Zita Kabátová

Zita Kabátová

1913-04-27 – 2012-05-27 (age 99) Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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Biography

Zita Kabátová was a Czech theatre and film actress born on 27 April 1913 in Prague. She began her professional acting career in 1935 and soon became one of the most visible faces of pre‑war Czech cinema.

In the 1930s and early 1940s she appeared in more than thirty Czech films, including Paradise Road (1936), Delightful Story (1936), A Foolish Girl (1938), Arthur and Leontine (1940), Station Master (1941) and The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944). She also starred in the German films Schicksal am Strom (1944) and Glück unterwegs (1944).

After the war she was temporarily banned from acting, and for several years worked outside the theatre and film industry. She returned to the stage in the 1950s and later resumed her film career.

Her post‑1969 filmography includes The Star (1969), Women Offside (1971), The World Open to Accidental Events (1971), Operation Bororo (1972), The Place Where Storks Nest (1975), All Against All (1977), Ball Lightning (1978), Forgotten Light (1996), King Ubu (1996), Blue Heaven (1997), Witness (1999), Max, Sally and the Magic Phone (2001), Autumn Spring (2001), Zelary (2003) and Unknown Hour (2009).

She remained active and energetic until the end of her life. Zita Kabátová died on 27 May 2012 at the age of 99.

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Known For

Líza Soars to the Skies
Líza Soars to the Skies

1938

as učitelka Karla Sýkorová

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Bláhové děvče

1938

as Albína

Autumn Spring
Autumn Spring

2001

as Maruska Grulichová

Ball Lightning
Ball Lightning

1979

as Jarmila Opatrná

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Lojzička

1936

as Karla

Noc klavíristy
Women Offside
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice
The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice

1944

as Helena z Alcantaru

Unknown Hour
Unknown Hour

2009

as babička

We Are Basically Normal
We Are Basically Normal

1982

as Kunešová

Lízino štěstí
Lízino štěstí

1939

as Tumlířová

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Artur and Leontyna

1940

as úřednice Klárka Novotná

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V hlavní roli Oldřich Nový

1980

as Zita Kabátová

Rozkošný příběh
Rozkošný příběh

1937

as Miluška Kovářová

Madla zpívá Evropě
Madla zpívá Evropě

1940

as Lia Karstenová

Akce v Istanbulu