Alexandra Myšková
{{Short description|Czech-born Norwegian actress (born 1922)}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Alexandra Myšková
| image = Alexandra Myšková v dubnu 2023.jpg
| caption = Myšková in 2023
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1922|04|04}}
| birth_place = Prague, Czechoslovakia
| occupation = Actress, theatre teacher
| years_active = 1949–2000
| awards = Norwegian Theatre Critics Award
}}
Alexandra Myšková (born 4 April 1922) is a Czech-born Norwegian actress, director, and theatre teacher. She worked in Czechoslovakia before continuing her career in Norway.
Life and career
In 1941, Myšková graduated from the Prague Conservatory. During World War II, she performed at Divadélko pro 99, working alongside Felix Le Breux, Dana Medřická, and others under the direction of Jindřich Honzl.{{Cite book |last=Brdička |first=Jan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sOejDwAAQBAJ&dq=alexandra+myskova&pg=PA22 |title=Vladimír Ráž: Příběh prvního milovníka |date=2011-01-01 |publisher=Nakladatelství ČAS |isbn=978-80-87470-20-6 |language=cs}}
After the war, she briefly performed with the Studio of the National Theatre and later worked at the Realistic Theatre during the late 1940s and 1950s.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZYaAQAAIAAJ&q=alexandra+myskova |title=Czech Feature Film |date=1995 |publisher=Národní filmový archiv |isbn=978-80-7004-102-4 |language=cs}}
From 1950 to 1970, she was a member of the acting troupe of the Municipal Theatres of Prague. Starting in 1961, she also taught at the DAMU. Between 1948 and 1968, she appeared in twenty films.{{Cite book |last=Magill |first=Frank Northen |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Q2ZZAAAAMAAJ&q=alexandra+myskova |title=Magill's Survey of Cinema, Foreign Language Films |date=1985 |publisher=Salem Press |isbn=978-0-89356-243-4 |language=en}}
In 1970, she moved to Norway. From 1970 to 1995, she taught at the Norwegian Theatre Academy in Oslo, and later at the Bårdar Music and Dance Academy.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3BZK5RVOemgC&dq=alexandra+myskova&pg=RA10-PA144 |title=Časopis pro studium dramatického umění |publisher=Časopis Disk a edice Disk |language=cs}} During this period, she also directed her own dramatizations of works by Anton Chekhov, Ivan Turgenev, and Karel Čapek for Norwegian radio.{{Cite book |last1=Cowie |first1=Peter |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Jp7ayTLX1D8C&dq=alexandra+myskova&pg=PA75 |title=World Filmography: 1967 |last2=Elley |first2=Derek |date=1977 |publisher=Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |isbn=978-0-498-01565-6}}
Personal life
Myšková was married three times. Her first husband was actor Vladimír Ráž, and her third was costume and stage designer Zdeněk Seydl. She directed more than twenty productions in Norwegian theatres.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qJMHAQAAIAAJ&q=alexandra+myskova |title=The Film Daily Year Book of Motion Pictures |date=1969 |publisher=Film Daily}}
In 1983, she received the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award for her production of The Moon in the Village.{{Cite book |last=Adler |first=Renata |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jtlBAAAAIAAJ&q=alexandra+myskova |title=A Year in the Dark: Journal of a Film Critic, 1968–69 |date=1969 |publisher=Random House |isbn=978-0-394-45293-7}} She was also awarded the King's Medal of Merit in gold for her significant contributions to Norwegian culture.{{cite web|url=https://www.kongehuset.no/tildelinger.html?tid=28028&sek=26941&person=&q=&aarstall=&type=&start=11400|publisher=Royal House of Norway|title=Tildelinger av ordener og medaljer|language=no|access-date=13 December 2023}}
She turned 100 in 2022.{{Cite web |title=Nejstarší herečka Alexandra Myšková slaví 100 let! Ráž z Pyšné princezny ji opustil kvůli Vránové |url=https://www.blesk.cz/clanek/celebrity-ceske-celebrity/710251/nejstarsi-herecka-alexandra-myskova-slavi-100-let-raz-z-pysne-princezny-ji-opustil-kvuli-vranove.html |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=Blesk|language=cs|publisher=Czech News Center}}
Filmography
- Distant Journey (1949) – Theresienstadt prisoner with pouch{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/396098/daleka-cesta |title=Daleká cesta (1948)|language=cs |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Filmový přehled}}
- Zkouška pokračuje (1959){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=s25ZAAAAMAAJ&q=Zkou%C5%A1ka+pokra%C4%8Duje |title=International Directory of Cinematographers, Set- and Costume Designers in Film: Czechoslovakia (from the beginnings to 1989 |date=1991 |publisher=Saur |isbn=978-3-598-21440-0 |language=cs}} – Eva Malátová, actress{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/396355/zkouska-pokracuje |title=Zkouška pokračuje (1959) |language=cs |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Filmový přehled}}
- Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960){{Cite book |last=Picart |first=Caroline Joan |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=N17lAAAAMAAJ&q=alexandra+myskova |title=The Holocaust Film Sourcebook: Fiction |date=2004 |publisher=Praeger |isbn=978-0-275-98327-7}} – Würm's wife{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/396351/romeo-julie-a-tma |title=Romeo, Julie a tma (1959) |language=cs |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Filmový přehled}}
- Hledá se táta (1961){{Cite book |last=Archives |first=International Federation of Film |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lb93f7zxifIC&dq=hleda+se+tata&pg=PA154 |title=Film Titles, General Index Volume 1 - 10 |date=2011-08-16 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter |isbn=978-3-11-144917-3 |language=de}} – Růženka, Liška's wife{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/396457/hleda-se-tata |title=Hledá se táta! (1961) |language=cs |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Filmový přehled}}
- The Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965) – Eccentric woman{{Cite web |url=https://www.filmovyprehled.cz/cs/film/396610/a-paty-jezdec-je-strach |title=A pátý jezdec je Strach (1964) |language=cs |access-date=2025-04-28 |website=Filmový přehled}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|0617181}}
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Category:20th-century Czech actresses
Category:20th-century Norwegian actresses
Category:Actresses from Prague
Category:Academic staff of the Oslo National Academy of the Arts
Category:Prague Conservatory alumni
Category:Czech stage actresses
Category:Czech women centenarians
Category:Norwegian stage actresses
Category:Norwegian theatre directors