Miloš Kopecký

Personal Info

Birthday

August 22, 1922

Day of Death

1996-02-16

(73 years old)

Place of Birth

Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]

Also Known As

Milos Kopecký

Milos Kopecky

Miloš Kopecký

Biography

Miloš Kopecký was a Czech actor, active mainly in the second half of the 20th century. He was born into the family of craftsmen, Kopecký was involved with music and theater throughout his entire life.

Starting on stage in 1939, as a member of an amateur elocution group, Kopecký performed with numerous young artists during the German occupation of then Czechoslovakia. Near the end of World War II, Kopecký’s mother was murdered at the Auschwitz concentration camp for her Jewish heritage, while Miloš was interned in the labor camp Bystřice u Benešova. He would later credit these experiences as the cause for his struggle with Bipolar Disorder, then known as Manic-Depressive Disease.