Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
September 23, 1907
Place of Birth:
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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Jarmila Novotná
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.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt | Self |
| 1958 | Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates | Dame Brinker |
| 1955 | The Great Waltz | Mme. Baranska |
| 1951 | The Great Caruso | Maria Selka |
| 1948 | The Search | Hannah Malik |
| 1936 | The Last Waltz | Countess Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky |
| 1936 | Der Kosak und die Nachtigall | Vera Starschenska, Sängerin |
| 1936 | The Last Waltz | Countess Vera Lizavetta |
| 1934 | Frasquita | Frasquita |
| 1933 | The Night of the Great Love | Frau Thormaelen |
| 1933 | Skřivánčí píseň | |
| 1932 | The Bartered Bride | Marie |
| 1931 | The Beggar Student | Laura |
| 1930 | Fire in the Opera House | Primadonna |
| 1926 | Vyznavači slunce |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Restaurant Owner |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |