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Olga Scheinpflugová (born 3 December 1902 in Slaný - died 13 April 1968 in Prague) was a Czech actress and writer. She was a daughter of writer, journalist and playwright Karel Scheinpflug. In 1935, she married the writer Karel Čapek.
[edit] BiographyScheinpflugová started her acting career at a young age, as a student of gymnasium in Slaný. From 1917 she studied at the business school in Prague and concurrently she privately studied dramatic art with Marie Hübnerová.[1] In 1920 she was engaged in the Švanda Theatre and two years later she became a member of the City Theatre in Prague-Královské Vinohrady. In 1920 she met and befriended Karel Čapek.[2] From 1929 she began to act in the National Theatre in Prague. With two short interruptions, she remained in the National Theatre until her death.[3] During her career she collaborated with many respected directors, most notably with J. Kvapil, J. Bor, K. H. Hilar, J. Frejka, Otomar Krejča and Alfréd Radok. In 1935 she married Karel Čapek, but their marriage was very short, since Čapek died of pneumonia in 1938.[4] Following that, she was interrogated by Gestapo and spent the rest of the World War II in fear. Čapek's work was clearly anti-fascist and he represented a danger for fascist régime. Alongside her activities as an actress, she devoted herself to writing. Initially she published mainly in journals, but from the second half of the 1920 some of her books were published. She is the author of sixteen novels, ten children books, seven poetry collections and ten plays.[5] Some of her works were also made into movies. The main topic of her books is the role of woman in the modern world.[6] The marriage with Karel Čapek deeply influenced her acting career, as well as her literary works.[5] Olga Scheinpflugová suffered a heart attack in April 1968, directly on the stage, during her performance in the play Mother by her husband Karel Čapek.[7] [edit] Selected works
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