Czech actress (1878–1962)
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![A young woman in profile, with light skin and abundant dark hair piled on top of her head; she is wearing a lowcut white gown with wide dark shoulder straps](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e5/IsaGregrova1904.tif/lossless-page1-220px-IsaGregrova1904.tif.png) Isa Grégrová, from a 1904 publication |
Born | Isabella Grögrová (1878-11-30)30 November 1878
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Died | 23 March 1962(1962-03-23) (aged 83)
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Other names | Iza Hamerníková-Grégrová |
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Occupation(s) | Actress, educator |
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Iza Hamerníková-Grégrová (born Isabella Grögrová; 30 November 1878 – 23 March 1962), known as Isa Grégrová, was a Czech actress and teacher.[1]
Early life
Grégrová was born in Kralovice and lived in Domažlice,[2] the daughter of Leopold Gröger and Marie Grögrová-Czenhausová. She studied acting with Otilie Sklenářová-Malá [cs].[2][3]
Career
Grégrová was a member of the National Theatre company in Prague from 1895 to 1908.[4] She played Shakespearean roles,[5] and appeared as Hedvig in Ibsen's The Wild Duck in 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, and 1921.[6][7] She played Kassandra in a Prague production of Jaroslav Kvapil's Oresteia (1907).[8][9] She appeared in one silent film, Tam na horách (1920).[3][10]
After Grégrová retired from the stage, she taught acting and worked on Prague radio. She moved to Switzerland before World War II and eventually settled in Liechtenstein.[3]
Personal life
Grégrová retired from the Prague stage and married Josef Hamerník in 1908; a few weeks later, their son, also named Josef, was born in Berlin. Grégrová died in 1962, in Vaduz.[10][11]
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