Lenka PichlÃková â€" Burke (born July , at Prague) is an American
actress of Czech descent, the seventh generation of her family to
appear onstage since the th century. Her great-uncle was the noted
national actor, Ladislav Pešek. While in Czechoslovakia, she
performed on stage in many theatres, played in twelve films, and
created over television roles, rising to the rank of Advanced Master
Artist. In addition to performing as a speaking actress, she was also
involved professionally in classic pantomime. Since the s she has
resided in the United States. In the United States, she has performed
onstage in speaking roles as well as in pantomime productions for more
than years. Since , she has been a member of the Actors' Equity
Association, the union which represents professional actors. In she
was named the "Best Mime" of Fairfield County, Connecticut. She
teaches performing arts, dramatic literature, and cultural history,
and translates plays.In , Lenka PichlÃková finished her studies at
the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
She was a member of the Jiřà Wolker Theatre company in Prague, where
she had originally performed at the age of nine. She subsequently
worked in the companies of the Theatre on the Balustrade, The Drama
Club, and The Vinohrady Theatre in Prague, and performed as a guest
artist in the National Theatre in Prague. Among her roles during this
period was Petrunjela in Uncle Maroje by Marin Držić, and two roles
in Insect Play by Karel and Josef ÄŒapek (DISK Theatre â€" Faculty of
Theatre), further Bianca in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
(Jiřà Wolker Theatre), Anna in Vladislav VanÄ ura's Peevish Summer
(The Vinohrady Theatre), AniÄ ka in Josef Tajovský's Women's Law (The
Drama Club). In addition to acting onstage, she was a member of
Ladislav Fialka's mime company at the Theatre on the Balustrade. She
performed in a joint mime-acting production, Broom in Confusion, based
on works by Molière (Milan Lukeš, Evald Schorm, and Ladislav Fialka,
).During her career in Czechoslovakia, Lenka PichlÃková created over
television roles and performed in Czech and European co-production
feature films. The most successful of these was The Trumpet's Song,
directed by LudvÃk Ráža, in which she played the main role. The
film, originally produced for Czechoslovak Television, won first prize
(The Golden Nymph award) at the Festival de Télévision de
Monte-Carlo in . She also played in films by Karel Kachyňa (Meeting
in July, Counting Sheep, Time for a Check-up, Otakar Vávra (Dark
Sun), Viktor Polesný (Birthday â€" a film that was suppressed by
communist officials), and in Jiřà KrejÄ Ãk's and Evald Schorm's
comedies. For German television, she appeared in the series directed
by Franz Peter Wirth, A Square of Sky (Ein Stück Himmel), which was
based on the experiences of Janina Dawidowicz from the Warsaw ghetto;
in Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod, directed by Konrad Petzold; and in
several segments of the series, The Invisible Sight (Das Unsichtbare
Visier), directed by Peter Hagen.
actress of Czech descent, the seventh generation of her family to
appear onstage since the th century. Her great-uncle was the noted
national actor, Ladislav Pešek. While in Czechoslovakia, she
performed on stage in many theatres, played in twelve films, and
created over television roles, rising to the rank of Advanced Master
Artist. In addition to performing as a speaking actress, she was also
involved professionally in classic pantomime. Since the s she has
resided in the United States. In the United States, she has performed
onstage in speaking roles as well as in pantomime productions for more
than years. Since , she has been a member of the Actors' Equity
Association, the union which represents professional actors. In she
was named the "Best Mime" of Fairfield County, Connecticut. She
teaches performing arts, dramatic literature, and cultural history,
and translates plays.In , Lenka PichlÃková finished her studies at
the Faculty of Theatre of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague.
She was a member of the Jiřà Wolker Theatre company in Prague, where
she had originally performed at the age of nine. She subsequently
worked in the companies of the Theatre on the Balustrade, The Drama
Club, and The Vinohrady Theatre in Prague, and performed as a guest
artist in the National Theatre in Prague. Among her roles during this
period was Petrunjela in Uncle Maroje by Marin Držić, and two roles
in Insect Play by Karel and Josef ÄŒapek (DISK Theatre â€" Faculty of
Theatre), further Bianca in Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew
(Jiřà Wolker Theatre), Anna in Vladislav VanÄ ura's Peevish Summer
(The Vinohrady Theatre), AniÄ ka in Josef Tajovský's Women's Law (The
Drama Club). In addition to acting onstage, she was a member of
Ladislav Fialka's mime company at the Theatre on the Balustrade. She
performed in a joint mime-acting production, Broom in Confusion, based
on works by Molière (Milan Lukeš, Evald Schorm, and Ladislav Fialka,
).During her career in Czechoslovakia, Lenka PichlÃková created over
television roles and performed in Czech and European co-production
feature films. The most successful of these was The Trumpet's Song,
directed by LudvÃk Ráža, in which she played the main role. The
film, originally produced for Czechoslovak Television, won first prize
(The Golden Nymph award) at the Festival de Télévision de
Monte-Carlo in . She also played in films by Karel Kachyňa (Meeting
in July, Counting Sheep, Time for a Check-up, Otakar Vávra (Dark
Sun), Viktor Polesný (Birthday â€" a film that was suppressed by
communist officials), and in Jiřà KrejÄ Ãk's and Evald Schorm's
comedies. For German television, she appeared in the series directed
by Franz Peter Wirth, A Square of Sky (Ein Stück Himmel), which was
based on the experiences of Janina Dawidowicz from the Warsaw ghetto;
in Die Schmuggler von Rajgrod, directed by Konrad Petzold; and in
several segments of the series, The Invisible Sight (Das Unsichtbare
Visier), directed by Peter Hagen.
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