Lenka Pichlíková-Burke
Lenka Pichlíková-Burke (born July 28, 1954 in Prague ) is a Czech actress who has lived in the United States since 1982 .
Life
She was born as the daughter of Karel Pichlík and Anna Hodková, b. Málková was born. In 1977, Lenka Pichlíková graduated from the Theater Faculty of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague . She was a member of the Jiří Wolker Theater Company in Prague , where she played at the age of nine. She then worked at the Theater am Geländer , the Činoherní club and the Theater in der Weinbergen in Prague and was a guest artist at the National Theater in Prague . During her career in Czechoslovakia she starred in over 40 television films and in 12 feature films. She starred in films by Karel Kachyňa ( Meeting in July ) and Otakar Vávra ( Dark Sun ) , among others .
In 1982 she came to the United States where she performed in theater. Her roles included Masha in Chekhov's The Seagull (Theater West, Fort Worth , Texas) and Yelena in Uncle Vanya . She then studied with Marcel Marceau in the USA and worked as a pantomime in Mexico , France , Texas , New York and Connecticut . In 2006 she wrote and played the one-person drama Three Women of Faith , based on the life of Hildegard von Bingen .
She is married to Marcus B. Burke and has two sons with him.
Theater roles
Lenka Pichlíková as Bianca and Dagmar Veškrnová as Katharina in: The Taming of the Shrew (Jiří Wolker Theater, Prague , 1978 ).
Lenka Pichlíková as Masha in: Anton Chekhows Die Möwe / The Seagull (Theater West, Fort Worth, Texas).
Lenka Pichlíková and Patrick McCluskey in Medea (International Festival of Arts and Ideas, 2000 ).
Lenka Pichlíková as The Greed in Seven Main Vices and a Virtue / Seven Deadly Sins and One Virtue ( 2002 ).
Filmography
- 1977 Setkání v červenci ( meeting in July )
- 1979 Silvestr svobodného pána
- 1979 Chvíle pro píseň trubky
- 1979 The invisible visor , the second series
- 1980 Temné slunce ( Neutron Inferno )
- 1980: The Rajgrod smugglers
- 1981 Pozor, vizita! ( Attention, rounds )
- 1982 Čarbanice
- 1982 A piece of heaven
literature
- Česká divadla 1977/78 - 1980/82 ; Divadelní ústav; Prague 1979-1983.
- Minor, E. Kyle: Seeing It from All Sides ; in: The Advocate , Stamford, November 5, 1999.
- Minor, E. Kyle: The Might and Mystery of a Woman Scorned ; in: The New York Times , June 18, 2000.
- Fountain, Christie: Miming Medea ; in: The Advocate / Greenwich Times , Greenwich, July 28, 2000.
- Time for Mime - Lenka Pichlikova ; in: The New York Times , February 11, 2001.
- The Best of the Gold Coast ; in: Greenwich Magazine / Westport Magazine , Greenwich and Westport, August 2006.
Web links
- Lenka Pichlíková in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Filmography in Czech (Kinobox)
- Filmography in Czech (ČSFD.cz)
- Personal site - the website of Lenka Pichlíková - Burke.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pichlíková-Burke, Lenka |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czech actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Czechoslovakia |