In Memoriam: Czech Theater and Film Actor Ladislav Županič Dies at 80

Theater and film actor and voice actor Ladislav Županič died, he was 80 years old. It was announced by the Actors’ Association. Županič was the recipient of the 2015 Thálie Award for lifelong acting and singing excellence. He is primarily associated with the Prague Musical Theater in Karlín, where he created dozens of successful roles and which he also led. He acted in film, television and radio and dubbed, his voice is used in the Czech Republic by, for example, the American actor Clint Eastwood.

“According to the family’s information, a colleague, a great actor, voice actor, some time ago the director of the Karlín Music Theater, winner of the Thalia Award, Mr. Ladislav Županič, died suddenly today. A great personality has thus left Czech acting,” the Actors’ Association said on Facebook.

A native of Prostějov, he studied at the Janáček Academy of Performing Arts in Brno, and started with theater in Prague at the former Paravan Theater. He then worked in the Karlín ensemble for thirty years, and was its director for ten years. Županič won the Thalia for his performance as Albín in the musical Cage of Fools and also for a lifetime championship. He also played in the Fidlovačka Theater.

In the film Županič he portrayed, for example, Pražák Rumlen in Menzel’s film Vesničko má středisková or a servant in Trošk’s fairy tales Princess of the Mill 1 and 2.

From television productions, he appeared in the series Arabela, Chlapci a chlapi, Zdivočelá země or Okresní přebor.

He was married three times in total, his second wife was the actress Jana Drbohlavová.

Six years ago, Ladislav Županič was a guest of the CT program Uchem Jehly.

Ladislav Županič as a guest of the program Eye of the Needle (source: CT)

2023-12-09 17:06:55
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