---
name: "Jitka Bendová"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jitka-scoffin"
fi1m_id: "jitka-scoffin"
imdb_id: "nm0070620"
tmdb_id: 11737
wikidata_id: "Q133505071"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 December 1946"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:33:09.647246+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jitka Bendová

## Identity

Jitka Bendová

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jitka-scoffin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jitka-scoffin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0070620
- **TMDB ID:** 11737
- **Wikidata ID:** Q133505071
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133505071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11737

Actor. Born 29 December 1946.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 December 1946
- **Also known as:** Jitka Scoffin, Jitka Scoffin-Bendová
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q133505071, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070620/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/11737

## Biography

Jitka Bendová, later known as Jitka Scoffin, is a Czech actress. She is credited under her birth name in several 1960s films, including as student Květa Herodesová in *Zlocin v dívcí skole* (1966) and as Jitka in *Ta tretí* (1969).

Her best-known role is as conductor Máša in Jiří Menzel's *Closely Watched Trains* (1966). Born on 29 December 1946 to diplomat parents, she was fluent in English and accompanied Menzel to the 1968 Academy Awards as his interpreter. She later worked in the script and continuity department, including on *Dark Blue World* (2001), and lives in London under her married name.

*Sources: imdb.com, kinobox.cz, filmovyprehled.cz, en.wikipedia.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Closely Watched Trains* (1966), Fi1m 82, as Conducteress Masa — [page](https://film.one/film/closely-watched-trains.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Kolya* (1996), Translator
- *Ta třetí* (1969), Actor
- *Closely Watched Trains* (1966), as Conducteress Masa — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/closely-watched-trains.md)
- *Crime at the Girls School* (1966), as Květa Herodesová (segment "Zločin v dívčí škole")

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