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(Olga “Olly” Schoberová)
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| 15 March 43 / 45 |
is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father is from Bremen, Germany; her mother, from Vienna, Austria.
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| 63 |
works as a stenographer in Prague
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is a shop assistant in a Prague department store
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speaks fluent Czech, German, and Russian
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| 64 |
is discovered by Czech director Oldrich Lipsky for Limonadovy Joe, the movie that will make her internationally renowned
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German producer Wolf C. Hartwig casts her for his Das Geheimnis der chinesischen Nelke, to be filmed in Prague. Among the cast is stuntman-actor Brad Harris, whom Hartwig discovered in Rome.
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falls in love with Harris while they film Hartwig’s Die Goldsucher von Arkansas in Prague
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| March 64 |
as Olga Schoberova, she's on the cover of Playboy
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| 65 |
becomes engaged to Harris while filming Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens in Vienna, Austria
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is cast in The Vengeance of She by Paramount production director Steven Previn
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Paramount renames her Olinka Berova. Olinka is Czech for baby. The publicity department reduces her age by 4 years.
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| 22 June 67 |
as the star of the upcoming The Vengeance of She, she's introduced to the press at London's Savoy Hotel
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| July 67 |
has to transfer all of her earnings to communist Czechoslovakia. Upon her return, she gets 40% in cash and 60% in vouchers for imported goods.
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between her films, she frequently visits her parents in Prague
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is in the States for three months to meet the parents of her fiancé. While there, 20th Century-Fox offers her a seven-year contract, but she declines it.
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| September 67 |
attends a Variety Club race meeting at Sandown Park, Surrey
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is on location in Monte Carlo for the filming of The Vengeance of She
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columnist Earl Wilson tells she "is so voluptuous in Vengeance of She that she'll do another chest picture, When the Dinosaurs Rule the World"
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| October 67 |
Wilson knows: "London Playboy head Victor Lownes, who cancelled marriage plans with Joanna Pettet, now dates Czech film queen Olinka Berova..."
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| 16 November 67 |
marries actor Brad Harris in a Las Vegas "Strip" wedding chapel. He's 34; she's 24. The press gives her age as 21.
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| 68 |
does a publicity tour of the Barrandov Studios
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| 4 March 68 |
is introduced to the Queen at the Royal Performance of Romeo and Juliet in London. Joan Collins, Richard Chamberlain, and Topol also attend.
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| April 68 |
is on the cover of Bunte
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| 27 November 68 |
her daughter Sabrina, "Babrinka," D. is born in Los Angeles
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| 69 |
divorces Harris
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is on the cover of Cinema X
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| 30 December 72 |
marries John N. Calley, executive vice president in charge of production at Warner Brothers, in Los Angeles. He's 42; she's 29.
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| January 75 |
as Olinka Calley, her husband's 65-foot boat is named after her, Olinka
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| 31 December 92 |
divorces Calley. He will marry actress Meg Tilly in 1995.
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| 06 |
as Olga Calley, she resides in Los Angeles
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Sources:
The Stars and Stripes, Action Filmzeitschrift, Die Bunte, Van Wert Bulletin, The Times Recorder, The Middlesboro Daily News, Tri-City Herald, www.Ancestry.com |
Recommended Books:
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Links:
Filmography
Filles de l'enfer
Fantafilm
Carfax Abbey
JSR Pages: Olinka Berova |
