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Barbara Lass

Barbara Lass

Acting1940Partów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)

Biography

Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass was a Polish stage and screen actress. 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. 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 "Che gioia vivere", starring Alain Delon. She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959; they divorced in 1962.

Acting History

2012
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
as Self (archive footage)
1990
1986
Rosa Luxemburg
as Rosas Mutter
1984
Blaubart
as Rosalinde
1974
Effi Briest
as Köchin
How It's Done
as Vacationist
1972
Doppelspiel in Paris
as Renée Borni, seine Geliebte
1967
Jowita
as Agnieszka 'Jowita' (as Barbara Kwiatkowska)
1963
Rififi in Tokyo
as Françoise Merigne
Vice and Virtue
as Prisoner (uncredited)
1962
Love at Twenty
as Basia (segment "Warszawa")
Spóźnieni przechodnie
as Herself (segment 5)
1961
The Joy of Living
as Franca Fossati
Ostrożnie yeti
as Bride (uncredited)
1960
1959
Pan Anatol szuka miliona
as Iwona Słowikowska
Słoń
as uczennica
When Angels Fall
as Jeune femme

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
6/1/1940
Day of Death
3/6/1995
Place of Birth
Partów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)