Jarmila Novotná
Known For
Acting
Born
1907-09-23 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Died
1994-02-09
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.
Most Known For
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Restaurant Owner
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
Skřivánčí píseň
Frasquita
as Frasquita
The Search
as Hannah Malik
The Great Caruso
as Maria Selka
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
as Dame Brinker
The Bartered Bride
as Marie
The Beggar Student
as Laura
The Great Waltz
as Mme. Baranska
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
as Self
The Night of the Great Love
as Frau Thormaelen
The Last Waltz
as Countess Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky
The Last Waltz
as Countess Vera Lizavetta
Der Kosak und die Nachtigall
as Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
Fire in the Opera House
as Primadonna