Vlasta Chramostová

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]

Vlasta Chramostová
Born(1926-11-17)17 November 1926
Brno, Czechoslovakia
Died6 October 2019(2019-10-06) (aged 92)
Brno, Czech Republic
OccupationActress
Years active1950–2019
Spouse(s)Stanislav Milota

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

References
  1. Zemřela herečka Vlasta Chramostová (in Czech)
  2. "Vlasta Chramostová". csfd.cz. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  3. "Festival de Cannes: The Trap". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 14 January 2009.
  4. @ironcurtain_25 (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?"" (Tweet) – via Twitter.


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