Ewa Wiśniewska
Ewa Wiśniewska (born April 25, 1942 in Warsaw ) is a Polish actress .
Life
At the age of 15, Wiśniewska won a beauty contest organized by Film magazine and had her first acting experience with short appearances in Andrzej Wajda's The Canal (1957) and Andrzej Munks The Cross-Eyed Luck (1959). In 1963 she obtained a diploma from the State Theater School (PWST) in Warsaw and in the following years played at the capital city theaters Teatr Ludowy, Teatr Kwadrat and Teatr Nowy and received awards at various theater festivals.
She played her first major film role in Janusz Nasfeter's crime film The Murderer and the Girl in 1963 . During the 1960s and 1970s she took on numerous roles in television comedies and dramas. She appeared in several television series that were also broadcast on German television, including Seconds Deciding (1967/68) and Janosik, Held der Berge (1973). Since the 1980s, she has been regularly given more demanding roles in movies. Among the best-known are Tadeusz Konwicki's literary adaptation Dolina Issy (1982) based on Czesław Miłosz and the title role in Ryszard Ber's Cudzoziemka (1986), for which she won the award for best actress at the Polish National Film Festival in Gdansk . In 2000 she was named Best Supporting Actress for her role in Jerzy Hoffman's With Fire and Sword .
Wiśniewska was also awarded several state awards, including the Silver Cross of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 1979.
Filmography (selection)
- 1957: The Canal (Kanał)
- 1959: The cross-eyed happiness (Zezowate szczęście)
- 1963: The murderer and the girl (Zbrodniarz i panna)
- 1964: The Law and the Fist (Prawo i pięść)
- 1965: Pearls and Ducats (Perły i dukaty) (TV series)
- 1965: Podziemny front (TV series)
- 1966–68: Seconds Decide (Stawka większa niż życie) (TV series)
- 1967: The frozen lightning
- 1967: Schach und matt (Szach i mat) (TV movie)
- 1968: The Dance Master (Mistrz tańca) (TV movie)
- 1969: Only the dead can say it (Tylko umarły odpowie)
- 1970: Album Poland (Album polski)
- 1970: Doktor Ew '(TV series)
- 1972: The great love of Mr. Balzac (Wielka miłość Balzaka / Un grand amour de Balzac) (TV series)
- 1972: Marriage notice (Ogłoszenie matrymonialne) (TV movie)
- 1973: Janosik, Hero of the Mountains (Janosik) (TV series)
- 1975: Business trip (Wyjazd służbowy) (TV film)
- 1977: The Doll (Lalka) (TV series)
- 1977: Remember, Remember Everything (Granica)
- 1977: What do you do to me if you catch me? (Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz?)
- 1979: pearls of a rosary (Paciorki jednego różańca)
- 1981: The White Tango (Białe tango) (TV series)
- 1982: Alicja in Horrorland (Alicja)
- 1982: Dolina Issy
- 1983: The twenties and thirties (Lata dwudzieste… lata trzydzieste…)
- 1985: Green chestnuts (Zielone kasztany)
- 1986: Cudzoziemka
- 1991: Life for Life - Maximilian Kolbe (Życie za życie: Maksymilian Kolbe)
- 1999: With fire and sword (Ogniem i mieczem)
- 2001: The Witcher (Wiedźmin)
- 2003: The Vikings - Attack of the Northmen (Stara baśń. Kiedy słońce było bogiem)
- 2011: 1920 - The Last Battle (Bitwa warszawska 1920)
- 2012: Piata pora roku
- 2014: Close-ups (Zblizenia)
Web links
- Ewa Wiśniewska in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Ewa Wiśniewska in Filmweb.pl
- Ewa Wiśniewska in e-teatr.pl
Individual evidence
- ^ Ewa Wiśniewska . In filmpolski.pl , accessed on August 10, 2012 (Polish).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wiśniewska, Ewa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 25, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Warsaw |