Nationality Czech Occupation Actor Children Alena Marvanova | Years active 1926-1973 Ex-spouse Marie Marvanova Name Jaroslav Marvan | |
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Movies Station Master, Silene smutna princezna, Cesta do hlubin studakov, U pokladny stal, I Dutifully Report Similar People Martin Fric, Frantisek Filipovsky, Eman Fiala, Josef Kemr, Bohus Zahorsky | ||
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Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czechoslovak actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.
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He passed his school-leaving exam in 1919 and became a member of the Central Office of posts. He was sent to Uzghorod on business matters (1920-1923).
He was a member of Vlasta Burian's theatre 1926 – 1943, then of the Vinohradské Divadlo (1943-1950) and then of the Městská Divadla Pražská (1950-1954), from where he became a member of the Národní Divadlo (national theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.
Jaroslav Marvan
Silent film era
His first roles in the silent film era include partaking in the following films:
Sound era
Afterwards, in the sound era, he worked exclusively with Burian, in the following films:
His most famous roles without Burian are roles of professors in the movies Cesta do hlubin študákovy duše (1939) and Škola, základ života (1938) and the role of train inspector Anděl in the movies Anděl na dovolené (1952), Anděl na horách (1955), (though both movies include heavy pro communist propaganda, like showing the ideal union of workers at a workers summer resort, where they all rather work together on a kindergarten building then vacation).
Books
He died in 1974 in Prague, with his three books of memorials being published posthumously. These include: