Jarmila Novotná
September 23, 1907 (117 years old) in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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
Credits
- 1973 ·Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardtas Self
- 1958 ·Hans Brinker and the Silver Skatesas Dame Brinker
- 1955 ·The Great Waltzas Mme. Baranska
- 1951 ·The Great Carusoas Maria Selka
- 1950 ·The Colgate Comedy Houras Self - Restaurant Owner
- 1948 ·The Ed Sullivan Showas Self
- 1948 ·The Searchas Hannah Malik
- 1936 ·Der Kosak und die Nachtigallas Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
- 1936 ·The Last Waltzas
- 1934 ·Frasquitaas Frasquita
- 1933 ·Skřivánčí píseňas
- 1933 ·The Night of the Great Loveas Frau Thormaelen
- 1932 ·The Bartered Brideas Marie
- 1931 ·The Beggar Studentas Laura
- 1930 ·Fire in the Opera Houseas Primadonna
- 1926 ·Vyznavači slunceas