Eva Klepacova

Background

Eva Klepáčová was born Eva Beatrix Klepáčová on 2 May 1933 in Prague, former Czechoslovakia.

Career

One of her best known film roles is the character Kate from Czechoslovakian Fairy tale directed by Josef Mach. She is also well known as a dubbing actress. She appeared in 19 films and television shows between 1955 and 1996.

He father, Antonín Klepáč, was a dancer at the National Theatre, her mother Kamila Klepáčová (née Vlášková) was a freelance dancer and actress (she danced in the Vest Pocket Revue at the Liberated Theatre of Jiří Voskovec and January Werich).

As many other actors from Prague, Eva Klepáčová began her acting career in Disman’s Children Art Radio Ensemble. After graduating from high school she studied at the Prague Academy of Performing Arts and she spent her first theatre season in the North Theatre in Liberec.

Then she took permanent position in the Realistic Theatre of Zdeněk Nejedlý at Smíchov (now the Švandovo divadlo at Smíchov). Thanks to her nice voice and cultivated speech, Eva Klepáčová worked as an occasional presenter in Czechoslovak Television, practically from the very beginning of its existence.

She applied her excellent voice disposition also in radio work and dubbing.

Josef Zíma narrated her suitor Ivan. Pohádka z tisíce a jedné noci (1967) Trapasy (1969) Madame Sans-Géne (1971) 30 případů majora Zemana (1974) Veronika, prostě Nika (1980) Nová dvojpohádka z lesa (1981) Bianka Braselli - dáma s dvěma hlavami (1986) Křeček v noční košili (1987) Perníkářka a větrný mládenec (1990).

Achievements

• In 2007, The Presidium of the Actors Union presented her with the Award for Lifetime Achievement in dubbing.