Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
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Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass | |
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Rakowicki Cemetery, Kraków , Poland | |
| Other names | Barbara Lass Barbara Kwiatkowska Barbara Kwiatkowski |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1958–1995 |
| Spouses | |
| Children | Katharina Böhm |
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass (1 June 1940 – 6 March 1995) was a Polish actress.
Early life and career
Barbara Kwiatkowska was born in Patrowo, a village near Gostynin in central Poland, then under German-occupied Poland, which the Nazis had renamed Gasten in 1939 through 1941 (at time of her birth). Then changed to Walrode from June 1941 until the end of the war. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career. After her debut role in Tadeusz Chmielewski's comedy Ewa chce spać (1957) she gained wider popularity in Poland. The role had been offered to her after she took the first place in a contest organized by a popular Polish cinema magazine.
In 1959 she left Poland for the West and soon starred in a few major films like La millième fenêtre (with Jean-Louis Trintignant) and The Joy of Living (with Alain Delon). She played roles in several Italian, French and German films such as Krzysztof Zanussi's Bluebeard (1984) and in Sting in the Flesh (1981).
Personal life
She married film director
Politics
Kwiatkowska was opposed to the Communist regime in Poland and cooperated with the
Death
On 6 March 1995, Kwiatkowska-Lass collapsed and died from a
Filmography
| Film | |||
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| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1958 | Ewa chce spać | Ewa Bonecka | Credited as Barbara Kwiatkowska |
| 1958 | Żołnierz królowej Madagaskaru | Sabinka Lemiecka | |
| 1958 | Pan Anatol szuka miliona | Iwona Slowikowska | |
| 1959 | When Angels Fall | Short, Alternative title: Gdy spadają anioły Credited as Barbara Kwiatkowska | |
| 1960 | Tysiąc talarów | Kasia Wydech | |
| 1960 | Zezowate szczeście | Jola Wrona-Wronska | Alternative title: Bad Luck Credited as Barbara Kwiatkowska |
| 1960 | La 1000eme fenêtre | Ania | |
| 1961 | Ostroznie, Yeti! | Bride | |
| 1961 | Che gioia vivere | Franca Fossati | Alternative title: The Joy of Living |
| 1961 | Lycanthropus | Priscilla | Alternative title: Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory |
| 1962 | L'Amour à vingt ans | Basia | Alternative title: Love at Twenty (segment "Warszawa") |
| 1963 | Vice and Virtue | Prisoner | |
| 1963 | Rififi in Tokyo | Françoise Merigne | Alternative title: Rififi in Tokyo |
| 1965 | Serenade für zwei Spione
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Tamara | Alternative title: Serenade for Two Spies |
| 1967 | Jowita | Agnieszka "Jowita" | Credited as Barbara Kwiatkowska |
| 1970 | Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli
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Dagmar | Alternative title: The Priest of St. Pauli |
| 1974 | Effi Briest | Polnische Köchin | |
| 1974 | Jak to sie robi | Holiday-Maker | Alternative title: How It's Done |
| 1981 | Sting in the Flesh | Ines | |
| 1986 | Rosa Luxemburg | Rosa's mother | |
| 1986 | Das Schweigen des Dichters | Janina | |
| Television | |||
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 1970 | Hauser's Memory | Angelika | TV movie |
| 1972 | Doppelspiel in Paris | Renée Borni, seine Geliebte | TV movie |
| 1984 | Bluebeard | Rosalinde | TV movie |
| 1990 | Wahnsinnsehe | Herta | TV movie |
| 1991 | Moskau - Petuschki | Fürstin | TV movie, (final film role) |
References
- ^ Bradshaw, Peter (15 July 2005). "The Guardian profile: Roman Polanski". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 26 November 2009.
- ^ "X rocznica śmierci". polonikmonachijski.de. 2005. Archived from the original on 17 July 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ Gańczak, Filip (6 March 2010). "Taka była pierwsza żona Polańskiego". Newsweek Polska (in Polish). Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
External links
- Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass at IMDb
