Jaroslav Marvan

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Jaroslav Marvan
Born	(1901-12-11)11 December 1901 Žižkov, Austria-Hungary
Died	21 May 1974(1974-05-21) (aged 72) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Nationality	Czech
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1926–1973

Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.

He passed his school-leaving exam in 1919 and became a member of the Central Office of posts. He was sent to Uzghorod on business matters (1920–1923).

He was a member of Vlasta Burian's Theatre 1926–1943, then of the Vinohradské divadlo (1943–1950) and then of the Městská divadla pražská (1950–1954), from where he became a member of the Národní divadlo (National Theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.