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.
Acted in 11
1950s
- 1958
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Dame Brinker
- 1955
The Great Waltz
Mme. Baranska
- 1951
The Great Caruso
Maria Selka
1940s
- 1948
1930s
- 1936
The Cossack and the Nightingale
Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
The Last Waltz
Countess Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky
- 1934
Frasquita
Frasquita
- 1933
The Night of the Great Love
Frau Thormaelen
- 1932
The Bartered Bride
Marie
- 1931
The Beggar Student
Laura
- 1930
Fire in the Opera House
Primadonna
Appearances3
1970s
- 1973
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Self
1940s
- 1948
