Maja Komorowska
Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz (born 23 December 1937) is a Polish film, stage and television actress. She received two Polish Film Festival Award for Best Actress for her roles in films A Woman's Decision (1975) and At Full Gallop (1996). In 2020 she received Life Achievement Award from the Polish Film Awards.
Also recorded as Maja Komorowska-Tyszkiewicz
Maja Komorowska
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- Name
- Maja Komorowska
- Born
- 23 December 1937
- Birthplace
- Warsaw, Poland
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- Second Polish Republic · Polish People's Republic · Poland
- Fields
- actor · acting · pedagogy of acting
- Education
- AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków
- Honours
- Medal for Merit to Culture · Medal Guardian of National Memorials · Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence · Honorary badge For Merits for Warsaw · Zbigniew Cybulski Award · Gold Cross of Merit
- Languages
- Polish
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Biography
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From 1991 to 2016 she was professor in the Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art. Known for works with directors Krzysztof Zanussi, Andrzej Wajda and Tadeusz Konwicki, Komorowska starred in films Family Life (1971), How Far Away, How Near (1971), The Wedding (1972), A Woman's Decision (1975), Spiral (1978), The Maids of Wilko (1979), From a Far Country (1981), Man of Iron (1981), A Year of the Quiet Sun (1984), Dekalog (1988), Lawa (1989), At Full Gallop (1996) and Katyń (2007).
Maja Komorowska studied at AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. the recorded working language is Polish. The field of work recorded is actor, acting and pedagogy of acting. Employment is recorded with Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art. Distinctions recorded are Medal for Merit to Culture, Medal "Guardian of National Memorials", Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence and Honorary badge "For Merits for Warsaw".
Wojciech Karpiński (1943-2020), Polish writer, essayist and historian, and Maja Komorowska (b. 1937), Polish actress
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Barbara Toruńczyk (b. 1946), Polish journalist and editor, and Maja Komorowska (b. 1937), Polish actress
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• Name — Maja Komorowska • Born — 23 December 1937 • Birthplace — Warsaw, Poland • Occupation — Actress • Years Active — 1970-present
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Maja Komorowska (born 23 December 1937) is recorded as an actress. Maja Komorowska was born on 23 December 1937 in Warsaw.
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Maja Komorowska is recorded as having received Medal for Merit to Culture, Medal "Guardian of National Memorials" and Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence.
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1937
Maja Komorowska born at Warsaw.
Honours and awards
• Gold Cross of Merit (1975) • Grand Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (for outstanding contribution to national culture, for achievements in artistic creativity and teaching activities, 2011; Commander's Cross, 2004; Knight's Cross, 2000) • Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence (2002) • Gold Medal for Merit to Culture Gloria Artis – Award of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage in the theatre (2008)
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- 2.Wydawnictwo Interpress. Kto jest kim w Polsce. Informator biograficzny. 311. 1993. 83-223-2644-0.
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Formation and teaching. Komorowska studied at AST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Kraków. The record notes the qualification scientific professorship degree. Komorowska worked in actor, acting and pedagogy of acting. She was employed by Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art. Komorowska received Medal for Merit to Culture, Medal "Guardian of National Memorials", Silver Medal of Merit for National Defence, Honorary badge "For Merits for Warsaw", Zbigniew Cybulski Award and Gold Cross of Merit.
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