Vlasta Chramostová Explained

Vlasta Chramostová
Birth Date:	17 November 1926
Birth Place:	Brno, Czechoslovakia
Death Place:	Brno, Czech Republic
Occupation:	Actress
Yearsactive:	1950–2019
Spouse:	Stanislav Milota
Signature:	Vlasta Chramostová – signature ca 1977.jpg

Vlasta Chramostová (17 November 1926 – 6 October 2019)^[1] was a Czech film actress.^[2] She appeared in 35 films since 1950. She starred in the 1950 film The Trap which was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festival.^[3]

A signatory of Charter 77, she was active in the Velvet Revolution, where the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic was overthrown in November 1989. At a rally at the Vinohrady Theatre in Prague, she was quoted as asking the crowd: "If not now, when? If not us, then who?"^[4]

Selected filmography

• The Great Opportunity (1950)
• The Trap (1950)
• Operation B (1952)
• The Secret of Blood (1953)
• The Cassandra Cat (1963)
• The Cremator (1969)
• Sekal Has to Die (1998)
• Leaving (2011)

Notes and References

1. https://www.novinky.cz/kultura/clanek/zemrela-herecka-vlasta-chramostova-40298873 Zemřela herečka Vlasta Chramostová
2. Web site: Vlasta Chramostová . 5 February 2011 . csfd.cz . 30 January 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110130203240/http://www.csfd.cz/herec/1118-vlasta-chramostova/ . dead .
3. Web site: Festival de Cannes: The Trap . 14 January 2009 . festival-cannes.com.
4. ironcurtain_25. 535266558118211584 . 19 November 2014. 20 Nov 89: CSSR: 0300: Vinohrady Theatre rally concludes with actress Vlasta Chramostová asking "If not now, when? If not us, then who?" .