Jiřina Štěpničková

Biography

Jiřina Štěpničková was a Czech actress born on April 3, 1912, in Prague. She began her acting career at 16 and became a lead actress in many Czechoslovak movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Her life took a dramatic turn when she attempted to emigrate to West Germany, leading to a 15-year prison sentence; she was released in 1961 after being fully rehabilitated by the government. She passed away on September 5, 1985, in Prague.