Naďa Urbánková

Naďa Urbánková (born Naděžda Balabánová; 30 June 1939 – 3 February 2023) was a Czech singer and actress.

Naďa Urbánková
Urbánková in 2008
Born
Naděžda Balabánová

(1939-06-30)30 June 1939
Nová Paka, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Died3 February 2023(2023-02-03) (aged 83)
Prague, Czech Republic
NationalityCzech

Life and career

Born in Nová Paka, Urbánková grew up in Borovnička and graduated as a nurse at the Higher Medical School in Trutnov.[1] After some experience in amateur dramatics, she made her professional stage debut in 1959 in the Pardubice Theatre.[1] After marrying the actor Karel Urbánek she moved to Prague, where she worked at Magician's Lantern and was part of the CSSPT (the Czechoslovak State Ensemble of Songs and Dances).

Urbánková had her breakout in 1964, when she started a ten-years-run in the stage company of the Semafor theatre, and made her film debut in the successful musical If a Thousand Clarinets.[1] In the 1960s and 1970s, she appeared in Closely Watched Trains, Larks on a String and Seclusion Near a Forest. As a singer, her major hits were "Závidím" (Czech cover of "Il ragazzo della via Gluck") and "Drahý můj" (Czech cover of "A Dear John Letter"), in duet with Jiří Grossmann.[1] She was later part of the Jiří Brabec's Country Beat band.[1][2] Starting from 1972, she won five Golden Nightingales in a row.[2][3]

Urbánková died on 3 February 2023, from complications from cancer and COVID-19, at the age of 83.[1]

References
  1. "Zemřela zpěvačka a herečka Naďa Urbánková. Bylo jí 83 let" (in Czech). Czech Radio. 4 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. Štefl, Jiří (4 February 2023). "Zemřela Naďa Urbánková. "Závidět může člověk jen život," říkala o boji s rakovinou" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  3. "Na svoj hrob videla Naďa Urbánková († 83) z okna: Speváčka si svoj pohreb do detailov premyslela!". Nový Čas (in Slovak). 9 February 2023. Retrieved 10 February 2023.
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