Isa Grégrová

Isa Grégrová
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
Isa Grégrová, from a 1904 publication
Born
Isabella Grögrová

(1878-11-30)30 November 1878
Kralovice, Austria-Hungary
Died23 March 1962(1962-03-23) (aged 83)
Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Other namesIza Hamerníková-Grégrová
Occupation(s)Actress, educator

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]

References

  1. ^ Some sources give 1879 as her birth year, including the Národní Divadlo Online Archive.
  2. ^ a b "Drama a Jevištĕ". Pokroková revue (in Czech). 4: 482–483. 1908.
  3. ^ a b c Bartos, Petr "Bart". "Iza Grégrová". CSFD (Cesko-Slovenská filmová databáze) (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  4. ^ Vrbanič, Milan (May 1908). "Bilješke". Savremenik (in Croatian). 3: 320.
  5. ^ Theer, Otakar. "Naše Umělkyně" Český svét 1(October 1904): 41-43. (in Czech)
  6. ^ "Iza Grégrová". IbsenStage. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  7. ^ "Isa Gregrova". IbsenStage. Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  8. ^ "Oresteia (1907)". APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  9. ^ Wrigley, Amanda (2005-12-08). "Appendix:Agamemnons on the APGRD Database". In Macintosh, Fiona; Michelakis, Pantelis; Hall, Edith; Taplin, Oliver (eds.). Agamemnon in Performance 458 BC to AD 2004. OUP Oxford. p. 370. ISBN 978-0-19-160836-0.
  10. ^ a b "Iza Grégrová". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-04-04.
  11. ^ "Iza Grégrová". Národní Divadlo Online Archive (in Czech). Retrieved 2022-04-04.