Jiřina Bohdalová

Jiřina Bohdalová

May 3, 1931 (94 years old) in Prague, Czechoslovakia

Jiřina Bohdalová is a Czech actress. She began acting in theatre and film at an early age. She was accepted to The Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague (DAMU) at her third attempt. She later accepted an offer from Jan Werich to join the actor's troupe at “Divadlo ABC”.  From 1967 to present days she is in a permanent engagement at the “Vinohrady Theatre”. Bohdalová has done extensive work as a voice actress, especially, TV characters in various childrens’ stories. She has made numerous appearances in different fairy-tales, short stories, TV films, serials, plays and many programmes of her own. She has won two Czech Lion awards for her roles in Nesmrtelná teta and Fany. She is the mother of actress Simona Stašová. The StB (now defunct Czech state secret police) attempted to blackmail Bohdalová into becoming an informant, but she resisted this effort. After the publication of a register of StB collaborators which included her name she successfully had the error of her inclusion rectified. Description above edited from the Wikipedia article Jiřina Bohdalová, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bakaláři Bakaláři
We love Czechia We love Czechia
Inkognito Inkognito
Pan Tau Pan Tau
Český slavík Český slavík

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