Ivan Mistrík
Czechoslovak actor (1935-1982)
Ivan Mistrík (15 October 1935 – 8 June 1982) was a Slovak actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1952 to 1982.
Life and career
Ivan Mistrík was born in Bratislava on 15 October 1935. He began working professionally as a child actor at the Slovak National Theatre at the age of 11, and also performed regularly on the radio. As a teenager he was trained as an actor at the Bratislava Conservatory where he studied from 1949 through 1951. He was a member of the Dedinského Divadla theatre ensemble in 1951-1952, and then the J. G. Tajovský Theatre in Zvolen in 1952 to 1953. He performed as a member of the Bratislavské Nové Scény from 1953 to 1966. He was once again with the Slovak National Theatre in Bratislava from 1966 until his death in 1982.
Mistrík made his film debut at the age 15 in Kozie mlieko (1950). He appeared in more than 40 films, and was active as a film and television actor in Czechoslovakia until his death in 1982.
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