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.
Filmography
Cast Credits
Der große Zauberer - Max Reinhardt
Character: Self
MOVIE • 1973
Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates
Character: Dame Brinker
MOVIE • 1958
The Great Waltz
Character: Mme. Baranska
MOVIE • 1955
The Great Caruso
Character: Maria Selka
MOVIE • 1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character: Self - Restaurant Owner
TV • 1950
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character: Self
TV • 1948
The Search
Character: Hannah Malik
MOVIE • 1948
The Last Waltz
Character: Countess Vera Lizavetta
MOVIE • 1936
Der Kosak und die Nachtigall
Character: Vera Starschenska, Sängerin
MOVIE • 1936
The Last Waltz
Character: Countess Véra-Élisabétha Opalinsky
MOVIE • 1936
Frasquita
Character: Frasquita
MOVIE • 1934
Skřivánčí píseň
Character:
MOVIE • 1933
The Night of the Great Love
Character: Frau Thormaelen
MOVIE • 1933
The Bartered Bride
Character: Marie
MOVIE • 1932
The Beggar Student
Character: Laura
MOVIE • 1931
Fire in the Opera House
Character: Primadonna
MOVIE • 1930
Vyznavači slunce
Character:
MOVIE • 1926