Blanka Bohdanová (4 March 1930 – 3 October 2021) was a Czech film, stage and television

actress An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

, who performed over 80 roles at the National Theatre in Prague over a period of more than 50 years. Her best known movie roles were in ''

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness ''Romeo, Juliet and Darkness'' () is a 1960 Czech drama film directed by Jiří Weiss. Inspired by William Shakespeare's ''Romeo and Juliet'',Howard, Tony "Shakespeare's Cinematic Offshoots" in Shaughnessy, Robert (ed.) "The Cambridge Companion ...

'', '' Když rozvod, tak rozvod'' and ''

Thirty Cases of Major Zeman ''Thirty Cases of Major Zeman'' (''Třicet případů majora Zemana'') is a Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, Czechoslovak action-drama television show intended as a political propaganda to support the official image and attitude of the Communist ...

''. At the 2001

Thalia Awards The Czech ''Actors' Association'' has presented its annual Thalia Awards (Czech: Ceny Thálie) since 1993. The award is named after Thalia, the muse of comedy. The 2016 ceremony was broadcast by Czech Television and radio station Český rozhlas ...

she won the category of Best Actress in a Play, for her performance in a Czech rendition of Donald L. Coburn's play ''

The Gin Game ''The Gin Game'' is a two-person, two-act play by Donald L. Coburn that premiered at American Theater Arts in Hollywood in September 1976, directed by Kip Niven. It was Coburn's first play, and the theater's first production. The play won the 1 ...

'' at . She received a lifetime achievement award at the Thalia Awards' 2015 ceremony.

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* * 1930 births 2021 deaths Czech film actresses Actresses from Plzeň 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Czech stage actresses Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts alumni Recipients of the Thalia Award {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub