About Sonya Hana
Lived 1927 – 2007 (aged 79–80). Sonya Hana was a British actor and ballet dancer.
Sonya Hana, Lady Wright (9 January 1927 – 24 July 2007) was a British ballerina and actress.
She trained in dance with Lydia Kyasht and Audrey DeVos. For a short time she was a member of the Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet but soon the appeal on musicals led her into productions such as The King and I.
Hana was married to director and choreographer Sir Peter Wright from 1954 until her death on 24 July 2007, aged 80. The couple had two children.
Filmography A Bullet in the Ballet (1947) The Planter's Wife, as Ah Moy (1952) Colonel March Investigates (1953) Death in the Dressing Room (1954) The Cruel Test, as Lanna (1955) Madam Butterfly as Butterfly (1957)
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Who was Sonya Hana?
British ballerina and actress (1927-2007)
When was Sonya Hana born?
Sonya Hana was born on 9 January 1927.
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Sonya Hana died in 2007.
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Sonya Hana was an actor and ballet dancer.
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Sonya Hana was British.
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