Libuše Šafránková (7 June 1953 – 9 June 2021, married as ''Abrhámová'') was a Czech actress. Her husband was actor

Josef Abrhám Josef Abrhám (14 December 1939 – 16 May 2022) was a Czech film and theatre actor. Biography He originally began studying acting at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava and later moved to Theatre Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts i ...

. Her breakthrough was the title role in the 1973 film ''

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'', which is considered a Christmas film classic in many parts of Europe. In the 1970s and 1980s, she played leading roles in many fairy-tale films. Her later films include the Oscar-winning '' Kolya'' (1996), for which she received the Czech Lion Award for Best Actress in a film in 1996. In 2008 she received the prize ''Hvězda mého srdce'' (Star of My Heart), awarded by Czech Television. She died two days after her 68th birthday.Zemřela filmová Popelka Libuše Šafránková. Bylo jí 68 let

Filmography

* '' Babička'' (1971) * ''

'' (Tři oříšky pro Popelku) (1973) * '' Přijela k nám pouť'' (1973) * ''

How to Drown Dr. M. or the End of Water Spirits in Bohemia ''How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer'' ( cs, Jak utopit dr. Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách) is a Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Václav Vorlíček. It was released in 1974. Plot The plot follows a family of water spirits ( vo ...

'' (Jak utopit doktora Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách) (1974) * ''

My Brother Has a Cute Brother ''My Brother Has a Cute Brother'' ( cs, Můj brácha má prima bráchu) is a 1975 Czech comedy film directed by Stanislav Strnad. It was entered into the 9th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Silver Prize. Cast * Libuše Šafr� ...

'' (1975) * '' Paleta lásky'' (1975) * '' The Day That Shook the World'' (1975) * '' The Little Mermaid'' (1976) * '' Splynutí duší'' (1976) * '' Brácha za všechny peníze'' (1978) * '' The Prince and the Evening Star'' (Princ a Vecernice) (1978) * ''

Run Waiter Run! ''Waiter, Scarper!'' ( cs, Vrchní, prchni!) is a 1981 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak. It is also known in English as 'Run, Waiter, Run!'. Plot At his high school reunion, the mild-mannered Dalibor Vrána learns, to his ...

'' (Vrchní, prchni!) (1981) * ''

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'' (1981) * '' The Third Prince'' (1982) * ''

The Salt Prince ''The Salt Prince'' ( Slovak: ''Soľ nad zlato'', Czech: ''Sůl nad zlato'', German: ''Der Salzprinz'', Italian: ''Il Solto Prinzzo'') is a Slovak fairy-tale movie based on a novel by Pavol Dobšinský. The movie's central lesson is that salt, as ...

'' (1982) * ''

Svatební cesta do Jiljí ''Svatební cesta do Jiljí '' is a Czech television romantic comedy film. It was directed by Hynek Bočan and released in 1983. It stars a real life couple Josef Abrhám and Libuše Šafránková. Production The film was shot in summer 1982 in ...

'' (1983) * '' Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping'' (Jára Cimrman ležící, spící) (1983) * ''

The Snowdrop Festival ''The Snowdrop Festival'' ( cs, Slavnosti sněženek) is a 1984 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the book by Bohumil Hrabal, who plays a cameo role A cameo role, also called a cameo appearance and often shortened to ...

'' (1983) * '' My Sweet Little Village'' (1985) * '' Zuřivý reportér'' (1987) * '' Člověk proti zkáze'' (1989) * '' The Elementary School'' (Obecná škola) (1991) * '' The Beggar's Opera'' (1991) * ''

The Necklace "The Necklace" (french: La Parure) is a short story by French writer Guy de Maupassant. It is known for its twist ending (ironic ending), which was a hallmark of de Maupassant's style. The story was first published on 17 February 1884 in the Fr ...

'' (1992) * '' Královský život otroka'' (1992) * ''

Nesmrtelná teta ''Nesmrtelná teta'' is a 1993 Czech film written and directed by Zdeněk Zelenka. References External links CSFD.cz - Nesmrtelná teta* 1993 films Czech fantasy comedy films Czechoslovak fantasy films 1990s Czech-language films Film ...

'' (1993) * ''

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'' (1993) * '' Kolya'' (1996) * '' Wonderful Years That Sucked'' (1997) * ''

All My Loved Ones ''All My Loved Ones'' () is a 1999 Czech-language film directed by Matej Mináč. It was an international co-production between Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It was Slovakia's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd ...

'' (1999) * '' Which Side Eden'' (1999) * ''

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'' (2001) * '' Četnické humoresky'' (2003) * '' Fišpánská Jablíčka'' (2008) * '' Micimutr'' (2011) * '' The Don Juans'' (2013)

References

External links

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Interview with Libuše Šafránková (Lidové noviny)

Interview with Libuše Šafránková (Mladá fronta DNES)
1953 births 2021 deaths Czech film actresses Czech television actresses Actors from Brno 20th-century Czech actresses 21st-century Czech actresses Recipients of Medal of Merit (Czech Republic) Czech Lion Awards winners Brno Conservatory alumni People from Šlapanice Czech stage actresses {{CzechRepublic-actor-stub