Jarmila Novotná
ActingAlso Known As
Jarmila Novotná, Novotna
Biography
Jarmila Novotna was Czech soprano singer, stage and screen actress. She made her operatic debut at the Prague Opera House, on June 28, 1925, as Marenka in Smetana's "The Bartered Bride". Her film debut was in "Vyznavaci slunce/The Sun Disciples" (1926). In 1929 she joined the Kroll Opera in Berlin. She created the female lead in Jaromir Weinberger's new operetta "Frühlingsstürme" in 1933, the last music drama produced in the Weimar Republic. Jarmila Nvotna and her singing partner Richard Tauber were both forced to leave Germany by the new Nazi regime.
Movies
(15 total)
The Search
as Hannah Malik
The Great Caruso
as Maria Selka
The Bartered Bride
as Marie
Frasquita
as Frasquita
The Night of the Great Love
as Frau Thormaelen
Fire in the Opera House
as Primadonna
The Last Waltz
as Countess Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
as Dame Brinker
The Great Waltz
as Mme. Baranska
Der Kosak und die Nachtigall
as Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
The Beggar Student
as Laura
TV Shows
(2 total)
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self - Restaurant Owner