Biography
Hana Maria Pravda (née, Becková; after first marriage, Munk; after second marriage, Pravda; 29 January 1916 − 22 May 2008) was a Czech actress. Hana Becková was born in Prague, 29 January 1916.
She trained in Leningrad in 1936 under Alexei Dikii. On her return to Prague, she married her first husband, Alexander Munk who was a student activist.
Pravda worked in Czech theatre before the outbreak of World War II and made five films (under the names Hana Becková, Hana Bělská, Hana Alexandrová and Hana Pravdová).
When the war broke out, Hana and her husband Alexander Munk were sent to Theresienstadt concentration camp and were subsequently transferred to the Auschwitz concentration camp where they became separated. She survived the camp and the subsequent January 1945 death march and recorded her experiences in a diary. She later found out that her husband had died.
She returned to Prague and continued to act in the realistic theatre where she met George Pravda. She emigrated to the United Kingdom with him and continued her career. Pravda's most well-known role was as Emma Cohen in the 1970s television drama Survivors. She also appeared as the wife of the innkeeper (played by her real-life husband George) in the Jack Palance version of Dracula (1974). Other TV credits include: Danger Man, Department S, Callan, Z-Cars, Dad's Army and Tales of the Unexpected.Pravda's wartime diary was published as I Was Writing This Diary For You, Sasha (2000). She also published a collection of autobiographical stories, Kaleidoscope: Snapshots of My Life (2002).
Filmography
all 29
TV Shows 15
Movies 14
The Man Who Cried (2000)
The Great Kandinsky (1995)
Shining Through (1992)
Agatha Christie's Poirot (1989)
Border (1988)
Death Wish 3 (1985)
Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense (1984)
Tales of the Unexpected (1979)
Lillie (1978)
Survivors (1975)
Dracula (1974)
Napoleon and Love (1974)
And Soon the Darkness (1970)
Catweazle (1970)
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
Department S (1969)
Before Winter Comes (1969)
Callan (1967)
A Man on Her Back (1966)
The Human Jungle (1963)
Suspense (1962)
Studio 4 (1962)
Studio Four (1962)
International Detective (1959)
No Hiding Place (1959)
Nikola Shuhai (1947)
Studentská máma (1935)
První políbení (1935)
Marijka the Unfaithful (1934)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1916-01-29
Deathday2008-05-22 (92 years old)
Birth PlacePrague, Czech Republic
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Czech Republic
Also Known AsHana Belská, Hana Pravda, Hanna-Maria Pravda, Hana Bělská, Hana Alexandrová, Hana Becková, Hana Bělská-Pravdová
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