Olga Schoberová, also known as Olinka Bérová (born March 15, 1943), is a Czech-American actress. She acted in

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, Austrian, Polish, English, and American movies. As "Olinka Berova", she appeared in ''

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'' (1968), and several more films. Schoberová has been compared to

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and

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. She is fluent in

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Early life

Olga Schoberová was born 15 March 1943 in Prague. Both of her parents were clerks. She graduated from the High School of Economics.

Career

After graduation Schoberová worked as a clerk at the Technomat, for CZK 500 per month. Her older sister Eva was a model. Since Eva was quite busy as a model, Eva once sent Olga, who looked very similar to her, to a modeling job. Olga then started shooting commercials. A Pilsner beer poster with 20 year old Olga attracted the attention of director Antonín Kachlík, who cast her in the movie ''We Were Ten'' (1963). Soon after she was cast in many popular Czech movies, including ''

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'' or '' Who Wants to Kill Jessie?''. In 1964, Schoberová appeared on the cover of

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magazine, photographed by Herman Leonard. In 1969, Schoberová appeared in Playboy again, this time in the pictorial, ''Sex Stars of 1969''. Schoberová appeared with her future husband

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in '' The Secret of the Chinese Carnation'', (1964), and ''

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'' (1964). After she married

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in 1972 she essentially retired from acting. She only returned in 1977 in ''

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'' and 1984 in ''Vrak''.

Personal life

In the early 1960s, Olga dated artist Kája Saudek. Saudek advised her to bleach her hair blonde and based his comics character Jessie on her. In 1967, Schoberová married actor

, whom she met during filming. Their daughter, Sabrina, is a stylist and costume designer. Olga became romantically involved with

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while she was still married. She and Harris divorced in 1969. Olga met producer

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's party. They got married on December 30, 1972, and divorced almost exactly 20 years later, in December 1992. She then lived in France and later returned to Prague. Her elder sister, Eva, was born on July 8, 1940. They grew up in

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, Prague. She worked as a hairdresser, a model and an actress, until 1970, when she left the

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, married a doctor, and lives in Switzerland.

Filmography

* ''We Were Ten'' (1963) (''Bylo nás deset'') * '' Ikarie XB-1'' (1963) * ''Náboj'' (cs) (1963) *''

'' (1964) *'' The Secret of the Chinese Carnation'' (1964) * ''

'' (1964) *'' Black Eagle of Santa Fe'' (1965) *'' Who Wants to Kill Jessie?'' (1966) * ''

Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West ''Count Bobby, The Terror of The Wild West'' (German: ''Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens'') is a 1966 Austrian musical comedy film directed by Paul Martin and starring Peter Alexander, Olga Schoberová and Gunther Philipp. It was t ...

'' (1966) *''

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'' (1967) *''

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'' (1967) *''Prague - The Sad City'' (26 September 1968)

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*''Olinka Berova at Home'' (1968)

*''

'' (1968) *' (1968) * '' Poppea's Hot Nights'' (1969) *' (1970) *'' You Are a Widow, Sir'' (1970) *'' Togetherness'' (1970) * ''

'' (1977)

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