Alexandra Myšková

Alexandra Myšková
Myšková in 2023
Born (1922-04-04) 4 April 1922 (age 102)
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Occupation(s)Actress, theatre teacher
Years active1949–2000
AwardsNorwegian Theatre Critics Award

Alexandra Myšková (born 4 April 1922) is a Czech-born Norwegian actress and director working in Czechoslovakia.

Life and career

In 1941, she graduated from the State Conservatory. During World War II, she worked in Divadélko pro 99 together with Felix Le Breux, Dana Medřická and others under the direction of Jindřich Honzl.[1] After the war, she briefly performed in the Studio of the National Theatre and then worked in the years 46s and 50s in the Realistic Theatre.[2]

Between 1950 and 1970, she was a member of the acting troupe of the Municipal Theatres of Prague. From 1961 she taught at DAMU. Between 1948 and 1968, she created roles in twenty films.[3] In 1970, she moved to Norway. From 1970 to 1995, she worked as a theatre teacher at the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Oslo and then at the Bårdar Music and Dance Academy.[4] At the same time, she directed her own dramatizations of AP Chekhov, Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev, Karel Čapek on Norwegian radio.[5]

Personal life

Myšková was married three times. Her first husband was Vladimír Ráž, her third was costume and stage designer Zdeněk Seyl. She directed more than twenty productions in Norwegian theatres.[6] She won the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award in 1983 for her production of The Moon in the Village.[7] She was awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold for her substantial contribution to Norwegian culture.[8] She turned 100 in 2022.[9]

Filmography

References

  1. ^ Brdička, Jan (2011-01-01). Vladimír Ráž: Příběh prvního milovníka (in Czech). Nakladatelství ČAS. ISBN 978-80-87470-20-6.
  2. ^ Czech feature film (in Czech). Národní filmový archiv. 1995. ISBN 978-80-7004-102-4.
  3. ^ Magill, Frank Northen (1985). Magill's Survey of Cinema, Foreign Language Films. Salem Press. ISBN 978-0-89356-243-4.
  4. ^ casopis pro studium dramatickenho umeni (in Czech). Časopis Disk a edice Disk.
  5. ^ Cowie, Peter; Elley, Derek (1977). World Filmography: 1967. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. ISBN 978-0-498-01565-6.
  6. ^ The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures. Film Daily. 1969.
  7. ^ Adler, Renata (1969). A Year in the Dark: Journal of a Film Critic, 1968-69. Random House. ISBN 978-0-394-45293-7.
  8. ^ "Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer" (in Norwegian). Royal House of Norway. Retrieved 13 December 2023.
  9. ^ "Nejstarší herečka Alexandra Myšková slaví 100 let! Ráž z Pyšné princezny ji opustil kvůli Vránové". Blesk.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  10. ^ Archives, International Federation of Film (2011-08-16). Film Titles, General Index Volume 1 - 10 (in German). Walter de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-144917-3.
  11. ^ Picart, Caroline Joan (2004). The Holocaust Film Sourcebook: Fiction. Praeger. ISBN 978-0-275-98327-7.
  12. ^ International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Czechoslovakia (from the beginnings to 1989 (in Czech). Saur. 1991. ISBN 978-3-598-21440-0.