Acting
Barbara Lass
1940-1995
Known for When Angels Fall, Ewa Wants to Sleep, Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory.
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Born06/01/1940
Died03/06/1995
AgeDied at 54
BirthplacePartów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)
DepartmentActing
Also known asBarbara Kwiatkowska, Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass, Barbara Kwiatkowski
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.
