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Barbara Lass
Acting
Born: June 1, 1940
Partów 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.
Known For
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
as Priscilla
Effi Briest
as Köchin
Rosa Luxemburg
as Rosas Mutter
Love at Twenty
as Basia (segment "Warszawa")
Vice and Virtue
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Hauser's Memory
as Angelika
When Angels Fall
Serenade for Two Spies
as Tamara
The Joy of Living
as Franca Fossati
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
as Self (archive footage)
