Jarmila Novotná
Born September 23, 1907 (Age: 118)
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Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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.
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.
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Filmography
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
1973
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as Self
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Age: 66
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958
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as Dame Brinker
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Age: 50
The Great Waltz
1955
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as Mme. Baranska
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Age: 48
The Bartered Bride
1932
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as Marie
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Age: 24
The Beggar Student
1931
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as Laura
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Age: 23
Fire in the Opera House
1930
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as Primadonna
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Age: 23