Zora Rozsypalová (3 September 1922 – 23 January 2010) was a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

stage and film

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. ...

. At the 1994

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 was honoured in the lifetime achievement in theatre category. She acted 230 roles at theatres in the cities of

Jihlava Jihlava (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 55,000 inhabitants. Jihlava is the capital of the Vysočina Region, situated on the Jihlava (river), Jihlava River on the historical border between Moravia and Bohemia. Historically, Jihla ...

Olomouc Olomouc (; ) is a city in the Czech Republic. It has about 103,000 inhabitants, making it the Statutory city (Czech Republic), sixth largest city in the country. It is the administrative centre of the Olomouc Region. Located on the Morava (rive ...

and

Ostrava Ostrava (; ; ) is a city in the north-east of the Czech Republic and the capital of the Moravian-Silesian Region. It has about 283,000 inhabitants. It lies from the border with Poland, at the confluences of four rivers: Oder, Opava (river), Opa ...

, where she moved in 1961, and stayed until 1991. Her first film role was in the 1950 film ''The Great Opportunity'' (), although it was more than a decade until she appeared in another film. Rozsypalová's last, minor, film role was in the 2006

Věra Chytilová Věra Chytilová (; 2 February 1929 – 12 March 2014) was an avant-garde Czech film director and pioneer of Czech cinema. Banned by the Czechoslovakia, Czechoslovak government in the 1960s, she is best known for her Czech New Wave 1966 film ''S ...

film, ''

Pleasant Moments ''Pleasant Moments'' () is a 2006 Czech drama (film and television), drama film written and directed by Věra Chytilová. The film was awarded Best Editing (Jiří Brožek) at the 2006 Czech Lion Awards. It is the final film by Vera Chytilova Ca ...

''.

Selected filmography

*''

The Great Opportunity ''The Great Opportunity'' (German:''Die große Gelegenheit'') is a 1925 German silent film directed by Lorand von Kabdebo and starring Kurt Vespermann, Lia Eibenschütz and Colette Brettel. The production is notable as marking the filmmaking deb ...

'' (1950) *' (1972) *''

'' (2006)

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* 1922 births 2010 deaths Czech stage actresses Czechoslovak stage actresses Czech film actresses Czechoslovak film actresses People from Kroměříž 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Recipients of the Thalia Award {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub