- Born
- Died
- Birth nameJosef Vlastimil Burian
- Vlasta Burian was born on April 9, 1891 in Reichenberg, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Liberec, Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Revizor (1933), Funebrák (1932) and Ulice zpívá (1939). He was married to Nina Cervenková-Burianová. He died on January 31, 1962 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- SpouseNina Cervenková-Burianová(1919 - January 31, 1962) (his death)
- Most of his characters have mustache, although he never wore mustache in real life.
- During German occupation of Czechoslovakia, he refused to play in German movies.
- Called "The King of the comiques"
- He was rehabilited by the Czech Government in 1994
- He had daughter with dancer Anna Pírková named Emilie Burianová (1912-1996).
- He turned down the part of Sindelár in Plavecký mariás (1953), eventually played by Jirí Plachý.
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