Heda Margoliová-Kovályová was born on 15 September 1919 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was married to Pavel Kovaly and Rudolph Margolius. She died on 5 December 2010 in Prague, Czech Republic.
Rudolph Margolius, her first husband, rose to the office of deputy minister of trade in Communist Czechoslovakia following WWII. He was found guilty of bogus charges of "anti-state activities" and hanged on 3 December 1952.