Acting
Jarmila Novotná
DE, EN, FR, CS cinema · 15 credits
Born
23 September 1907
Died
9 February 1994 (aged 86)
Birthplace
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Also known as Jarmila Novotná · Novotna
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
Filmography
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
as Dame Brinker
The Great Waltz
as Mme. Baranska
The Great Caruso
as Maria Selka
The Search
as Hannah Malik
The Last Waltz
as Countess Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky
The Cossack and the Nightingale
as Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
The Last Waltz
1936
The Last Waltz
as Countess Vera Lizavetta
Frasquita
as Frasquita
The Night of the Great Love
as Frau Thormaelen
The Bartered Bride
as Marie
The Beggar Student
as Laura
Fire in the Opera House
as Primadonna