Hanja Kochansky

Biography

Hanja Kochansky is a Croatian writer and actress who, as a refugee during WWII, fled to Italy before emigrating to Johannesburg in 1948. She gained international recognition for her book "Freely Female: Women's Sexual Fantasies", which was published globally between 1975 and 1977, and also acted alongside Elizabeth Taylor in the 1966 film Cleopatra. In later life, Kochansky continued to act, including a notable role as Mrs. Bennett in the 1981 Spaghetti Western "Rosso sangue".