Lenka Peterson

Acting

Lenka Peterson

Born 1925-10-16 · Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Acting credits

All the King's Men poster
5.8

The story of an idealist's rise to power in the world of Louisiana politics and the corruption that leads to his ultimate downfall. Based on the 1946 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel written by Robert Penn Warren, loosely based on the story of real-life politician Huey Long.

All the King's Men

2006

Dragnet poster
6.0

LAPD Sgt. Joe Friday -- the equally straight-laced nephew of the famous police sergeant of the same name -- is paired up with a young, freewheeling detective named Pep Streebeck. After investigating some strange robberies at the local zoo and the theft of a stockpile of pornographic magazines, they uncover cult activity in the heart of the city and are hot on the case to figure out who's behind it all.

Dragnet

1987

Live Wire poster
5.2

Danny O'Neill is a bomb disposal expert assigned to a case where terrorists have developed an "invisible" liquid explosive which is activated within the human body.

Live Wire

1992

Code of Vengeance poster
7.0

A Vietnam veteran who has become a drifter helps a young, single mother avenge her brother's murder and finds himself the target of a gang of dope smugglers on the Mexican border.

Code of Vengeance

1985

No artwork available
7.0

A Massachusetts nurse (Patty Duke) is accused of exercising Fatal Judgment in this made-for-TV movie. While tending a seriously ill cancer patient, the nurse administered a generous dose of morphine. The patient died, which is why the woman is now on trial for murder.

Fatal Judgement

1988

Cheaters poster
6.3

In the fall of 1994, a teacher at Chicago's run-down Steinmetz High conspires with the school's academic decathlon team to cheat on an academic competition.

Cheaters

2000

Panic in the Streets poster
6.9

A medical examiner discovers that an innocent shooting victim in a robbery died of bubonic plague. With only 48 hours to find the killer, who is now a ticking time bomb threatening the entire city, a grisly manhunt through the seamy underworld of the New Orleans Waterfront is underway.

Panic in the Streets

1950

Lifeguard poster
6.1

Rick is a Los Angeles County lifeguard who is in his thirties. At his 15-year high school reunion, he sees his old girlfriend who is now a divorced mother. After falling in love with her, Rick considers changing his career and lifestyle.

Lifeguard

1976

Homer poster
4.8

High school graduate Homer experiences the pains of the generation gap and the Vietnam War in the late 1960s, while growing up in Schomberg, Wisconsin.

Homer

1970

The Werewolf of Washington poster
3.9

After being unknowingly inflicted with the bite of a werewolf while on a visit to Europe, White House press secretary Jack Whittier begins to turn into a deadly beast by night, terrorizing Washington D.C. and presenting a very deadly threat to the President.

The Werewolf of Washington

1973

The Phenix City Story poster
6.5

A crime-busting lawyer and his initially reluctant attorney father take on the forces that run gambling and prostitution in their small Southern town.

The Phenix City Story

1955

Someone I Touched poster
5.1

A woman learns that her husband has been unfaithful and that she has acquired a venereal disease. Then she learns that, after years of trying, she is finally pregnant

Someone I Touched

1975

Take Care of My Little Girl poster
5.3

A young woman enters college and learns some hard truths about sorority life, including snobbery and the cruelty of hazing.

Take Care of My Little Girl

1951

Black Like Me poster
6.2

Black Like Me is the true account of journalist and author John Griffin's experiences when he passed as a black man.

Black Like Me

1964

Kingston poster
10.0

In this pilot for the "Kingston: Confidential" series, an investigative reporter, backed by the head of a newspaper and TV chain, uncovers a plot to utilize nuclear power plants in a scheme to take over the world.

Kingston

1976

Why Me? poster
5.6

An Air Force nurse about to leave the service is badly disfigured about her face in a car accident in which she also loses her baby.

Why Me?

1984

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris poster
8.0

Dramatization of the true story of a young singer's brush with death after brain surgery and the brash neurosurgeon whose career is affected by the outcome.

Seizure: The Story of Kathy Morris

1980

Pigeon Feathers poster
10.0

From the pen of Pulitzer Prize winning author John Updike ("Witches of Eastwick," "Rabbit Run"), comes the story of a young man's search through the questions of life and death, and the wondrous discovery of living in the soaring beauty of one of nature's simplest creations. A family returns to life on a farm and finds some answers to the paradox of living.

Pigeon Feathers

1988

Returning Home poster
6.5

The story of three returning World War II veterans, and how they try to cope with returning to civilian life.

Returning Home

1975

Headin' for Broadway poster
7.5

In this musical, four young hopefuls from different parts of the country head to New York for a shot at Broadway stardom.

Headin' for Broadway

1980

Pals poster
5.2

Two retired fishing buddies stumble on an unmarked suitcase filled with three million dollars in cash. Then the fun starts flying as fast as bullets.

Pals

1987

The Runaways poster
8.0

A story about a teenage boy who runs away from his foster home after wrongly being accused of theft and soon crosses paths with a young leopard which has escaped from a wild-animal compound during a lightning storm.

The Runaways

1975