Jarmila Novotná

Born: 1907-09-23

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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The Search

as Hannah Malik
Released: 1948-03-26

In postwar Germany, a displaced Czech boy, separated from his family during wartime, is...

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The Beggar Student

as Laura
Released: 1931-02-03

First of several filmed versions of a popular period operetta, in which an early 18th century...

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Frasquita

as Frasquita
Released: 1934-08-09

Czechoslovakian opera star Jarmila Novotna plays the title role in the Austrian tunefest...

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The Great Caruso

as Maria Selka
Released: 1951-04-16

Enrico Caruso's only passion is to sing. For that, he leaves his hometown of Naples, Italy, and...

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Fire in the Opera House

as Primadonna
Released: 1930-10-13

It begins with a Tannhäuser performance and ends with the premiere of The Tales of Hoffmann. In...

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The Bartered Bride

as Marie
Released: 1932-08-18

Bohemia in the 19th century, stage-coach driver Hans, loves the mayor's daughter Marie, but she...

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Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt

as Self
Released: 1973-10-30

"The Great Magician" - Max Reinhardt (1873-1943) was an Austrian theater and film director,...

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The Last Waltz

as uncredited
Released: 1936-01-01

Count Dimitri is sentenced to death for hitting Prince Paul who was trying to steal a kiss from...

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Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

as Dame Brinker
Released: 1958-02-09

In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister...

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Der Kosak und die Nachtigall

as Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
Released: 1936-06-01

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The Night of the Great Love

as Frau Thormaelen
Released: 1933-07-27

The story, set in Constantinople, of a young man who falls in love with a woman much older than...

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The Great Waltz

as Mme. Baranska
Released: 1955-11-04

Johann Strauss, Jr., a would-be composer of waltzes in mid-19th Century Vienna, attempts to...

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The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self - Restaurant Owner
First aired: 1950-09-10

The Colgate Comedy Hour is an American comedy-musical variety series that aired live on the NBC...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self - Opera Soprano
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self
First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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