Lída Baarová was born on September 14, 1914 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary as Ludmila Babková. She was an actress, known for I Vitelloni (1953), Virginity (1937) and Dívka v modrém (1940). She was married to Kurt Lundwall and Jan Kopecky. She died on October 28, 2000 in Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria.
Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary. [now in Czech Republic]
Profession
Actress
Spouse
Kurt Lundvall (m. 1958–1980), Jan Kopecky (m. 1947–1956)
Parents
Ludmila Babková
Siblings
Zorka Janů
Star Sign
Virgo
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Fact
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After her release from prison, Baarova married a theatrical agent, Jan Kopecky, who was related to the Czech Minister of the Interior. The pair made an abortive escape attempt across the border in 1948, but eventually did end up together in Argentina. After divorcing Kopecky in 1956, Baarova retired to Salzburg in Austria. Four years later, she began her theatrical comeback at the Theater an der Berliner Allee in Duesseldorf in a play by Claude Magnier..
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The daughter of a civil servant, Baarova trained for acting at the State Conservatory in Prague. She appeared on stage and acted in several Czech films before being signed by Ufa, where she was groomed as a star. Her first major role was in Barcarole (1935). She was romantically linked to the Third Reich's propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels. This liaison, for a while, did her career no harm. According to popular legend, Baarova's then-husband, the actor Gustav Gruendgens, slapped Goebbels in the face after catching the two 'in flagranti'. Hitler, in order to salvage the marriage between Magda and Joseph Goebbels and to circumvent a scandal, effectively ordered Goeebels to give up his mistress. In 1938, Baarova was forbidden to make any further films in Germany. She returned forthwith to Prague. From 1942, she made several films in Mussolini's Italy. After the war, Baarova was accused as a collaborator and incarcerated for a year and a half in Pankrac prison. She was released a few days prior to Christmas 1946.
She had an long term affair with Joseph Goebbels. She was persecuted by the communist regime because of "collaboration". According to he autobiography she later in her life regretted being mixed up in "the history". But at that time she was very young and "foolish" and couldn't help seeing Goebbels.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
Il cielo brucia
1958
Little girl's mother
Rapsodia de sangre
1958
Anna Vladimira Solov
El batallón de las sombras
1957
Viaje de novios
1956
Adela
La mestiza
1956
Todos somos necesarios
1956
Miedo
1956
Carlos wife
Piet
1954
Eugenia
I Vitelloni
1953
Giulia Curti (as Lida Baarowa)
What Price Innocence?
1952
Adriana Sereni
Gli amanti di Ravello
1951
Ida
La vendetta di una pazza
1951
Paola Micheli
La bisarca
1950
Greta
La sua strada
1946
La staniera (as Lida Baarova)
Vivere ancora
1945
as Lida Baarova
L'ippocampo
1945
Elena Sergati (as Lida Baarova)
Il cappello da prete
1944
Marinella (as Lida Baarova)
La fornarina
1944
Margherita, la Fornarina (as Lida Baarova)
Grazia
1943
Ti conosco, mascherina!
1943
Elisa De Laurenzi (as Lidia Baarova)
The Incendiary's Daughter
1941
Rozárka Valentová
Turbina
1941
Tynda
Za tichych noci
1941
Jana Radimska
Life Is Beautiful
1940
Paintress Jarmila Bendová
The Masked Lover
1940
Lenka Rossetiová
Artur a Leontýna
1940
Leontýna Sobotová
Dívka v modrém
1940
Komtesa Blanka z Blankenburgu
Ohnivé léto
1939
Men Are That Way
1939
Preußische Liebesgeschichte
1938
Prinzessin Elisa Radziwill
Der Spieler
1938
Nina - seine Tochter
Její lékar
1938
Vlasta, daughter
Virginity
1937
Hana Polácková
Die Fledermaus
1937
Maria Weigel / Rosalinde
Patriots
1937
Thérèse - genannt Jou-Jou
Die Kronzeugin
1937
unfinished
Lidé na kre
1937
MUDr. Pavla Junková
Komediantská princezna
1936
Eva Kratochvílová
Svadlenka
1936
Líza Bártová - seamstress
The Traitor
1936
Marion
Die Stunde der Versuchung
1936
Irene - seine Frau
One Too Many on Board
1935
Gerda Hegert
A Devil of a Fellow
1935
Lady Milton, eine junge Witwe
Barcarole
1935
Giacinta Zubarab
Grandhotel Nevada
1935
Lucy Whiteman
Na rùzích ustláno
1935
Mariana
Pán na roztrhání
1934
Eva Svobová
Pokusení paní Antonie
1934
Milada Nováková
Zlatá Katerina
1934
Dokud mas maminku
1934
Jana Machova
Okénko
1933
Ruzena - Dynybylova's daughter
Sedmá velmoc
1933
Helena Radová, reportérka
Madla z cihelny
1933
Madla
Jsem devce s certem v tele
1933
Irena
Funebrák
1933
Miss Rozmarová
Ruzové kombiné
1932
Sedlácková, his woman
Zapadlí vlastenci
1932
Albínka, daughter
Senkýrka u divoké krásy
1932
Eva Konrádová - daughter
Malostransti musketýri
1932
Dr. Olga Wernerová
Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmese
1932
Královna a její dvojnice (as L. Baarova-Babkova)
Obrácení Ferdyse Pistory
1932
Member salvation army
Kariéra Pavla Camrdy
1931
Viktorka
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Dívka v modrém
1940
performer: "Ruze nad mojí mrízí"
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Hitlers Frauen
2001
TV Series documentary
Speaker
Sladke horkosti Lidy Baarove
1995
Documentary short
Herself
Joseph Goebbels gesehen von dem UFA-Star Lida Baarova
1991
Documentary
Herself
Und was bleibt - Gespräch mit Lida Baarova
1981
TV Movie documentary
Herself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zkáza krásou
2016
Documentary
Herself
Lida Baarova
2001
Lída Baarová
Known for movies
I Vitelloni (1953) as Giulia Curti
Virginity (1937) as Hana Polácková
Dívka v modrém (1940) as Komtesa Blanka z Blankenburgu
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