Libuše Šafránková[1] (7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021,[2][3] married as Abrhámová) was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor Josef Abrhám.
Libuše Šafránková | |
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 Šafránková (drawing) | |
| Born | 7 June 1953 |
| Died | 9 June 2021 (aged 68) Prague, Czech Republic |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1971–2013 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
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Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film Three Wishes for Cinderella, which is considered a Christmas film classic in many parts of Europe. In the 1970s and 1980s, she played leading roles in many fairy-tale films. Her later films include the Oscar-winning Kolya (1996), for which she received the Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in a film in 1996. In 2008 she received the prize Hvězda mého srdce (Star of My Heart), awarded by Czech Television.[4] She died two days after her 68th birthday.[5][6]
Filmography
- Babička (1971)
- Three Wishes for Cinderella (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) (1973)
- Přijela k nám pouť (1973)
- How to Drown Dr. M. or the End of Water Spirits in Bohemia (Jak utopit doktora Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách) (1974)
- My Brother Has a Cute Brother (1975)
- Paleta lásky (1975)
- The Day That Shook the World (1975)
- The Little Mermaid (1976)
- Splynutí duší (1976)
- Brácha za všechny peníze (1978)
- The Prince and the Evening Star (Princ a Vecernice) (1978)
- Run Waiter Run! (Vrchní, prchni!) (1981)
- Křtiny (1981)
- The Third Prince (1982)
- The Salt Prince (1982)
- Svatební cesta do Jiljí (1983)
- Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (Jára Cimrman ležící, spící) (1983)
- The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
- My Sweet Little Village (1985)
- Zuřivý reportér (1987)
- Člověk proti zkáze (1989)
- The Elementary School (Obecná škola) (1991)
- The Beggar's Opera (1991)
- The Necklace (1992)
- Královský život otroka (1992)
- Nesmrtelná teta (1993)
- Arabela se vrací (1993)
- Kolya (1996)
- Wonderful Years That Sucked (1997)
- All My Loved Ones (1999)
- Which Side Eden (1999)
- Elixir a Halibela (2001)
- Četnické humoresky (2003)
- Fišpánská Jablíčka (2008)
- Micimutr (2011)
- The Don Juans (2013)
References
External links
- Libuše Šafránková at IMDb
- Interview with Libuše Šafránková (Lidové noviny) (in Czech)
- Interview with Libuše Šafránková (Mladá fronta DNES) (in Czech)