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Josef Zíma

Acting
1932-05-11
Praha, Czech Republic
Josef Zíma is a Czech actor , singer and moderator. Apart from pop music, he is known as the singer of a brass band . He is often referred to as the unruly king of Czech brass band music .

He is married to the actress Eva Klepáčová .

After studying in Prague , he studied acting , he also privately taught singing . From 1948 to 1951 he was a member of the Conservatoire 's Folk Ensemble, and since 1950 he sang in solo with the Jaroslav Ježek Orchestra . After completing his studies he gained his first actor engagement in Benesov near Prague , where he worked in the years 1953-1955 . From 1955 to 1957 he served in the Army. After military service he entered the Theater of Satire (today's ABC Theater at the U Nováků palace). In 1958 he sang 'Blues for you', it was the first record on which the first song was released by Jiří Suchý as the author.

In 1959 he caused an accident . The singer and chanterist Judita Čeřovská , Alena Pánková, himself and director Jiří Jungwirth, who was later died in the hospital, were seriously injured.

From 1962 to 1992 , so for 30 years, he was engaged in the Prague Chamber Theater (which was a theater that belonged to a group of theaters belonging to the Prague Municipal Theaters).

He played at the Na Fidlovačce Theater in Prague Nusle , the Music Theater in Karlín and the Chamber Theater in Pilsen .

Along with the theater, his career as a pop music singer unfolded . At the beginning he began to play with his songs on the television, and that is why he became famous in the rest of the country as a musician. His most famous songs include Gina, Lovers in Texas, Green Plains, or White Crow.

Later he sang a number of other well-known songs, including also with singer Pavlína Filipovská , Jana Petrů and others.

In his life he recorded about 200 songs and won three Gold and one Platinum album.

Josef Zíma is a singer with a not too vocal voice in the tenor range, but the voice is very pleasant, cultivated, well-groomed and capable of expressing many different moods and emotions.

In Czech Radio he has been conducting a series of musicals for musicals for many years.
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Thirty Cases of Major Zema (1976) subtitle poster
Thirty Cases of Major Zema
1976 TV
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Klapzubova jedenáctka (1968) subtitle poster
Klapzubova jedenáctka
1968 TV
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Stopy života (2013) subtitle poster
Stopy života
2013 TV
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Příběhy českého jazzu (2020) subtitle poster
Příběhy českého jazzu
2020 TV
as Self
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Čechovi (2019) subtitle poster
Čechovi
2019 TV
as Viktor Urban
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Pražský písničkář (1997) subtitle poster
Pražský písničkář
1997 TV
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Bejvávalo (1966) subtitle poster
Bejvávalo
1966 TV
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Puppies (1958) subtitle poster
Puppies
1958 Movie
as Singer
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Karel je Gott (2019) subtitle poster
Karel je Gott
2019 TV
as Self
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Ta naše písnička česká (1967) subtitle poster
Ta naše písnička česká
1967 Movie
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The Princess with the Golden Star (1959) subtitle poster
The Princess with the Golden Star
1959 Movie
as princ Radovan
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An Easy Life (1957) subtitle poster
An Easy Life
1957 Movie
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Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968) subtitle poster
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl
1968 Movie
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Balada z hadrů (1960) subtitle poster
Balada z hadrů
1960 Movie
as zpěvák
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The Young Lady from the Riverside (1959) subtitle poster
The Young Lady from the Riverside
1959 Movie
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Burglar and Umbrella (1971) subtitle poster
Burglar and Umbrella
1971 Movie
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Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower (1967) subtitle poster
Never Strike A Woman... Even with A Flower
1967 Movie
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Pocta V+W (2005) subtitle poster
Pocta V+W
2005 Movie
as Self
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Páté kolo u vozu (1958) subtitle poster
Páté kolo u vozu
1958 Movie
as Entertainer
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Plaváček (1986) subtitle poster
Plaváček
1986 Movie
as děd Vševěd (stařec)
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Pamětnice (2009) subtitle poster
Pamětnice
2009 Movie
as sebe
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