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Helena Vondráčková

Helena Vondráčková (born 24 June 1947, in Prague) is a Czech singer whose career has spanned five decades. Vondráčková spent her childhood years in the town of Slatiňany. She took piano lessons from an early age. In 1964 Vondráčková came to prominence when she won a national talent contest that 27 of April then that 3 of September she made her first recording: a Czech rendering of "Red River Valley" entitled "Červená řeka" ("Red River Valley"). In 1965, the year she graduated high school, Vondráčková was voted the most popular singer in Czechoslovakia by the readers of the magazine Mladý svět earning the Golden Nightingale award for the only time in her career although Vondráčková would subsequently earn second or third place a total of twenty-seven times with eleven Silver Nightingale awards and sixteen Bronze Nightingale awards. In the summer of 1966 Vondráčková began her music festival career competing in the inaugural Bratislavská Lýra festival as a duo with Marta Kubišová: their entry "Oh Baby Baby" earned the second-place Silver Lyre award. Vondráčková's music festival debut as a solo act was at the Rio de Janeiro International Music Festival in November 1967 where her entry "Vzdálený hlas" received the Golden Rooster award: in June 1968 Vondráčková returned Bratislavska Lyra in a duo with Waldemar Matuška and a resultant Bronze Lyre award for their entrant "To se nikdo nedoví" and in 1969 Vondráčková participated in the 1969 European Cup Festival in Knokke Belgium. Having reached #2 on the Czechoslovakian hit parade with the Kubišova duet "Oh Baby Baby", Vondráčková reached #1 in September 1967 with "Nedoufej" a rendering of the Sonny & Cher hit "Little Man": this was one of a number of Czech language cover versions Vondráčková cut for the Supraphon label, others being ""Pátá"" ("Downtown"), "Chytila Jsem Motýlka" ("I Only Want to Be with You") and "Růže kvetou dál", a rendering of the Gilbert Becaud hit "L'Important c'est la Rose" which afforded Vondráčková a second #1 in November 1967 and remaining in the Top Ten until March 1968. Vondráčková returned to the Top Ten in 1968 with "Hej, Pane Zajíci!" a duet with Marta Kubišova and also with a Czech-language rendering of "Gli Occhi iei" entitled "Utíkej". Vondráčková's debut album appeared in 1969: entitled "Růže kvetou dál it was a compilation of her singles released from 1964 on. (Wikipedia)


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Born:
Jun 24, 1947 In Prague, Czechoslovakia
Movie/TV Credits:
43
First Appeared:
In the series Píseň pro Rudolfa III. 1967-04-01
Latest Project:
Movie Aristocrat in the Boil 2024-01-18
Known For
Poster of Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta
Poster of The Neighbours
Poster of Třikrát baron Prášil
Poster of Romance for a Crown
Filmography
Movie Aristocrat in the Boil Helena Vondráčková 2024-01-18
Movie Intervision Song Contest - schlager i kalla krigets skugga Self 2022-05-07
Movie Women's Revenge sestra na urologii 2020-09-10
Movie Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta Self 2020-01-16
Movie Nejslavnější české muzikály 2020-12-21
Series Karel je Gott Herself 2019-07-13
Series To se ví Herself 2019-09-15
Movie The Magic Voice Of A Rebel 2014-07-17
Movie Michal David 50 – Mejdan roku 2010-06-26
Series The Neighbours Helena Vondráčková 2006-09-04
Movie Kameňák 2 Doctor Helena 2004-01-22
Series Třikrát baron Prášil Unknown 1994-01-01
Movie Trhala fialky dynamitem 1992-11-19
Movie Láska na inzerát 1988-01-01
Movie Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval Self - Singer 1985-02-01
Movie Romance ze Savoy baru 1982-08-07
Movie Goodbye, Medeo Scheherazade - singer 1982-12-03
Movie Zpěváci na kraji nemocnice 1982-12-31
Movie Štědrý den bratří Mánesů Self 1981-12-24
Movie Hle Praha, pane Pařížane! Self 1980-01-01
Movie The Tale of John and Mary Mařenka (zpěv) 1980-11-01
Series Možná přijde i... Kaiser a Lábus Unknown 1979-01-01
Movie Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti Self 1979-12-31
Movie Silvestr 1978 Self 1978-12-31
Movie Kouzelný kolotoč 1978-01-01
Movie Báječné ženy na létajících strojích Helenka 1978-01-01
Movie Let Him Face the Music! 1978-07-07
Movie Ostrov plný písniček 1977-12-31
Movie Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí Self 1977-12-31
Movie Letní romance 1975-01-01
Movie Romance for a Crown Helena Vondráčková 1975-10-24
Movie Silvestr na Silvestru Self 1975-12-31
Movie Když hvězdy vyplovou... 1974-12-25
Movie Silvestr je za dveřmi Self 1974-12-31
Movie Vydržte až do půlnoci! Self 1973-12-31
Movie Zpívající film 1973-04-20
Movie Pět cestujících 1972-01-01
Movie Žabí muzikál Princess Lilinka (singing voice) 1971-03-20
Movie Silvestr 71 Self 1971-12-31
Movie Rozvod 1970-01-01
Movie Rendez-vous pri Dunaji Self 1970-12-31
Movie The Terribly Sad Princess princezna Helena 1968-06-07
Series Píseň pro Rudolfa III. Helena Vondráčková 1967-04-01