Walter Slezak

December 17, 2025 - Slezak married Johanna "Kaasi" Van Rijn on 10 October 1943. The couple had three children: Ingrid, Erika, and Leo. Erika went on to become an Emmy-winning actress, and starred as Victoria Lord on the long-running soap opera One Life to Live from 1971 to its cancellation in 2012.

He was married to Johanna Van Ryn, with whom he had three children, including daughter Erika Slezak, actress, born August 5, 1946.

December 2, 2020 - Walter was born in May 1902 in Vienna, Austria, to a musical family, the son of Elisabeth (Wertheim) and famous opera star Leo Slezak. He had Czech, Austrian, and Jewish ancestry. Walter studied medicine but quickly lost interest. For a while, he held a position working in a bank.

He was married to Johanna Van Ryn, with whom he had three children, including daughter Erika Slezak, actress, born August 5, 1946.

Johanna Van Rijn Slezak married Walter on October 10, 1943. In correspondence from friends, she is often referred to by her nickname, Kaasi. The Slezaks had three children: Ingrid Slezak, oldest child of Walter and Johanna, was born ca. 1944; Erika Slezak (also known as "Ricki" or "Rickie") ...

Walter Slezak married Johanna "Kaasi" Van Rijn on October 10, 1943. They had three children: Ingrid, Erika, and Leo. Their daughter Erika became a very successful actress. She won an Emmy Award for her role as Victoria Lord on the long-running ...

The couple had three children: Ingrid, Erika, and Leo. Erika Slezak went on to become an Emmy-winning actress and has starred as Victoria Lord on the long-running soap opera One Life to Live since 1971. In 1974 Walter appeared on the series as her character's godfather, Lazlo Braedecker.

October 25, 2025 - I find it interesting to note that ... of children’s literature: The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962), Heidi (1968), Black Beauty (1971), and Treasure Island (1972). In 1971 his daughter Erika Slezak began playing the role of Viki ...

Born: 3-May-1902 Birthplace: Vienna, Austria Died: 21-Apr-1983 Location of death: Flower Hill, NY Cause of death: Suicide Remains: Buried, Egern Friedhof, Munich, Germany · Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Actor

Daughter Erika Slezak has appeared on daytime soaps.

For television, he appeared on "This Is Show Business," "Studio One," "Playhouse 90" and "Batman." He also was the son of the famed opera singer Leo Slezak and his daughter Erika is an Emmy Award winning actress on the television series "One ...

In 1930, he went to the United States of America and made his Broadway debut in the musical comedy Meet My Sister, followed by Music in the Air. He was married to Johanna Van Rijn (1943-1983), with whom he had three children.

April 23, 1983 - Walter Slezak, the character actor whose roles ranged from menacing heavies in such movies as ''Lifeboat'' to endearing vagabonds as in the stage musical ''Fanny,'' for which he won a Tony award, committed suicide early yesterday at his home in Flower Hill, L.I.

His father, Leo Slezak, was an Austrian opera singer. In 1943, Walter Slezak married Johanna Van Rijn, with whom he had two daughters, including Emmy Award-winning actress Erika Slezak, and a son.

February 25, 2015 - Son of the world-famous Wagnerian tenor Leo Slezak (turned comic film actor later in life), Walter Slezak grew up intimately familiar with the musical theatre and film world of Vienna – his father was a permanent fixture at the State Opera. Nonetheless, he made an effort to avoid the professional stage as a medical student and as a bank clerk.

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The couple had three children: Ingrid, Erika, and Leo. Erika went on to become an Emmy-winning actress, and starred as Victoria Lord on the long-running soap opera One Life to Live from 1971 to its cancellation in 2012.