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Jarmila Novotná

Actor
Born September 23, 1907Died February 9, 1994 (86 years)
Jarmila Novotna was Czech soprano singer, stage and screen actress. She made her operatic debut at the Prague Opera House, on June 28, 1925, as Marenka in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride". Her film debut was in "Vyznavaci slunce/The Sun Disciples" (1926). In 1929 she joined the Kroll Opera in Berlin. She created the female lead in Jaromir Weinberger's new operetta "Frühlingsstürme" in 1933, the last music drama produced in the Weimar Republic. Jarmila Nvotna and her singing partner Richard Tauber were both forced to leave Germany by the new Nazi regime.

Known For

  • The Search
  • The Great Caruso
  • Frasquita

Filmography

1958
1954
The Elgin Hour (TV Series) · as Mother
1952
Omnibus (TV Series) · as Prince Orlofsky (segment "die Fledermaus")
1951
The Great Caruso · as Maria Selka
1950
The Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) · as Cast
1948
Studio One (TV Series) · as Nina Carson
1948
The Search · as Hannah Malik
1934
Frasquita · as Frasquita
1932
The Bartered Bride · as Marie
1931
The Beggar Student · as Laura

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