Dagmar Bláhová
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Dasha Bláhová | |
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Born | Dasha Bláhová 5 March 1949 Liberec, Czechoslovakia |
Other names | Dášha Bláhová |
Occupation(s) | Film and TV actress |
Years active | 1972–present |
Dasha Bláhová (born 8 March 1949) is a Czech-born actress, who became notable on Australian television in 1985 for her role in soap opera Neighbours as original character Maria Ramsay.[1][2] She appeared in foreign film and after emigrating to Australia during the Communist era, she appeared in many television and film roles, she returned to her birth country in 1998 and again started appearing natively in film roles. Also credited as Dášha Bláhová.
Personal life
Bláhová was born in Czechoslovakia. When she began her acting career, Czechoslovakia was under communist rule, so citizens were restricted in their movements outside the country, however, Bláhová's popularity in Europe enabled her to perform around the continent.[3] She met her future husband and fellow Czech Juraj while she was touring in London. He had an Australian passport, having lived in the country for three years, and he could not return to Czechoslovakia with Bláhová.[3] The couple became engaged in Paris, but struggled to find someone to marry them as Czechoslovakian officials discouraged relationships with former citizens. They were eventually married in Brussels at the Australian Embassy, three months after Bláhová gave birth to their first child, a daughter.[3] They then applied for permission to immigrate to Australia.[3]
Career
Bláhová attended the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague and graduated with a major in acting and puppetry in 1971.[3] She went onto appear in various theatre productions for Theatre On A String and Cirque Alfred.[4] She then moved into television and film roles. In 1978, she was named as one of the 20 best actors in the world by a panel of Paris cinema critics, following her role in comedy film The Apple Game.[4] She moved to Australia in 1980.[4] Bláhová was the first person to appear in the opening episode of A Country Practice, as the pregnant Sandra Myers, whose baby is delivered by main character Terence Elliott (Shane Porteous).[5] Bláhová wrote, directed and starred in a pantomime called The Devil and Katya, which was performed at the Playbox Theatre in 1982. She also had guest roles in Cop Shop and the television film Learned Friend.[4]
In 1985, she was cast as housewife Maria Ramsay in the Seven Network soap opera Neighbours.[4] After leaving the serial that same year, Bláhová starred in Louis Nowra's television film Displaced Persons, which tells the story of European refugees arriving in Australian in 1945. Nowra began working on the film after meeting Blahova in 1981.[6] She appeared in the 1986 television film Funeral Going,[7] and the Australian comedy-horror film Howling III in 1987.[8]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1972 | And Give My Love to the Swallows | Julinka | Czech: ...a pozdravuji vlaštovky |
1976 | The Apple Game | Czech: Hra o jablko | |
1978 | Leave Me Alone | Czech: Nechci nic slyšet | |
1981 | Calamity | ||
1981 | Hoodwink | Uncredited | |
1981 | A Country Practice | Sandra Myers | Episodes: "In General Practice (Parts 1 & 2)" |
1984 | A Country Practice | Tania Menzel | Recurring role |
1985 | Neighbours | Maria Ramsay | Main cast |
1985 | Displaced Persons | Anna | Television film |
1986 | Funeral Going | Helena | Television film |
1987 | Hungry Heart | ||
1987 | Howling III | Olga Gork | |
1988 | Sands of the Bedouin | TV | |
1989 | Sons of Steel | Honor | |
1990 | Muka obraznosti | ||
1994 | Nexus 2.431 | ||
1998 | Vykání psovi | ||
1998 | Pasti, pasti, pastičky | ||
2000 | Canone inverso – Making Love | Secretary Sophie | |
2001 | Returning in Autumn | Czech: Podzimní návrat | |
2004 | Když chcípne pes | ||
2004 | The Prince & Me | Lady In Waiting | |
2007 | Catch the Doctor! | Serafina Pustinová | Czech: Chyťte doktora |
References
- ^ "An institution turns 20". The Age. 14 July 2005. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ "What happened to original cast?". News.com.au. 14 March 2015. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e Cooney, Jenny (29 June 1985). "Torn in two!". TV Week. pp. 22–23.
- ^ a b c d e Kizilos, Kathy (21 March 1985). "All so foreign to 'newcomer'". The Age. Retrieved 10 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Secrets of A Country Practice – Bankcard Christmases". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 May 1985. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Glover, Richard (23 September 1985). "Twice displaced: actors play it close to the bone". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 13 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Today's Television". The Canberra Times. 12 January 1988. p. 10. Retrieved 17 June 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Television guide – Channel 5". Evening Standard. 31 October 1997. Retrieved 11 June 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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