Anna Polony
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Anna Polony (2013) | |
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21 January 1939 Kraków,  Poland |
| Occupation | Actress, theatre director |
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Anna Polony (born 21 January 1939 in Kraków) is a Polish theatre and film actress. Later into her career she has also been active as a theatre director.
She studied acting in Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts in Kraków and graduated in 1960. Additionally she studied theatrical directing in the School and graduated in 1984.
Polony's theatrical debut was Jerzy Kaliszewski's adaptation of Jean Giraudoux's play Wojny trojańskiej nie będzie (The Trojan War Will Not Take Place) in 1959 at the Stary Teatr (Old Theatre) in Kraków. She was engaged with the theatre from 1964 to 2002. She collaborated in several plays with a renowned Polish director Konrad Swinarski.
Her career has begun in 1974 when she directed William Gibson's Two for the Seesaw.[1] Later she became one of the most prominent directors of the Old Theatre. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s Polony gained nationwide recognition and success as theatre director.
The most notable plays she directed include: Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party, Sławomir Mrożek's Wdowy, and Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew.
Filmography
- Kontrybucja (1966)
- Z biegiem lat, z biegiem dni... (1980)
- Dziady (1983) (TV)
- Napló gyermekeimnek (1984)
- Napló szerelmeimnek (1987)
- Dekalog (1988) (TV, Episode 7)
- Napló apámnak, anyámnak (1990)
- Dwa księżyce (1993)
- Siódmy pokój (1995)
- Na dobre i na złe (TV)
- Wszyscy święci (2002) (TV)
- Stacyjka (2004) TV mini-series
- Magda M.
- Iron Cross (film) (2009)
References
External links
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- Anna Polony at the Internet Movie Database
- Anna Polony at the Culture.pl (in English)