Danuta Szaflarska is a Polish screen and stage actress, often called a legend of Polish cinema. In 2008, she was awarded a Złota Kaczka for the best Polish actress of the century.

Szaflarska participated in the Warsaw Uprising

Warsaw Uprising

The Warsaw Uprising was a major World War II operation by the Polish resistance Home Army , to liberate Warsaw from Nazi Germany. The rebellion was timed to coincide with the Soviet Union's Red Army approaching the eastern suburbs of the city and the retreat of German forces...

 as a liaison.

Danuta Szaflarska was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, Commander's Cross and Commander's Cross with Star, one of Poland's highest Orders.

Personal life

Szaflarska married her first husband, Jan Ekier

Jan Ekier

Jan Ekier is a Polish pianist and composer widely known for his authoritative edition of Chopin's music for the Polish National Edition. He was born in Kraków, Poland...

, a famous pianist, in 1942. They have one daughter, Maria. The pair divorced.

Her second husband, Janusz Kilański, was a radio announcer. He is father of Szaflarska's second daughter, Agnieszka. Kilański and Szaflarska divorced.

Filmography

• 1946: Dwie godziny
• 1946: Zakazane piosenki
  Zakazane piosenki
  Zakazane piosenki is a 1946 Polish musical film directed by Leonard Buczkowski. It was the first feature film to be created in Poland following the six years of World War II....
  
  
• 1948: Skarb
• 1950: Warszawska premiera
• 1953: Domek z kart
• 1956: Zemsta
• 1961: Dziś w nocy umrze miasto
• 1961: Ludzie z pociągu
• 1962: The Impossible Goodbye
  The Impossible Goodbye
  Impossible Goodbye is a 1962 Polish drama film directed by Stanisław Jędryka. It was entered into the 1962 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Wieslaw Golas - Robert Staniewski* Danuta Szaflarska - Zofia Szarlit* Tadeusz Kondrat - Director Szarlit...
  
  
• 1962: Głos z tamtego świata
• 1967: To jest twój nowy syn
• 1971: Pan Samochodzik i templariusze (TV series)
• 1977: Lalka (TV series)
• 1978: Umarli rzucają cień
• 1978: Wsteczny bieg
• 1980: Der grüne Vogel
• 1982: Valley of the Issa
• 1984: 5 dni z życia emeryta
• 1986: Pokój dziecinny
• 1989: Babisia
• 1990: Korczak
• 1991: Diabły, diabły
• 1991: Skarga
• 1993: Pajęczarki
• 1993: Pożegnanie z Marią
• 1994: Faustyna
• 1995: Świt na opak
• 1996: Spóźniona podróż
• 1997: Księga wielkich życzeń
• 1998: Nic
• 1998: Siedlisko (TV series)
• 1999: Alchemik i dziewica
• 1999: Egzekutor
• 1999: Palce lizać (TV series)
• 1999: The Junction
• 1999: Tydzień z życia mężczyzny
• 2000: Nieznana opowieść wigilijna
• 2000: Żółty szalik
• 2001: Listy miłosne
• 2001: The Spring to Come
• 2002: The Spring to Come (TV series)
• 2003: Królowa chmur
• 2004: Czwarta władza
• 2007: Ranczo Wilkowyje
• 2007: Pora umierać
• 2008: How Much Does the Trojan Horse Weigh?
• 2008: Before Twilight
  Before Twilight
  Before Twilight is a 2009 Polish comedy film drama directed by Jacek Blawut.The film is about a group of old retired theatre actors in a retirement home for actors who aim to regroup and stage Goethe's Faust...
  
  
• 2009: Ostatnia akcja
• 2009: Janosik. Prawdziwa historia
• 2010: Mała matura 1947

Polish dubbing

• 2007: Enchanted .... Narrator
• 2006: Karol: The Pope, The Man
  Karol: The Pope, The Man
  Karol: The Pope, The Man is a 2006 TV miniseries chronicling Pope John Paul II's life as pope, directed by Giacomo Battiato. It is the sequel to the TV miniseries Karol: A Man Who Became Pope, which portrayed John Paul's life before the papacy....
  
  .... Mother Teresa
  Mother Teresa
  Mother Teresa , born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu , was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in 1950...
  
  
• 1994: Country Life
  Country Life (film)
  Country Life is an Australian film made in 1994, adapted from the play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov.The film was directed by Michael Blakemore. Actors appearing included Sam Neill and Googie Withers....
  
  .... Moud
• 1991: Hook
  Hook (film)
  Hook is a 1991 American fantasy film directed by Steven Spielberg. The film stars Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, and features Maggie Smith, Caroline Goodall, Charlie Korsmo, Amber Scott, and Dante Basco. Hook acts as a sequel to Peter Pan's original adventures, focusing...
  
  .... Wendy Darling
  Wendy Darling
  Wendy Moira Angela Darling is a fictional character, the female protagonist of Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie, and in most adaptations in other media. Her exact age is not specified in the original play or novel by Barrie, though she is implied to be 12 or 13 years old or younger, as she is "just...
  
  
• 1971: Elizabeth R
  Elizabeth R
  Elizabeth R is a BBC television drama serial of six 85-minute plays starring Glenda Jackson in the title role. It was first broadcast on BBC2 from February to March 1971, through the Australian Broadcasting Corporation in Australia and broadcast in America on PBS's Masterpiece Theatre.- Episodes...
  
  .... Kat Ashley
• 1970: Trup w każdej szafie .... Sabrina
• 1970: Zerwanie
• 1968: Nie do obrony
• 1967: Kobiety nie bij nawet kwiatem
• 1963: Miecz i waga
• 1962: Julio, jesteś czarująca .... Julia
• 1962: Trzy plus dwa
• 1962: Wspaniały Red
• 1962: Próba terroru
• 1956: Marynarzu, strzeż się
• 1955: Lady and the Tramp
  Lady and the Tramp
  Lady and the Tramp is a 1955 American animated film produced by Walt Disney and released to theaters on June 22, 1955, by Buena Vista Distribution. The fifteenth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, it was the first animated feature filmed in the CinemaScope widescreen...
  
  
• 1955: Pamiętnik majora Thompsona
• 1955: Czarna teczka .... Yvonne
• 1951: Śmiech w raju
• 1950: Rada bogów
• 1949: Spotkanie nad Łabą .... Janet Sherwood

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