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]

Táňa Fischerová
Born(1947-06-06)6 June 1947
Died25 December 2019(2019-12-25) (aged 72)
NationalityCzech
Occupation(s)Actress
writer
television host
politician
civic activist
Websitetanafischerova.cz

Biography

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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]

Selected filmography

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Selected bibliography

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  • Bílý den ... a jiné příběhy. Prague: Troja, 1999, 119 pp. ISBN 80-902-4282-0. (in Czech)
  • Jeden čas seje, jeden plody sbírá. Illustration Ivan Svatoš. Prague: Svatošovo nakladatelství, 2002, 35 pp. ISBN 80-238-9785-3. (in Czech)
  • Lydiiny dveře. Illustration Lýdie Hladíková. Prague: Porozumění, 1994, 84 pp. ISBN 80-238-1948-8. (in Czech)
  • Táňa Fischerová: nežít jen pro sebe. Prague: Portál, 2002, 133 pp. ISBN 978-807-1786-542. (interview with Daniela Brůhová) (in Czech)
  • Láska nevládne, láska tvoří: hledání cest k proměně společnosti. Hranice: Fabula, 2012, 177 pp. ISBN 978-808-7635-025. (co-authored with Radomil Hradil). (in Czech)
  • Světliny 2: putování k polednám. Prague: Chvojkovo nakladatelství, 2006, 144 pp. ISBN 80-861-8352-1. (co-authored with Ludvík Procházka and Karel Funk). (in Czech)

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Zemřela herečka a politička Táňa Fischerová. Prezidentské kandidátce bylo 72 let". Deník N. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ "Actress Fischerova joins battle for post of Czech president". ČTK. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Zemřela herečka, aktivistka a politička Táňa Fischerová. Bylo jí 72 let". Lidovky. 25 December 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Lásku k divadlu si Jan Fischer odnesl s sebou z Terezína" (in Czech). Ministerstvo kultury (originally Mladá fronta DNES). 29 September 2011. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  5. ^ "Táňa Fischerová - profil kandidáta" (in Czech). Czech Television. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  6. ^ a b c d Štráfeldová, Milena (7 December 2012). "Prezidentská kandidátka Táňa Fischerová: volební medailon" (in Czech). Czech Radio. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  7. ^ "Táňa Fischerová: Moje dítě je mi nejbližší". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). OnaDnes (iDnes). 20 December 2006. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  8. ^ "Fischerová Táňa - životopis" (in Czech). tanafischerova.cz. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  9. ^ "Táňa Fischerová" (in Czech). novinky.cz. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
  10. ^ Lazarová, Daniela (20 December 2012). "Táňa Fischerová – an idealist offering a vision of a better world". Czech Radio. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  11. ^ "Na Hrad nepatří Fischer, ale Fischerová, řekli zelení. Sbírají podpisy". iDNES.cz. 27 September 2012. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  12. ^ "Nejvíce uznaných podpisů má Zeman, nejméně jich vyřadili Roithové" (in Czech). novinky.cz. 23 November 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2013.
  13. ^ "Volba prezidenta republiky konaná ve dnech 11.01. – 12.01.2013" (in Czech). volby.cz. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
  14. ^ a b "Táťána Fischerová, kandidátka na prezidentku". ČTK (in Czech). České noviny. 6 November 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2013.
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