Ma Prem Hasya

Ma Prem Hasya
Born
Françoise Wizenberg

(1937-04-04)April 4, 1937
Paris, France
DiedAugust 19, 2014(2014-08-19) (aged 77)
United States
Other names
  • Françoise Ruddy
  • Hasya-Françoise Ruddy
MovementRajneesh movement
Spouses
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(m. 1956; div. 1964)​
George Meredith
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(m. 1984)​
Children2 (with Glazer)

Ma Prem Hasya, or Françoise Ruddy or Hasya-Françoise Ruddy,[1] (née Wizenberg; 4 April 1937 – 19 August 2014) was a French-American follower of Rajneesh who served as his personal secretary (or chief of staff)[2] after Ma Anand Sheela. She is featured in archive footage in the Netflix documentary series, Wild Wild Country about Rajneesh, and is depicted in the 2022 miniseries The Offer about her then-husband Albert S. Ruddy's experience making The Godfather (1972).

  1. ^ Aderet, Ofer; Shubert, Omer (2018-05-17). "'Wild, Wild Country': Meet the Holocaust Survivor and Archnemesis of Ma Anand Sheela". Haaretz. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
  2. ^ Bumiller, Elisabeth (1985-12-17). "The Guru's Himalayan Repose". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Archived from the original on 2018-06-13. Retrieved 2018-06-13.