Alexandra Isles
Alexandra Isles | |
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Born | Alexandra von Moltke February 11, 1946 Uppsala, Sweden |
Occupation(s) | Actress; documentary filmmaker |
Spouses | |
Children | 1 - Adam Isles |
Parent(s) | Mab Wilson Moltke Carl Moltke |
Alexandra Isles (née Alexandra Cornelia Moltke; born February 11, 1946) is a documentary filmmaker and former actress. She is best-known for her role as the original Victoria Winters from 1966 to 1968 on the gothic TV serial Dark Shadows.
Early life
Alexandra Cornelia Moltke was born in
Through her American grandmother, Cornelia Van Rensselaer Thayer, Alexandra and her younger sister, Victoria, are descended from the
Career
In 1985, she began work at the
Personal life
In 1967, she married Philip Henry Isles II of the Lehman banking family at the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church in Manhattan.[5][6] She left Dark Shadows in 1968 due to pregnancy. In 1969, she gave birth to a son, Adam.[citation needed]
She was the mistress of
In 1985 she began work at the Museum of Television & Radio (now the Paley Center for Media), and became an Assistant Curator, working on exhibitions and screening series on the arts and children's programming. In 1991, with a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, she produced and directed Scandalize My Name, Stories from the Blacklist, introduced by Morgan Freeman and featuring Harry Belafonte and Ossie Davis. That same year, she married a physician, Dr. Alfred Jaretzki III.[4][1][citation needed]
Her subsequent documentary films were The Power of Conscience: The Danish Resistance and Rescue of the Jews; Porraimos: Europe's Gypsies in the Holocaust; The Healing Gardens of New York; Hidden Treasures: Stories from a Great Museum; and Harry's Gift: A New York Story.[4][1]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
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2016 | ReelHeART International Film Festival | Short Documentary | Harry's Gift | Nominated |
References
- ^ a b c "Alexandra Isles - About". alexandraisles.com. Alexandra Isles. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- IMDb
- ^ a b Glimmerglass Film Days Guest Speakers 2015: "ALEXANDRA MOLTKE ISLES" retrieved July 30, 2016
- ^ a b c "Alexandra Isles Films". alexandraisles.com. Alexandra Isles. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Philip H. Isles Becomes Fiance Of Miss Moltke". The New York Times. July 11, 1967. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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Hamrick, Craig (25 April 2012). Barnabas & Company: The Cast of the TV Classic Dark Shadows. p. 261. ISBN 9781475910322.
- ^ Associated Press. "Claus von Bulow, socialite cleared in attempted murder of wife, dies at 92". nbcnews.com. NBCUniversal. Archived from the original on 27 July 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Excerpts From Alexandra Isles' Testimony With AM-Von Bulow, Bjt". apnews.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
- ^ "Alexandra Isles, the former mistress of Claus von Bulow..." upi.com. United Press International. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
External links
- Alexandra Isles at IMDb
- Alexandra Isles at the Internet Off-Broadway Database