NataÅ¡a Gollová (27 February 1912 â€" 29 October 1988) was a
Czechoslovak film and stage actress.She was born NataÅ¡a HodÃ¡Ä ová
in Brno on 27 February 1912. Her father was a politician František
Xaver HodÃ¡Ä . She chose her art name after her grandfather, historian
Jaroslav Goll. Since her teenage years she studied dance and acting
and was part of a dance company. She spoke English, German, French and
Russian. In 1932 she met a poet Tristan Tzara in Paris during her
ballet company tour. They briefly dated, but Gollová decided to go
back to Czechoslovakia. They remained good friends until his death in
1963.Her first acting part was in the film The Ideal Schoolmaster in
1932. She acted in theatres in Olomouc and Bratislava. From 1935 to
1944 she was part of the Vinohrady Theatre ensemble, playing dramatic
roles. Her breakout movie role came in 1939 in Eva tropà hlouposti.
She established herself as a leading comedy actress in Czechoslovakia.
In 1941 she dated a Nazi-appointed producer to Barrandov Studios Willy
Söhnel. At the end of the war she dated Austrian actor O. W. Fischer.
These relationships were unforgivable to the Czechoslovak audience and
her she wasn't cast in any films until 1951. After the war she
volunteered at Theresienstadt, where she got infected with typhus. In
1947 she joined the theatre in České Budějovice. There she married
a theatre director Karel Konstantin. Her husband was an alcoholic and
at this time Gollová also started to drink.
Czechoslovak film and stage actress.She was born NataÅ¡a HodÃ¡Ä ová
in Brno on 27 February 1912. Her father was a politician František
Xaver HodÃ¡Ä . She chose her art name after her grandfather, historian
Jaroslav Goll. Since her teenage years she studied dance and acting
and was part of a dance company. She spoke English, German, French and
Russian. In 1932 she met a poet Tristan Tzara in Paris during her
ballet company tour. They briefly dated, but Gollová decided to go
back to Czechoslovakia. They remained good friends until his death in
1963.Her first acting part was in the film The Ideal Schoolmaster in
1932. She acted in theatres in Olomouc and Bratislava. From 1935 to
1944 she was part of the Vinohrady Theatre ensemble, playing dramatic
roles. Her breakout movie role came in 1939 in Eva tropà hlouposti.
She established herself as a leading comedy actress in Czechoslovakia.
In 1941 she dated a Nazi-appointed producer to Barrandov Studios Willy
Söhnel. At the end of the war she dated Austrian actor O. W. Fischer.
These relationships were unforgivable to the Czechoslovak audience and
her she wasn't cast in any films until 1951. After the war she
volunteered at Theresienstadt, where she got infected with typhus. In
1947 she joined the theatre in České Budějovice. There she married
a theatre director Karel Konstantin. Her husband was an alcoholic and
at this time Gollová also started to drink.
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