| Maria Holoubkova | |
 Maria Holoubkova (aged 38) photographed in 1936. | |
| Birth: | 3 April 1898 Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Austria-Hungary (now Poland) |
| Death: | 24 May 2004 Trenčín, Trenčín Region, Slovakia |
| Age: | 106 years, 51 days |
| Country: |  POL SVK
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| Centenarian | |
Maria Holoubkova [Slovak: Mária Holoubková] (née Urbasiówna) (3 April 1898 – 24 May 2004) was a Polish-born Slovakian centenarian and photographer who was the oldest known living person in Slovakia at the time of her death.
Biography[]
Mária Holoubková was born as Mária Urbasiówna in Cieszyn, Silesian Voivodeship, Austria-Hungary (now Poland), on 3 April 1898. At the age of 20, she came from Poland to Slovakia, with her mother and brother. Since 1919, she collaborated with Cyril Kašpar, a cameraman and director who was interested in filming. Together, not only as business partners, they expanded the company after moving to Trenčín to include a film production plant. In the less than ten years of Tatrafilm's operation, they have shot up to 40 works of various lengths, including short advertising. Every year, the progressive cinematography company released at least two films with Czech and Slovak subtitles after censorship. The first, so-called additions, were shown in the Bio Zora cinema in Trenčín as early as 1921. One of the first films she shot together with Kašpar was a work about Pavlov Országh Hviezdoslav, a few days before the poet's death (he died on 8 November 1921). Other Tatrafilm films were: Mr. President (1928), about T. G. Masaryk in Topoľčianki, From the Tatras to the Danube, Creation of the Jaroňkov brothers, Valašský rok (1925), Kremnická Mint, Tatra Automobile in Kopřivnice, Tapestry School and others. Some titles of Tatrafilm were saved from destruction by the director, well-known film critic Ivan Rumanovský.
In 1932, she married Czech painter Jozef Holoubek. In 1967, she became a widow, but she did not retreat into solitude. She continued to live an active, sociable life and was able to live independently until the age of 98.
On 3 April 1998, she celebrated her 100th birthday, becoming a centenarian. At the age of 100, she decided to move into a nursing home.
On 7 October 2003, following the death of 105-year-old Magdaléna Škorvánková, she became the oldest known living person in Slovakia.
Mária Holoubková died in Trenčín, Trenčín Region, Slovakia, on 24 May 2004, at the age of 106 years, 51 days. Following her death, then 105-year-old Anna Moráková became the oldest known living person in Slovakia.
References[]
- Fotografka pani Holoubková oslávila 104.narodeniny, nikomu to však neodporúča SME, 3 April 2002
- Trenčianska fotografka má 106 rokov SME, 3 April 2004
- Fotografka Mária Holoubková sa v sobotu dožila 106 rokov SME, 5 April 2004
- Mária Holoubková, významná fotografka, žila v troch storočiach SME, 9 June 2013
| Slovakia's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E) |
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Maria Hricova • Maria Fillova • Katarina Cavojova • Anna Bednarova • Adela Ivancova • Jozefina Bartizalova • Anna Michulkova • Magdalena Skorvankova • Maria Holoubkova • Anna Morakova • Alzbeta Budinska • Zuzana Holla • Hedviga Sekerasova • Eleonora Dvoranova • Anna Balasova • Helena Schusterova • Rozalia Polackova • Maria Ceremugova • Paula Simanova • Stefania Sovcikova • Elvira Weiszova • Margita Bindasova • Gizela Dvoncova • Ilona Szeker • Juliana Jarosova |