Jarmila Novotná

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 Search

as Hannah Malik

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self

The Great Caruso

as Maria Selka

The Colgate Comedy Hour

as Self - Restaurant Owner

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

Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates

as Dame Brinker