Jiřina Bohdalová
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Jiřina Bohdalová (born 3 May 1931 in
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, now the
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Career

She began acting in theatre and film at an early age. She was accepted to The Theatre Faculty of the
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(DAMU) at her third attempt. She received an offer from Jan Werich to join the actor's troupe at Divadlo ABC theatre which she accepted. Later on, she performed in many other “City Theatres of Prague” (Městská divadla pražská). From 1967 to the present day she has a permanent engagement at the “
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”. Bohdalová has done extensive work as a voice actress, especially TV characters in various bed time stories, including “The Fairy-tales from Moss and Fern” ( Pohádky z mechu a kapradí, 1968), “The Little Reedman” (Rákosníček, 1977), “The Little Witch” (Malá čarodějnice, 1984), “About the Pixie Racochejl” (O skřítku Racochejlovi, 1997), etc. 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
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awards for her roles in ''
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'' and ''Fany''. She is the mother of actress
Simona Stašová Simona Stašová (born 19 March 1955) is a Czech stage, film and television actress. Since making her theatre debut in 1976, she has acted on stage in theatres and appeared in numerous films and television productions. Stašová has won multiple ...
. The
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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.http://historicaljusticeandmemorynetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Opressors-and-Their-Victims.-The-Czech-Lustration-Law-and-the-Rule-of-Law.pdf Page 334–335.


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Jiřina Bohdalová biography
1931 births Living people 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Actresses from Prague Czech Lion Awards winners Czech film actresses Czech stage actresses Czech television actresses Czech television personalities Czech voice actresses Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Recipients of the Order of the White Lion Recipients of the Thalia Award {{CzechRepublic-tv-stub