Helena Vondráčková
Date of birth: 1947-06-24
Place of birth: Prague, Czechoslovakia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Хелена Вондрачкова, Helena Vondrácková, Helena Vondrackova, Helenka Vondráčková
Biography
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)
Movie Credits
The Terribly Sad Princess
1968-06-07
Musical fairy tale tells the story of prince and princesses from neighbouring friendly countries who
Fantom biografu
1977-01-01
Ostrov plný písniček
1977-12-31
Helena na horách
1977-12-28
Kouzelný kolotoč
1978-01-01
Want to get to a space planet full of songs? Use the attractions of the magical TV carousel from 197
Dům pro Helenu
1979-11-05
Barrandovské nokturno aneb Jak film tančil a zpíval
1985-02-01
The 50th anniversary of the Barrandov studios was celebrated with a spectacular show: many directors
The Tale of John and Mary
1980-11-01
Young knight John travels the world in search of fame and fortune, but also to help others and prove
Hle Praha, pane Pařížane!
1980-01-01
Let Him Face the Music!
1978-07-07
School supply teacher timid folk art Ales Brabec won first prize at a music festival and will theref
Štědrý den bratří Mánesů
1981-12-24
Romance ze Savoy baru
1982-08-07
Zpěváci na kraji nemocnice
1982-12-31
Kameňák 2
2004-01-22
Short Comedy skits of popular jokes. A continuation of the first movie.
Intervision Song Contest - schlager i kalla krigets skugga
2022-05-07
Documentary about the Intervision Song Contest in general and the 1980 edition in particular. Focuse
Žabí muzikál
1971-03-20
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom where a spoiled and conceited princess lived. She didn't like
Rozvod
1970-01-01
Eva a její klan
1972-05-23
Zpívající film
1973-04-20
An editing film made from older Czech music films, in which Waldemar Matuska searches for a lost son
Pět cestujících
1972-01-01
The Magic Voice of a Rebel
2014-07-17
'The Magic Voice of a Rebel' portrays the story of the Czech singer Marta Kubisová, who without neve
Silvestr 79 aneb Hrajeme si jako děti
1979-12-31
A New Year's Eve television variety show from late 1979.
Silvestr na přání aneb Čí jsou hory Kavčí
1977-12-31
Silvestr 1978
1978-12-31
A New Year's Eve television variety show from late 1978.
Vydržte až do půlnoci!
1973-12-31
Silvestr je za dveřmi
1974-12-31
Silvestr na Silvestru
1975-12-31
Rendez-vous pri Dunaji
1970-12-31
Silvestr 71
1971-12-31
Báječné ženy na létajících strojích
1978-01-01
Láska na inzerát
1988-01-01
Goodbye, Medeo
1982-12-03
The director and choreographer from Prague are preparing a show performance "Oriental Fairy Tale" -
Dovolená s Helenou
1975-01-01
Když hvězdy vyplovou...
1974-12-25
Aristocrat in the Boil
2024-01-18
Count Frank Kostka, his wife Vivien and their daughter Marie live in their ancestral castle Kostka.
Trhala fialky dynamitem
1992-11-19
The heroes of this wacky spectacle are the large Karafiát family, who, in the emerging market condit
Romance for a Crown
1975-10-24
A musical comedy about a date between boy and girl which started badly but continued very unexpected
Karel Svoboda: Šťastná léta
2020-01-16
Women's Revenge
2020-09-10
A group therapy session unites three scorned wives as they help one another destroy the lives and ca
Michal David 50 – Mejdan roku
2010-06-26
Nejslavnější české muzikály
2020-12-21
Performances by leading Czech singers performing hits by Karel Svoboda and Michal David. You will he
Letní romance
1975-01-01
Helena Vondráčková and Lubomír Lipský in an almost criminal ballad... The director of a company in a
Dobrý večer
1982-01-01