Lída Baarová

Lída Baarová (September 14, 1914 in Prague – October 28, 2000 in Salzburg) was a movie actress. Born Ludmila Babková, she studied acting at Prague's conservatory and got her first movie role in a Czech film at the age of 17. Her mother appeared in several theater plays and her younger sister, Zorka Jan?, was also a movie actress. Lida Baarova's first love affair was with the film director Karel Lama?. People who used to know her reminisce that she was the most beautiful woman they have ever seen. The foremost Czech movie director, Otakar Vavra said that her beauty likely infatuated every man she met. After being discovered by talent scouts for the German movie studios, Lida Baarova left Prague for Berlin.

References

• Lída Baarová, L. (1992). ?ivota sladké ho?kosti. Ostrava, Czech Republic: Sfinga.
• Josef Frais, J. (1998). Trojhv?zdí nesmrtelných. Prague, Czech Republic: Formát.
• Motl, S. (2002). Prokleti Lidy Baarove. Praha: Rybka Publishers.
• ?kvorecky, J. (1983). Út?ky: Vlastní ?ivotopis Lídy Baarové, jak jej vyprávela Josefu ?kvoreckému. Toronto, Canada: Sixty-Eight Publishers.
• Vavra, O. (1996). Podivný ?ivot re?iséra: Obrazy vzpominek. Praha: Prostor.