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Jarmila Novotná

Born
Sep 23, 1907 · Aged 86
Died
Feb 9, 1994
Place of birth
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Gender
Female
Movie credits
15
TV credits
2
Also known as (2)
  • Jarmila Novotná
  • Novotna

Biography

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.