Jarmila Novotná
September 23, 1907 – 1994
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.
Known For
The Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
1948
The Search
1948
The Great Caruso
1951
The Night of the Great Love
1933
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
1958
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
1973
The Last Waltz
1936
The Bartered Bride
1932
The Great Waltz
1955
Fire in the Opera House
1930
The Last Waltz
1936
Frasquita
1934
Der Kosak und die Nachtigall
1936
The Beggar Student
1931