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Actress Jana Andresíková died. She became famous for her role as a witch in Arabella

Jana Andresíková was born in 1941 in Kroměříž. After graduating from the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts, she worked at the Maringotka Theater in Prague and the Za branou Theater. In 1969, she left a permanent engagement and worked as a freelance actress.

For many years she also worked as a teacher at the Theater Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts (DAMU), where she educated such actors as Valerie Zawadská, Miroslav Vladyka and David Prachař. She also taught stage speech at the Private Acting School in Prague.

Radio and dubbing

He got rather medium and small roles in film and television. Probably most famous as the evil witch (the character was spoken by Jana Dítětová) in the series by Miloš Macourek and Václav Vorlíček Arabel, respectively the role of Mrs. Černá from his sequel Arabela returns.

However, viewers can also remember her from the film The Last Queen from 1975, in which she played the title role of Queen Eliška Přemyslovna. In recent years, she has starred in the film comedy Kameňák or in the fairy tale The Devil’s Bride.

Andresíková’s voice was also popular with radio and dubbing. She lent her voice to, among others, the American actress Woopi Goldberg in the film Sister in Action.

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