Libuše Šafránková (7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021, married as ''Abrhámová'') was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám. Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film '' Three Nuts for Cinderella'', which is considered a Christmas film classic in many parts of Europe. In the 1970s and 1980s, she played leading roles in many fairy-tale films. Her later films include the Oscar-winning ''

Kolya ''Kolya'' ( cs, Kolja) is a 1996 Czech drama film about a man whose life is reshaped in an unexpected way. The film was directed by Jan Svěrák and stars his father, Zdeněk Svěrák, who also wrote the script from a story by Pavel Taussig. ''Ko ...

'' (1996), for which she received the Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in a film in 1996. In 2008 she received the prize ''Hvězda mého srdce'' (Star of My Heart), awarded by

Czech Television Czech Television ( cs, Česká televize, italics=no ; abbreviation: ČT) is a public television broadcaster in the Czech Republic, broadcasting seven channels. Established after the Velvet Revolution in 1992, it is the successor to Czechoslov ...

. She died two days after her 68th birthday.Zemřela filmová Popelka Libuše Šafránková. Bylo jí 68 let

Filmography

* '' Babička'' (1971) * '' Three Nuts for Cinderella'' (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) (1973) * '' Přijela k nám pouť'' (1973) * '' How to Drown Dr. M. or the End of Water Spirits in Bohemia'' (Jak utopit doktora Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách) (1974) * '' My Brother Has a Cute Brother'' (1975) * '' Paleta lásky'' (1975) * ''

The Day That Shook the World ''The Day That Shook the World'' ( sh, Sarajevski atentat, lit. ''The Sarajevo Assassination'') is a 1975 Czechoslovak-Yugoslav-German co-production film directed by Veljko Bulajić, starring Christopher Plummer and Florinda Bolkan. The film is ...

'' (1975) * ''

The Little Mermaid "The Little Mermaid" ( da, Den lille havfrue) is a literary fairy tale written by the Danish author Hans Christian Andersen. The story follows the journey of a young mermaid who is willing to give up her life in the sea as a mermaid to gain a ...

'' (1976) * '' Splynutí duší'' (1976) * '' Brácha za všechny peníze'' (1978) * ''

The Prince and the Evening Star The Prince and the Evening Star (Czech:Princ a Večernice) is a 1979 Czechoslovak fairy tale film. Plot Old King has a son Velen and three daughters. One day he leaves Velen to temporarily run the kingdom. One night, Velen wishes upon the Evenin ...

'' (Princ a Vecernice) (1978) * '' Run Waiter Run!'' (Vrchní, prchni!) (1981) * '' Křtiny'' (1981) * '' The Third Prince'' (1982) * '' The Salt Prince'' (1982) * '' Svatební cesta do Jiljí'' (1983) * ''

Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping ''Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping'' ( cs, Jára Cimrman ležící, spící) is a 1983 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is a biopic of the fictional Czech national hero Jára Cimrman, who is portrayed by one of his inventor ...

'' (Jára Cimrman ležící, spící) (1983) * '' The Snowdrop Festival'' (1983) * ''

My Sweet Little Village ''My Sweet Little Village'' ( cs, Vesničko má středisková) is a 1985 Czechoslovak film directed by Jiří Menzel. In 1987 it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. Plot The film's main storyline follows the lif ...

'' (1985) * '' Zuřivý reportér'' (1987) * '' Člověk proti zkáze'' (1989) * '' The Elementary School'' (Obecná škola) (1991) * ''

The Beggar's Opera ''The Beggar's Opera'' is a ballad opera in three acts written in 1728 by John Gay with music arranged by Johann Christoph Pepusch. It is one of the watershed plays in Augustan drama and is the only example of the once thriving genre of satiri ...

'' (1991) * '' The Necklace'' (1992) * '' Královský život otroka'' (1992) * '' Nesmrtelná teta'' (1993) * '' Arabela se vrací'' (1993) * ''

'' (1996) * '' Wonderful Years That Sucked'' (1997) * '' All My Loved Ones'' (1999) * '' Which Side Eden'' (1999) * '' Elixir a Halibela'' (2001) * ''

Četnické humoresky ''Četnické humoresky'' is a Czech Republic, Czech crime television series about a gendarmerie investigative unit, stationed in the city of Brno. The story is set in the period of interbellic First Czechoslovak Republic and combines elements of P ...

'' (2003) * '' Fišpánská Jablíčka'' (2008) * '' Micimutr'' (2011) * ''

The Don Juans ''The Don Juans'' ( cs, Donšajni, also known as ''Skirt Chasers'') is a 2013 Czech comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but it was not nom ...

'' (2013)

References

External links

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Interview with Libuše Šafránková (Lidové noviny)

Interview with Libuše Šafránková (Mladá fronta DNES)
1953 births 2021 deaths Czech film actresses Czech television actresses Actors from Brno 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Czech Lion Awards winners Brno Conservatory alumni People from Šlapanice Czech stage actresses {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub