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- Lyda Salmonova was born on 14 July 1889 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Student of Prague (1913), Evinrude (1913) and Monna Vanna (1922). She was married to Paul Wegener. She died on 18 November 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Adina Mandlová was born on 28 January 1910 in Mladá Boleslav, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Magic House (1939), Pacientka Dr. Hegla (1940) and Prítelkyne pana ministra (1940). She was married to Ben Pearson and Joe Knight. She died on 16 June 1991 in Pribram, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actress
- Producer
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Ossi Oswalda was born Oswalda Staglich on February 2, 1899 in Berlin, Germany. She trained to be a ballerina and worked in chorus lines when she was a teenager. Director Ernst Lubitsch discovered her and cast her in his 1916 film The Shoe Palace. Over the next five years she appeared in many of Lubitsch's comedies including The Doll, The Oyster Princess, and I Don't Want To Be A Man. She usually played spoiled, child-like characters and even appeared in drag. Ossi became one of Europe's most bankable stars earning her the nickname "The German Mary Pickford". She and Ernst Lubitsch became very close friends but their relationship was never romantic. In 1919 she married Hungarian Baron Gustav Von Koczian. Ossi and her husband started their own production company but they only made five films together.
Their marriage ended in 1925 and Ossi began a high profile romance with Crown Prince Willhelm. She signed a contract with an American producer in 1926 and tried to change her image by playing more glamorous characters. Unfortunately her career suffered with the arrival of sound films. Her last role was in the 1933 drama The Star Of Valencia. Ossi continued to work on the stage appearing in operettas in Germany and Vienna. Eventually she moved to Czechoslovakia with her boyfriend Julius Aussenberg, a former producer. In 1943 she wrote the story for the film Fourteen At The Table. Sadly by the Spring of 1947 Ossi was bankrupt and suffering from numerous health problems. She died on July 17, 1947 in Prague. Ossi was only forty-eight years old. She is buried in Olsany Cemetery in in the Czech Republic.- Actor
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Jirí Hrzán was born on 30 March 1939 in Tábor, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Pension pro svobodné pány (1968), Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (1981) and Prague Nights (1969). He died on 24 September 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Writer
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- Actor
Oldrich Lipský was born on 4 July 1924 in Pelhrimov, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and director, known for The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981), Lemonade Joe (1964) and I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970). He died on 19 October 1986 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Eva Foustková was born on 2 January 1911 in Kladno, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for The Lost Face (1965), Jak se zbavit Helenky (1968) and A River Performs Magic (1946). She was married to Josef Kemr. She died on 20 February 1977 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Dana Medrická was born on 11 July 1920 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Alexander Dumas starsi (1970), Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966) and The Turn of the Screw (1982). She was married to Artemio Precioso Ugarte and Václav Vydra. She died on 21 January 1983 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Frantisek Vicena was born on 24 June 1933 in Znojmo, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Tomorrow I'll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977), Klíc (1971) and Rychlík do Ostravy (1960). He died on 15 October 1984 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Vladimír Mensík was born on 9 October 1929 in Ivancice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Nahá pastýrka (1966), Slamený klobouk (1972) and The Cremator (1969). He was married to Olga and Vera. He died on 29 May 1988 in Brno, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Writer
- Director
- Art Director
A graduate of Prague's School of Arts and Crafts, in 1936 he created a puppet theater, which was disbanded after the outbreak of WWII. During the war he designed stage sets and illustrated children's books. In 1945 he set up an animation unit with several collaborators at the Prague film studio; they called the unit "Trick Brothers." Trnka specialized in puppet animation, a traditional Czech art form, of which he became the undisputed master. He also created animated cartoons, but it was his puppet animation that made him an internationally recognized artist and the winner of film festival awards at Venice and elsewhere. He wrote the scripts for most of his own films.- Actor
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Jan Werich was born on 26 February 1905 in Prague, Austria-Hungary. He was an actor and writer, known for The Emperor and the Golem (1952), Král a zena (1967) and Workers, Let's Go (1934). He died on 31 October 1980 in Prague, Czechoslovakia.- Actor
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- Writer
Václav Lohniský was born on 5 November 1920 in Holice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet (1978), Panenství a kriminál (1970) and Wallenstein (1978). He was married to Zora Jiráková. He died on 18 February 1980 in Jilemnice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Ivan Jandl was born in 1937 to the family of accountant Klement Jandl and his wife, Bozena. When he was three, he suffered from polio, and it seemed that he would not be able to walk again, but a Dr. Pribramsky managed to do what seemed a miracle: Ivan was soon practically perfectly well. While at school, he played in the school theater and later joined the famed Disman Children's radio choir. From the choir, it was just a step to various roles in radio plays. His first film appearance was a very small role in Martin Fric's "Varúj!" but he remained with radio, which was where Fred Zinnemann chose him in an audition for The Search. After the film's success, Ivan got lots of fan mail from all over the world, and in 1949 he received a telegram, an approximate translation of which reads: "You won the Academy Award for outstanding child actor. Congratulations. F. Zinnemann," followed the next day by an explanation (because Oscars were not generally known there at the time) from the production company (Praesens Film): "An Oscar is the highest award given by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Congratulations." Ivan couldn't attend the ceremony, so the Oscar was brought to him in Prague by some members of the academy. There he received many offers (films and contracts), but it was decided by the government that he was to be "preserved to be used by the Czech film industry," but ironically, he went on to make only 3 films: 1 in 1949, 1 in 1951, and 1 in 1955. After graduating from high school, Ivan wanted to study at the Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU), but he was told he should not have accepted an award from the American film industry and was thus turned down. He then changed careers many times, only to return to the radio in 1965 as a program manager, becoming an announcer in 1969. In 1972, he was forced to leave radio. He had a brief stint as a stage manager in a theater in Teplice, and that was all there was for him in show business. In 1985, for the first time since 1948, he met Jarmila Novotna, the famed opera singer who portrayed his mother in The Search. In 1987, Ivan died at the age of 50 of diabetic complications in his apartment in Prague.
