Táňa Fischerová | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 December 2019 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Czech |
Occupation(s) | Actress writer television host politician civic activist |
Website | tanafischerova.cz |
Taťana Fischerová (better known as Táňa Fischerová) (6 June 1947 – 25 December 2019) [1] was a Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She was a candidate in the 2013 Czech presidential election. [2]
Fischerová was born in Prague. [3] Her father, actor and theatre director Jan Fischer (or Fišer), was imprisoned in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps during World War II. [3] [4]
She studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, [1] [3] [5] however, she did not finish her studies. [3] In the late 1960s, she worked with Prague's Drama Club. [3] She was sacked from the theatre during the period of normalization (in 1973). [6] She then worked with the Jiří Wolker Theatre for four years. [3] However, after her son Kryštof, whose father is the composer Petr Skoumal, was born with cerebral palsy, she left the theatre. [3] [7] In the 1980s, she worked as a freelance actress. [6] During her acting career, she collaborated with significant personalities of Czech cinema, such as Jan Kačer, [1] [3] Evald Schorm, [1] [3] Antonín Máša, Jaromil Jireš, and Karel Kachyňa. [8]
In 1989, she signed the petition "Několik vět" (A Few Sentences) prepared by the informal civic initiative Charter 77. [6] At that time, she began participating in civic activities. [6]
In 2002, Fischerová was elected to a seat in the Parliament of the Czech Republic as an independent candidate running on the slate of the Unie svobody-DEU (Freedom Union – Democratic Union). [1] She served until 2006. [1] [3] However, she did not succeed in the next election, this time to the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. [3] [9]
Fischerová was one of the three female candidates in the 2013 Czech presidential election, [1] [10] along with Zuzana Roithová and Jana Bobošíková. She was supported by the Green Party. [11] Her team gathered around 65,000 approved signatures from citizens and met the quorum of minimum of 50,000. [12] In the 1st round of the election, she placed 7th with 3.23% (166 211 votes). [1] [13] She did not qualify for the second round.
She was a member of the board of the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97, [3] the Czech Helsinki Committee, [1] [3] and a member of Amnesty International. [3] [14] Along with the singer Marta Kubišová and film director Jan Kačer, she helped to organize the series of annual advent charity concerts broadcast by the Czech Television. [1] [3] [14]
Táňa Fischerová | |
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Born | |
Died | 25 December 2019 | (aged 72)
Nationality | Czech |
Occupation(s) | Actress writer television host politician civic activist |
Website | tanafischerova.cz |
Taťana Fischerová (better known as Táňa Fischerová) (6 June 1947 – 25 December 2019) [1] was a Czech actress, writer, television host, politician and civic activist. From 2002 to 2006, she was a member of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She was a candidate in the 2013 Czech presidential election. [2]
Fischerová was born in Prague. [3] Her father, actor and theatre director Jan Fischer (or Fišer), was imprisoned in Theresienstadt and Auschwitz concentration camps during World War II. [3] [4]
She studied at the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Brno, [1] [3] [5] however, she did not finish her studies. [3] In the late 1960s, she worked with Prague's Drama Club. [3] She was sacked from the theatre during the period of normalization (in 1973). [6] She then worked with the Jiří Wolker Theatre for four years. [3] However, after her son Kryštof, whose father is the composer Petr Skoumal, was born with cerebral palsy, she left the theatre. [3] [7] In the 1980s, she worked as a freelance actress. [6] During her acting career, she collaborated with significant personalities of Czech cinema, such as Jan Kačer, [1] [3] Evald Schorm, [1] [3] Antonín Máša, Jaromil Jireš, and Karel Kachyňa. [8]
In 1989, she signed the petition "Několik vět" (A Few Sentences) prepared by the informal civic initiative Charter 77. [6] At that time, she began participating in civic activities. [6]
In 2002, Fischerová was elected to a seat in the Parliament of the Czech Republic as an independent candidate running on the slate of the Unie svobody-DEU (Freedom Union – Democratic Union). [1] She served until 2006. [1] [3] However, she did not succeed in the next election, this time to the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. [3] [9]
Fischerová was one of the three female candidates in the 2013 Czech presidential election, [1] [10] along with Zuzana Roithová and Jana Bobošíková. She was supported by the Green Party. [11] Her team gathered around 65,000 approved signatures from citizens and met the quorum of minimum of 50,000. [12] In the 1st round of the election, she placed 7th with 3.23% (166 211 votes). [1] [13] She did not qualify for the second round.
She was a member of the board of the Dagmar and Václav Havel Foundation VIZE 97, [3] the Czech Helsinki Committee, [1] [3] and a member of Amnesty International. [3] [14] Along with the singer Marta Kubišová and film director Jan Kačer, she helped to organize the series of annual advent charity concerts broadcast by the Czech Television. [1] [3] [14]