Izzy Wherry was born in Hungary but was given American citizenship by her stepfather when she was five years old. She was a very tall, strong little girl with dark, almond-shaped eyes; light brown hair; and dark, curly, shoulder-length brown hair. Her parents, fearing for her safety in America, asked the American Consulate to make sure that Izzy received all of the vaccinations and tests necessary to remain a legal citizen of the United States. Izzy was able to attend public school, high school, and college, and did well in all of them. Her grades were good and even grades got better when she began an acting career when she was twenty-one years old.
Aged when she was twenty-one, Izzy began working as a chorus girl on Broadway, and her stage and film career continued for the next seven decades. When her acting career ended, her acting continued in theatre, films, and television, but it was still not quite at the same height as her stage career had been. At the age of fifty, she appeared in a small role in one of Jean Sheppard’s movies, “A clockwork orange,” playing a maid. From that point on, Izzy Wherry had more roles in movies, plays, and theatre, but often found herself cast as a love interest or some other minor character, as opposed to starring in her own stories. When she finally became a main cast member in the movie “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1949), it was not long before she became a name on the acting scene, thanks to her ability to make interesting, sympathetic characters.
The most recent of her varied acting experiences took her back to her birth country of Hungary, where she was raised for twelve years. While in Budapest, Izzy Wherry settled into a job as a tour guide in the old part of town, which is located in what is now Budapest, Hungary. While there, she fell in love with the street side atmosphere of the old town and the differences between life in Budapest, the capital of modern Hungary, and life down the street in her native town. Her years as a tour guide brought her a wealth of knowledge on subjects ranging from literature and music to religion and culture, but even more unexpected experiences helped her gain insight into her own identity and helped to pave her way to a successful career as a writer.