Helena Grossówna
Helena Grossówna (1904, Thorn, German Empire – 1994, Warsaw, Poland) was a Polish actress and dancer, who starred in several popular Polish films during the interwar period. She worked as a waitress during the German occupation of Poland, and at the same time, she served as an officer (lieutenant) in the Polish underground. During the Warsaw Uprising of 1944, she was in command of a women's section of the battalion "Sokół" (Eng. falcon), for which she was highly decorated.
Selected filmography[]
- Kochaj tylko mnie (1935)
- Dodek na froncie (1936)
- (1937)
- A Diplomatic Wife (1937)
- (1938)
- Paweł i Gaweł (1938)
- (1938)
- (1938)
- (1938)
- Robert and Bertram (1938)
- The Vagabonds (1939)
- The Two Who Stole the Moon (1962)
In 2013 the Polish Post issued a commemorative stamp of her, with Adolf Dymsza and Mieczysława Ćwiklińska.
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Bibliography[]
- Skaff, Sheila. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939. Ohio University Press, 2008.
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Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1994 deaths
- Polish film actresses
- People from Toruń
- Polish female dancers
- Warsaw Uprising insurgents
- Home Army members
- Polish stage actresses
- Polish cabaret performers
- Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland)
- 20th-century Polish actresses
- 20th-century comedians
- Polish actor stubs