Jiri voskovec biography books

George Voskovec

Czech-American actor (1905–1981)

George Voskovec

Voskovec in 12 Angry Men (1957)

Born

Jiří Wachsmann


(1905-06-19)June 19, 1905

Sasau, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary

DiedJuly 1, 1981(1981-07-01) (aged 76)

Pearblossom, California, U.S.

Resting placeOlšany Cemetery, Prague
Citizenship
OccupationActor
Years active1926–1981
Spouses

  • Madelaine Main

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    (div. 1945)​

  • Anne Gerlette

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    (m. 1945; d. 1958)​

  • Christine McKeown

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    (m. 1961)​
Children2

Jiří Voskovec (Czech pronunciation:[ˈjɪr̝iːˈvoskovɛts]) (born Jiří Wachsmann; June 19, 1905 – July 1, 1981), known in the United States as George Voskovec, was a Czech-American actor. Throughout much of his career, he was associated with actor and playwright Jan Werich. In the U.S., he is known for his role as the polite Juror #11 in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men.

Life and career

Voskovec was born as Jiří Wachsmann in Sázava in Bohemia to Jiřina Valentina Marie (née Pinkasová) and Václav Vilém Eduard (né Voskovec; later Wachsmann). He had two siblings, Mrs. Olga Adriena Kluckaufová and Dr. Prokop Voskovec. His granduncle was Bedřich Wachsmann and his cousin was Alois Wachsman, both painters and architects. Another uncle was Austrian painter Julius Wachsmann (1866–1936). He immigrated to the US in 1939 and again in 1948 with the onset of the National Socialist and Stalinist regimes, respectively, in Czechoslovakia.

He attended school in Prague and Dijon, France. In 1927, together with Werich, he joined the Osvobozené divadlo (Liberated Theater), which had been created two years earlier by members of the avant-garde Devětsil group, Jiří Frejka and Jindřich Honzl. After disagreements led Frejka to leave the group in 1927, Honzl asked Voskovec and Werich

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    Fenomén Dijon

    Jiří Voskovec, Václav Černý, Čestmír Císař, Zdeněk Troška, four generally well-known names, are connected through the French graduation exam. This basic fact is often shrouded in ambiguity, even myths. The Dijon Phenomenon strives to deconstruct the myths and present the first comprehensive and critical history of Czech (Czechoslovak) sections at French secondary schools, in which approximately one thousand students have studied in France through the present day.
    This educational institution, unique for its tradition, is studied on three mutually interconnected levels. Firstly, from the perspective of cultural and political relations between the Czechoslovak (Czech and Slovak) Republic and France over almost one hundred years of diplomatic relations. Secondly, the book follows the transformations of the study, focusing on the functioning of the French Lycee as well as methods and conceptions of instruction. The last analyzed level, which is for many reasons also the most important, presents "collective biographies" of former students over the course of the troubled 20th century. Considering the fact that these sections were always closed down during times of restricted freedom (1940–1945, 1948–1965, 1974–1989), the "Dijon Phenomenon" represents a seismograph of Czech affiliation to the West and the role of "western" education in Czech society.