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Irena Kacírková was born on 24 March 1925 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Starci na chmelu (1964), Maskaráda (1963) and Voyage to the End of the Universe (1963). She died on 26 October 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actress
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Jana Werichová was born on 18 October 1935 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress and writer, known for Usporená libra (1963), The Proud Princess (1952) and Velké dobrodruzství (1952). She died on 9 May 1981 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Zdenek Ornest was born on 10 January 1929 in Kutná Hora, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Ferat Vampire (1982), Láska (1973) and Láska z pasáze (1985). He died on 4 November 1990 in Praha, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
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Jan Procházka was born on 4 February 1929 in Ivancice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and producer, known for The Ear (1970), On the Comet (1970) and Nadeje (1964). He died on 20 February 1971 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Alois Sedlácek was born on 11 December 1852 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Cerní myslivci (1921), Marwille detektivem (1922) and Falesný hrác (1913). He died on 22 July 1922 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Actress
Zorka Janu was born on 9 July 1921 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. She was an actress, known for Cekanky (1940), Ohnivé léto (1939) and Minulost Jany Kosinové (1940). She died on 24 March 1946 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actor
- Writer
Michal Mares was born on 22 January 1893 in Teplice, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Kdyz struny lkají (1930). He died on 17 February 1971 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Jaroslav Drbohlav was born on 13 January 1947 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973), How About a Plate of Spinach? (1977) and Setkání v cervenci (1978). He died on 28 April 1985 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- Writer
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- Actor
Ota Hofman was born on 10 April 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for The Visitors (1983), 30 panen a Pythagoras (1977) and Sedmý kontinent (1960). He was married to Irena. He died on 17 May 1989 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Writer
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Jirí Brdecka was a Czech animator, film director, screenwriter, and satirist. He was born in the city of Hranice in Moravia, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. His father was the author Otakar Brdecka (1881 - 1930), who published works under the pen name "Alfa".
Brdecka was educated at the Charles University in Prague, where he studied philosophy and aesthetics. The German occupation in Czechoslovakia resulted in the shut down of the university in 1939, forcing Brdecka to seek employment,.He was hired as an administrative clerk by the Prague Municipal Museum, while moonlighting as a journalist and cartoonist for various newspapers.
From 1941 to 1942, Brdecka was employed as a press agent by the film studio Lucernafilm. In 1943, he started working as an animator, producing a number of short films. By the late 1940s, Brdecka was employed as a film director and screenwriter at Barrandov Studios. In 1958, he started directing his own animated feature films, while continuing to serve as a screenwriter for many other directors.
Besides his film career, Brdecka had side careers as a journalist, a film critic, and a novelist.His works on and off the screen were noted for their satirical content. As a screenwriter, he often worked on parody films, such as the comedy western "Lemonade Joe".
Brdecka died in 1982. He was 64-years-old. His daughter Tereza Brdecková had her own career as a film critic.- Actor
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Vladimír Smeral was born on 16 October 1903 in Drásov, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Vítezný lid (1977), Dny zrady (1973) and Dvaasedmdesátka (1953). He died on 15 March 1982 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].- Actor
- Soundtrack
Josef Beyvl was born on 7 June 1906 in Lomnice nad Popelkou, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for The Death of Tarzan (1963), Ta nase písnicka ceská (1967) and I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1970). He died on 10 July 1978 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].