Markéta Krausová (April 20, 1895 — July 7, 1942) was a Czech Jewish film and stage actress and opera singer.Markéta Krausová
Czechoslovak Film Database She was born in

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, then

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, now

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as Margarete Brennerová to the Jewish family of the owner and director of a small company Robert Brenner and Matilda née Oppenheimerová. She had two older brothers and a younger sister. In 1919 she married Oskar Kraus and in 1922 they had a daughter, Felcitas. They divorced in 1926. Markéta Krausová worked as opera soloist in Munich and Vienna. In 1932 she moved to Prague, where she performed on stage and in film, in particular at the . In 1934-1936 she starred in six films. Soon after that she could no longer perform due to her

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ish origin. Because of a long life abroad she became a citizen of

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only in 1938. The Czechoslovak Film Database writes that she probably managed to emigrate and her life during this period is unknown. She was transported to the

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and was murdered there on July 2, 1942.

Filmography

*1934: The Poacher from Egerland *1934:

A Woman Who Knows What She Wants ''A Woman Who Knows What She Wants'' () is a 1934 Czech musical comedy film directed by Václav Binovec and starring Markéta Krausová, , and Truda Grosslichtová. It is an adaptation of a 1932 stage musical of the same title, with music by ...

*1934: Romance from the Tatra Mountains *1935:

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*1935: ''První políbení'' *1936:

Lojzička ''Lojzička'' is a 1936 Czechoslovak comedy film, directed by Miroslav Cikán. It stars Karel Hašler, Markéta Krausová, and Helena Bušová. Cast *Jarmila Beránková as Aloisie Strnadová alias Lojzička *Jára Kohout as Jikra, listonos *Bože ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krausova, Marketa 1895 births 1942 deaths Czechoslovak film actresses Czechoslovak stage actresses Czechoslovak Jews who died in the Holocaust People who died in Majdanek concentration camp