Jarmila Novotná

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Personal Info

Known for

Acting

From

Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Born

9/23/1907

Age

117

Credit(s)

15

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' ...Show More