Olinka Berova Profile

Olinka Berova

	(Olga “Olly” Schoberová)
15 March 43 / 45	is born in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Her father is Heinz Schober from Bremen, Germany; her mother, from Vienna, Austria.
63	works as a stenographer in Prague
?	is a shop assistant in a Prague department store
?	speaks fluent Czech, German, and Russian
64	is discovered by Czech director Oldrich Lipsky for Limonadovy Joe, the movie that will make her internationally renowned
	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.
	falls in love with Harris while they film Hartwig’s Die Goldsucher von Arkansas in Prague
March 64	as Olga Schoberova, she's on the cover of Playboy
65	becomes engaged to Harris while filming Graf Bobby, der Schrecken des wilden Westens in Vienna, Austria
?	is cast in The Vengeance of She by Paramount production director Steven Previn
?	Paramount renames her Olinka Berova. Olinka is Czech for baby. The publicity department reduces her age by 4 years.
22 June 67	as the star of the upcoming The Vengeance of She, she's introduced to the press at London's Savoy Hotel
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.
?	between her films, she frequently visits her parents in Prague
?	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.
September 67	attends a Variety Club race meeting at Sandown Park, Surrey
	is on location in Monte Carlo for the filming of The Vengeance of She
	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"
October 67	Wilson knows: "London Playboy head Victor Lownes, who cancelled marriage plans with Joanna Pettet, now dates Czech film queen Olinka Berova..."
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.
68	does a publicity tour of the Barrandov Studios
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.
April 68	is on the cover of Bunte
27 November 68	her daughter Sabrina, "Babrinka," D. is born in Los Angeles
69	divorces Harris
	is on the cover of Cinema X
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.
January 75	as Olinka Calley, her husband's 65-foot boat is named after her, Olinka
31 December 92	divorces Calley. He will marry actress Meg Tilly in 1995.
06	as Olga Calley, she resides in Los Angeles

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
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Links: Filmography Filles de l'enfer Fantafilm Carfax Abbey JSR Pages: Olinka Berova