplaHa|publisher=YouTube|date=March 8, 2016}}</ref> She then moved with her family to the [[United States]], briefly living in [[Chicago]] before settling in [[Flagstaff, Arizona]].<ref name=hh/> == Career == She began her [[career]] in the late 1960s, and went on to have supporting movie roles in ''[[The Deer Hunter]]'' (1978), ''[[Rocky II]]'' (1979), and ''[[Mommie Dearest (movie)|Mommie Dearest]]'' (1981). She also appeared in a lead role in the [[horror movie]]s ''[[Amityville II: The Possession]]'' and ''[[Girls Nite Out (1982 movie)|Girls Nite Out]]'' (both 1982).<ref>{{cite web|work=ComingSoon.net|url=http://www.comingsoon.net/horror/news/747375-exclusive-interview-rutanya-alda-amityville-ii-brian-de-palma-horrors-mommie-