Božidara Turzonovová

Prof. MA[1] Božidara Turzonovová
Born	May 28, 1942 (1942-05-28) (age 69) Sofia, Bulgaria[2]
Nationality	Slovak[2]
Education	VŠMU, Bratislava(1959-63)[2]
Occupation	actress, teacher, dean, AFF chairman, IFFC president
Years active	1961-present[2]
Employer	SND, Bratislava (1963-present)[2]
Organization	VŠMU, Bratislava (1984-99) AFF, T.Teplice (1993-?)[2][3] AU, B.Bystrica (1999-present)[2] IFFC, Piešťany (2005-present)[2]
Spouse	Jozef Adamovič (1962-present)[2]
Children	Andrea and Lucia[4]
Awards	Meritorious Artist (1979) Crystal Wing (1997) Actor's Mission Award (2002) Pribina Cross (2008) Jozef Kroner Award (2009)
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Božidara Turzonovová (Slovak: [ˈboʒidara ˈturzonovovaː]; born on May 28, 1942 in Sofia, Bulgaria) is a significant Slovak film and stage actress.^[2] The former chairman of the Art Film Fest (AFF) in Trenčianske Teplice,^[3] nowdays the president of the International Film Festival Cinematik (IFFC) held in Piešťany from 2006,^[2] is also known as the first dean of the Faculty of Drama at the Academy of Performing Arts in Banská Bystrica (1998-2005).^[5][6] Since 2009, she occupies the Managing Board of the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava^[7] and, simultaneously, lectures at the Faculty of Mass Media Communication at the University of Saints Cyril and Methodius in Trnava.^[1]

In terms of artistic achievements, Turzonovová is most notable for her portrayal of Emmy Destinn in Jiří Krejčík's motion picture entitled Divine Emma (1979). The movie was submitted for the 54th Academy Awards in 1982 in the category Best Foreign Language Film. Most currently, the actress was casted in the Palm Springs International ShortFest-winning film The Lunch Box (2009),^[8] which also scored a bronze medal in the narrative category at the 37th Annual Student Academy Awards competition, in 2010.^[9]

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 1942-60: Early life and Drama school 1.2 1961-69: A Bridge to the Other Side and Slovak National Theatre 1.3 1970-79: Golden Croc, Film a Divadlo awards, Meritorious Artist title and Divine Emma 2 Filmography 3 Awards and nominations 4 See also 5 Notes 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links

Biography

1942-60: Early life and Drama school

Božidara Turzonovová is a daughter of a female medician from Serbia and a reputable architect with origins in Macedonia (near Thessaloniki). As the oldest of three descendents, she was born in the Republic of Bulgaria. After thirteen months spent in Sofia, her mother followed the spouse to Bratislava, where he worked since 1939. From 1943, Turzonovová was therefore raised in Slovakia.^[4] According to the actress, she was often called "that Bulgarian" at that time that led her to a state of feeling rather humbled (as she recollected for the Czech Television in 2011). Although, she originally planned to study art history at the Palacký University of Olomouc in the Czech Republic, for which she would also apply, Turzonovová continued with drama eventually at the Slovak Academy of Performing Arts. While one of her classmates was Emília Vášáryová, her teacher became Ján Borodáč who taught the Stanislavski's method. However as the artist later disclosed, she found difficult to couple with partners on the scene, and wanted to abandon the college actually.^[10]

1961-69: A Bridge to the Other Side and Slovak National Theatre

“	Things don't come the way we want them to. They are just the way they're supposed to be. If something has to come, it will.	”
—Božidara Turzonovová[11]

The actress made her official debut on the screen in black-and-white movie entitled Most na tú stranu (English: A Bridge to the Other Side) by Vladislav Pavlovič, to be premiered in January the following year. The psychological drama starred Jozef Adamovič;^[12] a three years older actor whom Turzonovová would marry. Her initial appearance for television came along with Ján Klimo's Mladé letá (English: Young Ages, 1962), respectively another drama based on an autobiographical novel by Martin Kukučín.^[13] While on college, she was casted in two plays at a chamber theatre of the Slovak National Theatre, called Malá scéna (English: Small Stage). Following her graduating in September 1963, the actress signed a contract with the professional ensemble, being pregnant actually. As a result, she was accused of cheating as revealed in addition.^[10] After return from parental leave, Turzonovová was casted in the follow-up project by Pavlovič Senzi Mama (English: Smashing Mom, 1964),^[14] while for TV productions taking part in comedies (Charlieho teta,^[15] Dobrodružstvo pri obžinkoch,^[16] Rozmajrín).^[17] In 1969, she would join the crew of Volpone, the only directorial attempt of František Dibarbora.^[18]

