Ilja Prachař

Ilja Prachař April 30 1924 Malenovice August 10 2005 Prague was a Czech actor and playwright He was born in Malenovice near Zlín as the middle of three sons of František Prachar 18992001 an official of the district health insurance company in Zlín and his wife Ludmila 19011981 The elder brother Drahomír 19222008 later worked in a foreign trade company the younger Kamil 19312020 became a theater actor and worked almost his entire professional career in the theater in Cheb In Zlín and Malenovice the parents actively engaged in associational life and performed volunteer theater His wife Jana 1937 is a puppeteer his son David 1959 grandson Jakub 1983 granddaughter Mariana 1994 and greatgranddaughter Alžběta Malá 1997 are acting He began his acting career as a member of the drama group of the Army Art Ensemble of Vít Nejedlý 19451947 in the Workers Theater in Zlín 19471952 and in the theater in Ostrava 19521954 From 1954 he performed at the S K Neumann Theater in Prague and from 1959 to 1990 at the Vinohrady Theatre His bestknown film role is probably the greedy and miserly landowner Trautenberk in the evening series Krkonošské pohádyky He is the author of several plays and television scripts Already in 1951 he received the State Prize for the play Hádajú se o rozumné and for his acting he was awarded the award for outstanding work 1967 the title of meritorious artist 1983 and the František Filipovský Award for lifetime mastery in dubbing 1997 Ilja Prachař was a member of the Communist Party In November 1989 he gave a speech at the Summer Speech as a representative of the actors from the Vinohrady Theatre In his personal life Ilja Prachař was a big supporter of the football club Slavia At the turn of the 1980s and 1990s he was even the chairman of the civic association of the Friends of Slavia for seven years