At the beginning of 2019, Slovaks and Czechs were saddened by the news of the death of the actress Maria Kyselková († 83)best known for her role as Princess Lady from the movie Princess with a Golden Star. In the past, this fairy tale was often criticized and labeled as kitsch, but it turned out that people still like it years later and it became part of the Christmas program on Slovak television. Life was definitely not kind to the actresswrites the portal
Kyselková’s original profession was a nurse. After graduating from secondary health school in Brno, she moved to Prague. She began modeling and was noticed by the director Jiří Sequens st. In 1955, he offered her a small role in his film Windy Mountain. As an actress, she performed at SK Neumann Theater (today Divadlo pod Palmovkou). Other film roles followed in Bomba (1957) and Touha (1958).
She got the main role in the legendary fairy tale alongside the actor and singer Josef Zíma († 92) thanks to chance. In the fairy tale, she replaced her colleague Miriam Hynková, who fell ill. The role brought her success and the princess in the mouse fur is still known today. After this film, she devoted herself only to her family and her three children.
The first husband of the actress was the actor Petr Haničinec, with whom she had a son Ondřej. According to her, he was supposed to humiliate her and torment her with infidelity. In 1955, Vladimír Menšík introduced them. The marriage broke up after a few years, leaving a bitter aftertaste. Divorce and strained relationships took their toll on Ondřej. He was supposed to get money from his parents for alcohol and drugs, which he fell into. Addiction was the reason why Kyselková and her son broke up she quarreled and did not speak to him until her death.
Haničinec disinherited the child and the actress rejected him. “It hurt a lot. After the birth of Ondřej, I gave up my career just so I could take care of him and my husband. I wanted them to live like in a cotton garden. However, all I received from Peter was humiliation and humiliation. And the son? He just squeezed me. If I died, he doesn’t care“, she confided in one of the interviews.
Her second husband was the dentist Vladimír Demek. She gave birth to two daughters, Alžběta and Žofia. They had a very good relationship. Kyselková was seriously ill for a long time. She suffered from excruciating pain in her legs, which started after her back surgery. She practically could not move on her own and was unable to take care of herself. The daughters moved her into their home and devotedly took care of her.
