Olga Schoberová

Olga Schoberová, also known as Olinka Bérová (born March 15, 1943), is a Czech-American actress. She acted in Czech, German, Italian, Austrian, Polish, English, and American movies. As "Olinka Berova", she appeared in The Vengeance of She (1968), and several more films. Schoberová has been compared to Brigitte Bardot[1] and Ursula Andress.[2][3] She is fluent in Czech, English, German and Russian.[4]

Olga Schoberová
Born (1943-03-15) March 15, 1943
Prague, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Other namesOlinka Bérová
Occupationactress
Years active1963–1984
Spouse(s)Brad Harris (1967–1969)
John Calley (1972–1992)

Early life

Olga Schoberová was born 15 March 1943 in Prague. Both of her parents were clerks. She graduated from the High School of Economics.[1]

Career

After graduation Schoberová worked as a clerk at the Technomat, for CZK 500 per month.[1] Her older sister Eva was a model. Since Eva was quite busy as a model, Eva once sent Olga, who looked very similar to her, to a modeling job. Olga then started shooting commercials. A Pilsner beer poster with 20 year old Olga attracted the attention of director Antonín Kachlík, who cast her in the movie We Were Ten (1963).[1] Soon after she was cast in many popular Czech movies, including Lemonade Joe or Who Wants to Kill Jessie?.

In 1964, Schoberová appeared on the cover of Playboy magazine, photographed by Herman Leonard.[5][6][7][8] In 1969, Schoberová appeared in Playboy again, this time in the pictorial, Sex Stars of 1969.[9][10] Schoberová appeared with her future husband Brad Harris in The Secret of the Chinese Carnation, (1964), and Massacre at Marble City (1964).[11] After she married John Calley in 1972 she essentially retired from acting. She only returned in 1977 in Dinner for Adele and 1984 in Vrak.

Personal life

In the early 1960s, Olga dated artist Kája Saudek.[11] Saudek advised her to bleach her hair blonde and based his comics character Jessie on her.[1] In 1967, Schoberová married actor Brad Harris, whom she met during filming.[12] Their daughter, Sabrina, is a stylist and costume designer.[11] Olga became romantically involved with Juraj Jakubisko while she was still married.[13][14] She and Harris divorced in 1969. Olga met producer John Calley at Barbra Streisand's party.[15] They got married on December 30, 1972,[4] and divorced almost exactly 20 years later, in December 1992. She then lived in France and later returned to Prague.

Her elder sister, Eva,[16] was born on July 8, 1940. They grew up in Vinohrady, Prague. She worked as a hairdresser, a model and an actress, until 1970, when she left the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, married a doctor, and lives in Switzerland.

