Jiří Suchý
Czech poet, theater manager, playwright, film director, actor, composer, comedian, writer, artist and singer · Czechia · On the map · Writers · Born 1931 · age 95
Jiří Suchý is a Czech comedian, poet, lyricist, prolific songwriter and occasional film-maker and prose writer. Plenty of his songs have become extremely popular within several successive generations.
Jiří Suchý is read about 6 times a day, in 10 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 16 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
Something wrong?A life in dates
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Jiří Šlitr Bandmate in S+Š
Eva Pilarová Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Jiří Menzel Directed Crime in a Music Hall (1968)
Vlastimil Brodský Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Karel Gott Also in If a Thousand Clarinets (1965)
Naďa Urbánková Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Marek Vašut Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Yvetta Blanarovičová Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Josef Dvořák Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Simona Postlerová Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Zdena Studenková Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Waldemar Matuška Also in Nikdo není dokonalý and Všechnopárty
Marta Kubišová Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Juraj Jakubisko Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Jiřina Bohdalová Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Lucie Bílá Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Hana Zagorová Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Mahulena Bočanová Also in Stopy života and Banánové rybičky
Monika Absolonová Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Eva Holubová Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Naďa Konvalinková Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Juraj Kukura Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Zdeněk Troška Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Zlata Adamovská Also in Banánové rybičky and Nikdo není dokonalý
Also in Deutsch
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About this person
Currently he is the owner of the theatre Semafor in Prague where he has performed for several decades and which he helped to establish in 1959. He used to write and perform within an artistic couple with Jiří Šlitr, together they wrote the jazz opera A Walk Worthwhile. After the death of Šlitr in December 1969, Suchy formed a new duo with the actress Jitka Molavcová.
