Zita Kabátová (27 April 191327 May 2012) was a
Czech
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actress.
Kabátová was born in
Prague
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, where her father, Benno Kabát, an architect, also acted in plays and wrote pieces for puppet theatres. Her uncle,
Josef Šváb-Malostranský
Josef Šváb-Malostranský (16 March 1860, Prague – 30 October 1932, Prague) was a Czech actor, writer, cabaret singer, publisher, director and screenwriter. He owned a bookstore and song publishing house. He was the first Czech actor perfo ...
, was a well-known Prague cabaret artist and film actor. During the Second World War she also played in the
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films "''Glück unterwegs''" and "''Schicksal am Strom''". She wed athlete
Jiří Zavřel, who represented Czechoslovakia at the
Olympic Games
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. At the age of 44, she gave birth to their son Jiří ("George"), who now lives in the United States.
Kabátová lived in an assisted-living facility in Motol from 2005 until her death in 2012. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living Czech film actress and the only one alive to have performed before
World War II
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. She took her first role in 1936 and thereafter was featured in over 60 movies. In addition to her film work, she appeared on stage, most notably at the ''
Oldřich Nový
Oldřich Nový (7 August 1899, in Prague – 15 March 1983, in Prague) was a Czech film and theatre actor, director, composer, dramaturg and singer. He is considered one of the greatest actors of the Czech cinema in the first half of the 20th c ...
Theatre'' (aka ''The New Theatre''), and wrote and appeared in a book based on her life.
She is buried at the
Vyšehrad Cemetery
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in Prague.
Selected filmography
* ''
A Foolish Girl'' (1938)
* ''
Arthur and Leontine
''Arthur and Leontine'' (Czech: ''Artur a Leontýna'') is a 1940 Czech comedy film directed by Miroslav Josef Krnanský and starring Jiří Dohnal, Lída Baarová and František Smolík.
The film's sets were designed by the art director Jan Zázv ...
'' (1940)
External links
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csfd.cz(Czech)
1913 births
2012 deaths
Czech film actresses
Czech stage actresses
Actresses from Prague
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