Background
She was a daughter of the writer, journalist and playwright Karel Scheinpflug.
She was a daughter of the writer, journalist and playwright Karel Scheinpflug.
From 1917 she studied at the business school in Prague and concurrently she privately studied dramatic art with Marie Hübnerová.
Scheinpflugová started her acting career at a young age, as a student of the gymnasium in Slaný. In 1920 she met and befriended Karel Čapek. From 1929 she began to act in the National Theatre in Prague.
With two short interruptions, she remained in the National Theatre until her death.
During her career she collaborated with many respected directors, most notably with J. Kvapil, J. Bor, K. H. Hilar, J. Frejka, Otomar Krejča and Alfréd Radok. Following the German occupation, she was interrogated by the Gestapo as Čapek"s work was clearly anti-fascist.
Alongside her activities as an actress, she devoted herself to writing. Initially she published mainly in journals, but from the second half of the 1920 some of her books were published.
She is the author of sixteen novels, ten children books, seven poetry collections and ten plays.
The main topic of her books is the role of woman in the modern world. Her marriage to Karel Čapek deeply influenced her acting career, as well as her literary works.
In 1920 she was engaged in the Švanda Theatre and two years later she became a member of the City Theatre in Prague-Královské Vinohrady.