1970-79: Golden Croc, Film a Divadlo awards, Meritorious Artist title and Divine Emma

Filmography

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work		Result
Cinema
1977	Film a divadlo Award[A]	Best Actress	Penelope		Won[19]
1978			Will-O'-The-Wisp		Won[19]
1982			Retaliation		Won[19]
1984	CSF Banská Bystrica		Angel in a Devil's Body		Won[19]
1998	Czech Lion	Best Supporting Actress	Orbis Pictus		Nominated[20]
Television
1972	Golden Croc[B]	Best Actress	The Gamekeeper's Wife		Won[19]
2001	Golden Loop	Best Female Dubber	The Meadow's Harp (as Verena)		Nominated[21]
Stage
1996	LitFond Award	Outstanding Performance	Allergy by J.Uličiansky		Won[22]
1997	Crystal Wing	Theater and Audiovisual Art	A Little Night Music by S.Sondheim/H.Wheeler		Won[23]
1998	LitFond Award	Outstanding Performance			Won[22]
2001		For the Study	The NeverEnding Story		Won[22]
2002	DOSKY Award	Best Actress	Zorba by J.Stein/J.Kander		Nominated[24]
2004			Memoir by J.Murrell		Nominated[25]
	LitFond Award	Outstanding Performance			Won[26]
2008			The Cripple of Inishmaan by M.McDonagh		Won[27]
2009			She Returned Once Upon A Night by E.Rovner		Won[28]

Notes

• A ^ The winners of the 77' edition were awarded in 1979.^[19]
• B ^ The original show ran until 1989. (Simultaneously, a similar pool called Television Bells ran in the Czechoslovakia since 1985. In 1990, the Golden Croc was replaced by I Like; for the only year, eventually. Starting 1991 TýTý Awards is effective in the Czech Republic, while OTO Awards was founded in Slovakia in 2000).

Year	Award	Category	Nominated work		Result
Lifetime honors and achievements
1979	Meritorious Artist	Lifetime achievement	Herself		Won[29]
2002	Actor's Mission Award				Won[20]
2007	LitFond Award				Won[30]
2008	Pribina Cross, 2nd class				Won[30]
2009	Jozef Kroner Award				Won[31]
2010	Thalia Flower				Won[32]

See also

• List of submissions to the 54th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film

Notes

References

• "Božidara Turzonovová -> Filmography" (in Czech/Slovak). Czecho-Slovak Film Database. POMO Media Group. csfd.cz. http://www.csfd.cz/tvurce/1369-bozidara-turzonovova/. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 
• "Božidara Turzonovová -> Stageography" (in Slovak). Slovak National Theater. Slovenské národné divadlo. snd.sk. http://www.snd.sk/?detail-1&meno=turzonovova-bozidara. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 
• Šmatláková, Renáta, ed. "Božidara Turzonovová -> Awards -> Filmography" (in Slovak). Slovak Film Database. Slovak Film Institute. sfd.sfu.sk. http://www.sfd.sfu.sk/main.php?ido=361. Retrieved 2011-05-08. 

Further reading

• Šimková, Soňa, ed (1994) (in Slovak). Anthology of Habilitation Lessons by Associate Professors -> About Acting: Božidara Turzonovová (1st ed.). Bratislava, Slovakia: Academy of Performing Arts. pp. 65. ISBN 80-85182-35-1. http://lib.theatre.sk/katalog/l.dll?cll~19732. 
• Fuchs, Aleš (2000) (in Czech). Intimacies of Božidara Turzonovová (1st ed.). Prague, Czech Republic: Faun. pp. 147. ISBN 978-80-8627-508-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=MdIJAQAAMAAJ&q=bo%C5%BEidara+turzonovov%C3%A1&dq=bo%C5%BEidara+turzonovov%C3%A1&hl=cs&ei=hnvGTfqwMofm-gbzu_XWAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA. 
• Podmaková, Dagmar, ed (2003) (in Slovak). Jozef Kroner -> The Actress of Intuition and Humility: Božidara Turzonovová (1st ed.). Bratislava, Slovakia: Slovak Academy of Sciences - Section of Theatre and Film. pp. 199. ISBN 80-967283-7-7. http://lib.theatre.sk/katalog/l.dll?cll~17249. 

External links

• Božidara Turzonovová at AllRovi
• Božidara Turzonovová at the Internet Movie Database
• Božidara Turzonovová's film photos by Kinobox

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Name	Turzonovova, Bozidara
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Date of birth	1942-05-28
Place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
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