Eva Klepáčová

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Eva Klepáčová
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Born(1933-05-02)2 May 1933
Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic)
Died18 June 2012(2012-06-18) (aged 79)
Prague, Czech Republic
OccupationActress, voice actor, presenter
Years active1955-1996
Spouse(s)
Children1

Eva Klepáčová (2 May 1933 – 18 June 2012)[1][2][3] was a Czech actress, voice actor and presenter. One of her best known film roles is the character Kate from Czech Fairy tale Playing with the Devil (1956) directed by Josef Mach. She is also well known as a dubbing actress. In 2007, The Presidium of the Actors Union presented her with the Award for Lifetime Achievement in dubbing. She appeared in 19 films and television shows between 1955 and 1996.

Early life[]

Eva Klepáčová was born Eva Beatrix Klepáčová on 2 May 1933 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia. He father, Antonín Klepáč, was a dancer at the National Theatre, her mother Kamila Klepáčová (née Vlášková) was a freelance dancer and actress (she danced in the Vest Pocket Revue at the Liberated Theatre of Jiří Voskovec and Jan Werich). Klepáčová later married actor and singer .

Career[]

As many other actors from Prague, Eva Klepáčová began her acting career in Disman’s Children Art Radio Ensemble. After graduating from high school she studied at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts and she spent her first theatre season in the North Theatre in Liberec. Then she took permanent position in the Realistic Theatre of Zdeněk Nejedlý at Smíchov (now the Švandovo divadlo at Smíchov). Thanks to her nice voice and cultivated speech, Eva Klepáčová worked as an occasional presenter in Czechoslovak Television, practically from the very beginning of its existence. She applied her excellent voice disposition also in radio work and dubbing. Together with her husband, Josef Zíma, she successfully dubbed, among many others, the main character of Nastenka, from the Russian Fairy tale Jack Frost (1964). Zíma narrated her suitor Ivan.

Selected filmography[]

Television appearances[]

  • (1967)
  • (1969)
  • (1971)
  • (1974)
  • (1980)
  • (1981)
  • (1986)
  • (1987)
  • (1990)

References[]

  1. ^ "Ve věku 79 let zemřela 18. června herečka Eva Klepáčová" (in Czech). Czech News Agency. 20 June 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2012.
  2. ^ "KLEPÁČOVÁ, Eva". Český Film – znalostní databáze (in Czech). libri.cz. Archived from the original on 17 July 2021. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
  3. ^ "Eva Klepáčová" (in Czech). Filmový přehled. Retrieved 17 July 2021.

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