Zuzana "Susanna" Martinková (born 19 April 1946) is a Czech actress, mainly active in

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. Born in

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, Czech Republic, Martinkova debuted at 16 as lead actress in ''Letos v zari'' (1963). After several film and stage appearances, in 1967 she moved to Italy to star in a war film directed by

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, ''Sagapò'', which eventually was cancelled. Later Martinkova starred in a number of films and television works, sometimes in main roles. She is now a

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Partial filmography

* ''Letos v zari'' (1963) - Hanka Zemanová * ''Strakatí andelé'' (1965) - Marie (segment "Jana") * ''Kdyby tisíc klarinetu'' (1965) - Teacher #2 * ''Dva tygři'' (1966) - Jitka * '' Who Wants to Kill Jessie?'' (1966) - Alena * ''Granada, addio!'' (1967) - Paoletta * '' Per 100.000 dollari ti ammazzo'' (1968) - Mary * '' May God Forgive You... But I Won't'' (1968) - Jane, Cjamango's sister (uncredited) * '' Il ragazzo che sorride'' (1969) - Livia - Wife of Giorgio * ''El 'Che' Guevara'' (1969) - Simona * '' Detective Belli'' (1969) - Emmanuelle * ''Taste of Vengeance'' (1969) - Brian's Bride (uncredited) * '' The Syndicate: A Death in the Family'' (1970) - Fanny, la cieca * '' La ragazza del prete'' (1970) - Erika * ''Tajemství velikeho vypravece'' (1972) * ''Prete, fai un miracolo'' (1975) - Isabel * ''La principessa sul pisello'' (1976) * ''Contronatura'' (1976) * ''Il signor Ministro li pretese tutti e subito'' (1977) - Piera * '' Il ladrone'' (1980) - Marta * ''Notturno'' (1983) - Magdalena Rudinski * '' Fracchia contro Dracula'' (1985) - Catarina * '' Distant Lights'' (1988) - Silvia Bernardi * ''Il ritorno del grande amico'' (1990) * '' Frivolous Lola'' (1998) - Michelle * ''

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'' (1998) - Erzika

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* Living people Czech film actresses Czech stage actresses Czech television actresses Actresses from Prague 1946 births Czech winemakers Women winemakers Czech expatriates in Italy {{Czech-actor-stub