Filmography

References
  1. Ládyová, Jana (2020-12-17). "Naší nejkrásnější herečce šedesátých let říkali česká Bardotka". ŽENA-IN (in Czech). Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  2. (in Czech) Olga Schoberová photogallery and biography
  3. "Olga Schoberová: Zahýbala manželovi s Jurajem Jakubiskem!".
  4. "The Private Life and Times of Olinka Berova". glamour girls of the silver screen.
  5. List of people in Playboy 1960–1969#1964
  6. "Česká Bardotka Olga Schoberová slaví 75: Byla jsem hezká, proto teď můžu v klidu žít".
  7. "Playboy (USA) Magazine Back Issues Year 1964 Archive".
  8. "Playboy Magazine vol.11, no.3". vintageplayboymags.co.uk. March 1964. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  9. "Playboy Magazine vol.16, no.12". vintageplayboymags.co.uk. December 1969. Retrieved 18 June 2021. Sex Stars of 1969 by Arthur Knight and Hollis Alpert
  10. "Olinka Berova". HorrorStars.Net. 2009-09-24. Archived from the original on 2011-10-19. Olinka Berova picked up the role of She for the Hammer sequel, The Vengeance of She, after Ursula Andress turned it down. That, and the 1970 film Togetherness, are the only two she ever did in English. ....Playboy Appearances: Mar 1964; Dec 1969;
  11. Hatinová, Daniela (2020-11-08). "Olga Schoberová, první česká sexbomba. Začínala jako hrdinka komiksů (Olga Schoberová, the first Czech sex bomb. She started out as a comic book heroine)". Náš REGION. Archived from the original on 2021-01-19.
    • Adanac Productions. "Olinka Berova Brad Harris (1968)". Films, TV and people. British Film Institute. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Synopsis: He is a former American film stunt man turned actor. She is his wife and possible successor to Ursula Andress in the glamour stakes. A Czech, she must qualify in the usual way for American citizenship. Had been among those presented to the Queen the night before at the Royal Film Performance.
    • C. Maher (Daily Express) (8 November 1967). "Schoberova and Harris". Getty Images. Retrieved 18 June 2021. Czech-American actress Olga Schoberova, also knows as Olinka Berova, with her fiance, American actor, stuntman, and executive producer Brad Harris (1933-2017), UK
  13. "Skrývající se herečka Olga Schoberová: První zpověď o novém muži!".
  14. "Schoberová olga - vše o tématu | Blesk.cz".
  15. "Olga Schoberová". Filmová databáze s.r.o. (FDb.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  16. "Eva Schoberová". Filmová databáze s.r.o. (FDb.cz) (in Czech). Retrieved 17 June 2021. V roce 1965 se stala členkou souboru Černého divadla, kde učinkovala až do roku 1970, kdy odešla z republiky, kde se provdala za lékaře – porodníka a žije dnes se svojí rodinou ve Švýcarsku.
  17. Johnston, Raymond (2020-04-11). "Prague uncovered: A British travelogue shows the city in spring 1968". news.expats.cz. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  18. British Pathé News (26 September 1968). "Prague - The Sad City (TV Episode)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  19. British Pathé News (September 26, 1968). "Prague - The Sad City (1968)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Prague, Czechoslovakia. Footage shot in the 'Prague Spring of freedom', shortly before the Russian invasion is seen with a sombre but 'safe' commentary....At an open-air cafe we see Olinka Berova ("a bright young film star" according to commentator) sipping wine; this beautiful blonde beckons us to go with her and wanders around some lovely gardens in the city, rows across a lake before the Wallenstein Palace, walks around the city, over the Charles Bridge and beside the river. We see an old, ornate clock with moving figures on the side of a building; Olinka walks through the cloisters of a former monastery, now a museum, and across the courtyard, then wanders around looking at Prague Castle and the cathedral. She goes inside the cathedral and we see several stained-glass windows, then comes out through the castle gates and walks off down a long flight of steps leading back to the main city, turns and waves at us and skips off.
  20. British Pathé News (September 26, 1968). "Out Takes / Cuts From Cp 718 - Prague - The Sad City (1968)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  21. British Pathé News (1968). "Olinka Berova at Home (TV Episode)". IMDb. Retrieved 17 June 2021. Olga Schoberová; Brad Harris; Eva Schoberová;
  22. British Pathé News. "Olinka Berova At Home (1968)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-14. Retrieved 17 June 2021. CU still photographs of the Czech film actress Olinka Berova (Olga Schoberova). CU still of her with her husband Brad Harris. VS of Olinka in her dressing room making up and combing her hair. She unhooks some clothes hanging up. VS In her flat she reads her mail and signs photographs of herself. VS Olinka out shopping in a Prague market. VS Olinka looking at dress designs. VS In canteen she buys glass (jug) of beer and just generally talks to the people in there. VS In a garage with her sister Eve she winds up jack and changes car wheel. MCU of Olinka in her car moving along. VS at the Barrandov Studios she drives on the set of a Wild West village. She poses for some photographs in the setting...The car is a Fiat 850 Coupe.
  23. "Olinka Berova At Home (1968)". Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze (in Czech). Retrieved 18 June 2021. British documentary filmmakers have decided to introduce the Czech most famous actress Olga Schoberová, who has also established herself abroad. We can see her in completely ordinary situations, drinking beer, shopping, even exchanging the wheel of her car with her sister Eva. The documentary also shows her then partner and later her husband Brad Harris, with whom he has a daughter, Sabrina Calley.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olga Schoberová.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.