Meda Valentová (24 May 1898 – 12 December 1973) was a Czech
stage
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* Theatre, a branch of the performing arts, often referred to as "the stage"
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and
film actress
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. She appeared at a number of Czech theatres as well as in
cabaret
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. After making her screen debut in the
silent era
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, she starred in or appeared in
supporting role
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s in comedy films of the 1940s.
Selected filmography
* ''
The Eleventh Commandment'' (1925)
* ''
Business Under Distress'' (1931)
* ''
Baron Prášil'' (1940)
* ''
Ladies in Waiting
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'' (1940)
* ''
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
''The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice'' () is a 1944 Czech historical comedy film directed by Martin Frič.
Cast
* František Smolík as Jirí, hangman
* Jiřina Štěpničková as Rozina, Jirí's wife
* Eman Fiala as Adam, groom of hangman
* ...
'' (1944)
* ''
Just Getting Started'' (1946)
* ''
Řeka čaruje
''The River Is Performing Magic'' () is a 1945 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Václav Krška.
Cast
* František Hanus as Leopold Kohák
* Růžena Šlemrová as Anna Koháková
* Evelyna Kinská as Helena Koháková
* Svatopluk Beneš a ...
'' (1946)
* ''
The Last of the Mohicans
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'' (1947)
* ''
No Surgery Hours Today'' (1948)
Bibliography
* Bartošek, Luboš. ''Náš film: kapitoly z dějin, 1896-1945''. Mladá fronta, 1985. p. 87.
* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999. p. 306.
External links
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1898 births
1973 deaths
Czech film actresses
Czech stage actresses
Actresses from Prague
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