Jiřina Bohdalová (born 3 May 1931 in

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, now the

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) is a Czech

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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 Jan Werich (; 6 February 1905 – 31 October 1980) was a Czech actor, playwright and writer. Early life Between 1916 and 1924, Werich attended "reálné gymnasium" (equivalent to high school) in Křemencova Street in Prague (where his future b ...

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 “

Vinohrady Theatre Vinohrady Theatre ( cs, Divadlo na Vinohradech) is a theatre in Vinohrady, Prague. Construction began on February 27, 1905. It served as the Theatre of the Czechoslovak Army from autumn 1950 to January 1966. It contains a curtain painted by Vl ...

”. 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 Czech Lion awards for her roles in '' Nesmrtelná teta'' and ''Fany''. She is the mother of actress Simona Stašová. 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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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