Tadeusz Ross

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Tadeusz Ross
Warsaw I
Personal details
Born
Tadeusz Edward Ross

14 March 1938
Warsaw, Poland
Died14 December 2021(2021-12-14) (aged 83)
Warsaw, Poland
Political partyCivic Platform

Tadeusz Edward Ross (14 March 1938 – 14 December 2021) was a Polish actor and politician.[1]

Life and career

Ross graduated from the

National Higher School of Theatre in 1959. He began his career as an actor. Known for television and stage satirical and cabaret appearances, in particular from the Zulu-Gula program. Together with Piotr Fronczewski, he created a cyclical satirical broadcast in PR3 entitled Rossmówki (with 60 minutes per hour as part of the broadcast). He also wrote a series of monologues about Stasiek, told in a high, soft, lisping voice. He was the author of the scripts for several episodes of the series Miodowe lata.[2]

In the

Warsaw I constituency. In 2009, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the European Parliament.[3] Additionally, he lost his seat in the Sejm in 2011.[4] However, he was appointed to the European Parliament on 17 December 2013 by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, succeeding Rafał Trzaskowski following his appointment as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Ross sat on the European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs.[5]

Ross lost re-election to the European Parliament in 2014.[6]

In 2015, he unsuccessfully ran for a seat in the Senate of Poland.[7]

Personal life

He was married five times. His last wife was journalist and therapist Sonia Ross. He had seven children.[8]

He died in Warsaw on 14 December 2021, at the age of 83, from COVID-19.[9][10] He was buried on 22 December 2021 at the Powązki Military Cemetery.[11]

Filmography

  • Klan
    (1997) as Stanisław Lachmanx
  • Plebania (2010) as Tutka

References

  1. ^ "Tadeusz Edward Ross". Biuletyn Informacji Publicznej Instytutu Pamięci Narodowej (in Polish). Archived from the original on 19 May 2014.
  2. ^ "Tadeusz Ross". www.ksiazki.wp.pl (in Polish). 15 April 2010.
  3. ^ "Komitet Wyborczy Platforma Obywatelska RP". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (in Polish).
  4. ^ "Okręg wyborczy do Sejmu nr 19 (OKW Warszawa I)". Wybory 2011 (in Polish).
  5. ^ "Tadeusz ROSS". European Parliament. 14 March 1938.
  6. ^ "Zbiorcze statystyki głosowania". Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (in Polish).
  7. ^ "Wyniki wyborów do Senatu RP". Wybory do Sejmu i Senatu 2015 (in Polish).
  8. ^ "Do tej pory się tym nie chwalił. Miał 5 żon i 7 dzieci". gwiazdy.wp.pl (in Polish). 23 April 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2022.
  9. ^ "Ostatnie pożegnanie Tadeusza Rossa. Kto przyszedł na pogrzeb?". 22 December 2021.
  10. ^ "Nie żyje Tadeusz Ross - aktor, satyryk, radny Warszawy" [Tadeusz Ross has passed away – actor, satirist, councilor of Warsaw]. Radio eM (in Polish). 14 December 2021. Retrieved 15 December 2021.
  11. ^ "Pogrzeb Tadeusza Rossa. Bliscy pożegnali go na Powązkach" [The funeral of Tadeusz Ross. His relatives said goodbye to him in Powązki]. gazetapl (in Polish). 22 December 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2022.