Legendary actress Jiřina Bohdalová, almost ninety years old, talks about her winding life journey between tears and laughter
Jiřina Bohdalová was born on 3 May 1931 in Prague. On the occasion of her jubilee, a biographical book My Life Between Tears and Laughter was published, where the unique actress tells about her life, in which she experienced moments both happy and sad, full of happiness and tragedy. Her life's journey has been quite winding. Jiřina Bohdalová's biography is supplemented by a number of photographs from her personal archive, which map her almost 90 years of acting and private life.
In My Life Between Tears and Laughter, the experienced author Jiří Janoušek became a sensitive guide to her story. What does the talented and popular actress feel when she looks back at her private life, which she has tried to guard so closely? How did Jiřina Bohdalová experience her father's imprisonment for treason and in what conditions did she raise her daughter Simona? Why did Jan Werich keep a protective hand over her? How many times did the StB enter her life - from arrests to suggestions of informing on her to a court decision to remove her name from the lists of collaborators? Why did President Novotný thank her for not marrying him while his wife wanted to arrange her wedding to Radek Brzobohatý?
Jiří Janoušek says about his collaboration with Jiřina Bohdalová: "In the book My Life Between Tears and Laughter we have tried together to portray that winding life journey and to bring it to life with photographs and documents from the family archive. I was hoping that at her age, she didn't want to fake anything and didn't need to fake anything. That he's not afraid to admit what happened and that he won't be afraid of what anyone tells him. I was not disappointed."
In her biography My Life Between Tears and Laughter, the legendary actress takes stock of her acting career and her private life, looking back on her years in the limelight, not avoiding the difficult years after her father's imprisonment, when her daughter Simona was born. He tells about the help of Jan Werich, his partnership with Vladimír Menšík and his marriage to Radek Brzobohatý.
Jiří Janoušek is also the author of a great book Jan Werich behind the curtain, which contains a large number of period photographs mapping the life of Jan Werich from his birth to his death and 12 comprehensive interviews.
