Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
31
Gender
Female
Birthday
1940-06-01
Day of Death
1995-03-06 (55 years old)
Place of Birth
Partów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)
Also Known As
Barbara Kwiatkowska
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
Barbara Kwiatkowski
Barbara Lass
Biography
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass was a Polish stage and screen actress. Although she received ballet and dance education, she eventually took up an acting career. After her debut role in Tadeusz Chmielewski's comedy "Ewa chce spać" (1957) she gained wider popularity in Poland. In 1959 she left Poland for the West and soon starred in a few major films like "La millième fenêtre" ,with Jean-Louis Trintignant, and "Che gioia vivere", starring Alain Delon. She married film director Roman Polanski in 1959; they divorced in 1962.
