Jadwiga Barańska
Jadwiga Barańska (21 October 1935 – 24 October 2024) was a Polish actress and screenwriter. She was married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak. Together they had one child, Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964.
Jadwiga Barańska

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- Name
- Jadwiga Barańska
- Born
- 21 October 1935
- Birthplace
- Łódź, Poland
- Died
- 24 October 2024
- Place of death
- Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Occupation
- Actress, screenwriter
- Spouse
- Jerzy Antczak
- Nationality
- Poland
- Fields
- acting · theatre · film · television
- Education
- National Film School in Łódź
- Honours
- Golden Medal for Merit to Culture · Gold Cross of Merit · Silver Bear for Best Actress · Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
- Languages
- Polish
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Jadwiga Barańska (21 October 1935 – 24 October 2024) was a Polish actress and screenwriter. She was married to Polish director Jerzy Antczak. Together they had one child, Mikołaj Antczak, born in 1964.
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Jadwiga Barańska (1935–2024) was a Polish actor, actress and film actor, among other activities. Born in Łódź, the actor died in Los Angeles.
Jadwiga Barańska studied at National Film School in Łódź. The actor was active in acting, film and film screenwriting.
Languages used include Polish. Jadwiga Barańska received Gold Cross of Merit, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta, among others.
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Biography
Biography
She began her career on the stages of the Classic Theatre in 1959–1966. She then played at the Polish Theatre in Warsaw until 1972. She achieved success as a film actress, appearing mainly in the films of her husband, Jerzy Antczak. She gained her greatest fame starring as Barbara Niechcic in the adaptation of the novel Nights and Days by Maria Dąbrowska and the title role in Countess Cosel. She was also an actress in the Teatr Telewizji, a Polish TV theatre. She lived in the US since 1979. Barańska died on 24 October 2024 in Los Angeles, at the age of 89.
Jadwiga Barańska studied at National Film School in Łódź. The recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is acting, theatre and film. Distinctions recorded are Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Gold Cross of Merit, Silver Bear for Best Actress and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.

Polish actress Jadwiga Barańska with her husband Polish film and theatrical director Jerzy Antczak at Polish Film Festival in Gdynia 2008.
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Polish actress Jadwiga Barańska.
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• Name — Jadwiga Barańska • Birth Name — Jadwiga Barańska • Born — 21 October 1935 • Birthplace — Łódź, Poland • Died — 24 October 2024 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, U.S. • Occupation — Actress, screenwriter • Years Active — 1958–2002 • Spouse — Jerzy Antczak • Children — 1
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Wraki (1956) as Irena • Powrót doktora Von Kniprode (1965) • Hrabina Cosel (1968) as Anna Constantia Hoym countess Cosel, Anna Constantia of Brockdorff • Epilog Norymberski (1970) as an Auschwitz victim • Kłopotliwy gość (1971) as a secretary • Noce i dnie, Nights and Days (1975) as Barbara Niechcic • Trędowata (1976) as countess Idalia Elzonowska • Gniazdo wdów (Nido de viudas, 1977) as Carmen • Noce i dnie, in English Nights and Days, (TV serial) (1977) as Barbara Niechcic • Dama kameliowa (1995) as a screenwriter • Chopin, Pragnienie miłości, in English Chopin: Desire for Love (2002) as Justyna Chopin, Frédéric Chopin's mother
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Jadwiga Barańska born at Łódź.
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Jadwiga Barańska died at Los Angeles.
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Jadwiga Barańska received Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Gold Cross of Merit, Silver Bear for Best Actress and Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Awards
• Illustration — Jadwiga Barańska with Jerzy Antczak She won the Silver Bear for Best Actress for her role in Nights and Days at the 26th Berlin International Film Festival in 1976.
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