Jana Rybářová (actress)

Jana Rybářová ( 31 March 1936 – 11 February 1957) was a Czech film and stage actress. Discovered by film director Václav Krška, she was recognized as one of the most notable Czech actresses of 1950s despite featuring only in 6 films (and one school etude).[1][2][3][4]

Jana Rybářová, Vyšehrad Cemetery, Prague

She committed suicide, in a widespread opinion, after a complicated platonic romance with (married) opera singer Přemysl Kočí, aggravated by various rumours.[1][2]

In 2000 Marek Bouda shot a documentary Nelze umírat štěstím [One Should Not Die of Happiness] about her life.[1][3] In 2001 Jana Havlíková published a book Nevyjasněná úmrtí VII [Unexplained Deaths VII] about lifes and deaths of actors Jana Rybářová, Karel Höger and František Husák.

Filmography
  • Stříbrný vítr (1954) (Anička)
  • Z mého života (1955) (Krásnohorská)
  • V ulici je starý krám (1955) (student sketch) (student Jana)
  • Dalibor (1956) (Jitka) – (singing: Libuše Domanínská)
  • Labakan (1956) (Fatma)
  • Legenda o lásce (1956) (Shirin)
  • Proti všem (1957) (Marta)

References
  1. Jana Rybářová by Jaroslav Lopour, March 31, 2016
  2. "Citlivá herecká kráska (✝20) spáchala sebevraždu: Pustila si plyn kvůli nešťastné lásce", super.cz, October 28, 2019
  3. "Jana Rybářová", ceskatelevize.cz
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