Dagmar Havlová
Dagmar Havlová | |
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| First Lady of the Czech Republic | |
| In role 4 January 1997 – 2 February 2003 | |
| President | Václav Havel |
| Preceded by | Olga Havlová |
| Succeeded by | Livia Klausová |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Dagmar Veškrnová 22 March 1953 Brno, Czechoslovakia |
| Spouse(s) | Radvít Novák (1975–1980) Václav Havel (1997–2011; his death) |
| Alma mater | Brno Conservatory Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts |
| Occupation | Actress |
Dagmar Havlová (born Dagmar Veškrnová on 22 March 1953) is a Czech actress and former First Lady of the Czech Republic. She has appeared in over 50 films and made hundreds of television appearances. She became First Lady upon marrying Václav Havel, the former Czech President, on 4 January 1997.
Early life
[edit]Havlová was born to Markéta Veškrnová and harmonist Karel Veškrna[1] on 22 March 1953 in Brno. She graduated from the Brno Conservatory in 1971.[2] In 1975, she graduated with the title of "Magister artis" (equivalent to Master of Fine Arts) from the Janáček Academy of Musical Arts.[3] In 1976 she married her first husband Radvít Novák, with whom she has a daughter, Nina. The marriage lasted five years.[2]
Acting career
[edit]She made her debut on film in the 1974 Juraj Herz film Girls from the Crockery Shop. She made over 50 film appearances by 1996, as well as almost 200 appearances on television.[2] In 2011 she was part of the cast in her husband Václav Havel's directorial debut Leaving, based on his play of the same name.[4] In 2014 Havlová was named Best Actress, as well as the overall winner, of the TýTý television awards.[5]
First Lady of the Czech Republic
[edit]In 1997 she became First Lady of the Czech Republic after she married Czech President Czech President Václav Havel, less than a year after his first wife Olga had died.[6] The ceremony, which was held on 4 January, took place in Žižkov town hall in Prague 3 and was only attended by two witnesses plus Havlová's daughter from her first marriage, Nina. The couple remained together until Havel's death in December 2011.[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "VKOL - kalendárium regionálních osobností REGO - 15. červenec". aleph.vkol.cz (in Czech). n.d. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ a b c "Dagmar Havlová – ve zdraví i nemoci Havlovi po boku". Czech Television (in Czech). 21 December 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Dagmar Havlová". hrad.cz (in Czech). n.d. Retrieved 5 April 2025.
- ^ "Václav Havel začal natáčet své Odcházení". aktualne.cz (in Czech). 1 July 2010. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Absolutní vítězkou ankety TýTý se stala Dagmar Havlová". lidovky.cz (in Czech). 5 April 2014. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ Allen Greene, Richard (9 October 2003). "Vaclav Havel: End of an era". BBC News. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
- ^ "Má role první dámy? My jsme s manželem vše platili sami, říká Dagmar Havlová". idnes.cz (in Czech). 15 October 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
External links
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- Dagmar Havlová Biography on former official website of the Czech President. 1997–2003.
- Biography of Dagmar Veškrnová Havlová, press release, government of Malta, 22 June 2004.
- "Dagmar Havlova Starts Rehearsing at Na Vinohradech Theatre", Official Information Service, City of Prague announcement, 2 Jan. [2006].
- Dagmar Veškrnová at the Internet Movie Database
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