Polish celebrities
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Czesława Gospodarek (10 June 1938 – 5 December 2011), known by her stage name Violetta Villas, was a Belgian-born Polish and international cabaret star, singer, actress, composer and songwriter. Her voice was characterized as coloratura soprano, w
Jan Kociniak (8 November 1937 – 20 April 2007) was a Polish film and theatre actor.
Dorota Kędzierzawska (born 1 June 1957 in Łódź) is a Polish director of feature and documentary films.
Andrzej Wajda (born 6 March 1926) is a Polish film and theatre director. Recipient of an honorary Oscar, he is possibly the most prominent member of the unofficial “Polish Film School” (active c. 1955 to 1963). He is known especially for a trilogy of
Janusz Waluś (born 14 January 1953) is the assassin of Chris Hani, who was chief of staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). Born in Zakopane in 1953, Waluś immigrated from communist Poland in 1981 to
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Borys Lankosz (born 31 March 1973 in Cracow) – Polish film director. He graduated from National Film School in Łódź. His debut film “Evolution” (2001) received several awards, i.a. the Golden Gate Award at the San Francisco International Film