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Jan Rubeš

Jan Rubeš was a Canadian and Czechoslovak actor, television presenter, opera singer and radio personality (1920–2009). He was born in Volyně and died in Toronto.

Susan Douglas and her husband Jan Rubeš reading the papers, 1953

Photographer not credited · Radio-TV Mirror, January 1953 · Public domain

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Life and career

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  1. 1920

    Jan Rubeš born at Volyně.

  2. 2009

    Jan Rubeš died at Toronto.

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  • Toronto
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  • Volyně

    Birth place

Primary material

Documents and archives

reference work

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Literature

Bibliography

Les Tchèques et les Belges: une histoire en miroir (sous la direction de Sarah Flock, Jiří Kocian, Jan Rubeš et Oldřich Tůma), Slavica bruxellensia, 2008. Rubeš, František Jaromír; Ps.

  • Fr. Čížkovský

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