Hanna Ordonówna
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Hanna Ordonówna also known as 'Ordonka', was a Polish
singer, dancer and actress. She began her career at the age of 16 in the Warsaw cabaret
Sfinks and then the theater Wesoły Ul in Lublin under the stage name "Anna Ordon." singing hits still popular today: O mój rozmarynie, Rozkwitały pęki białych róż, and Ułani, ułani.
When this cabaret closed, Hanka Ordonówna moved to Warsaw and worked at the cabaret Miraż, where she was noticed by Fryderyk Jarosy, director of the famous Warsaw cabaret Qui Pro Quo; it was under his guidance that she became a star, recording the famous Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (song by Henryk Wars
and Julian Tuwim
) in the 1933 movie Szpieg w masce (Spy with a mask). Another hit was Marian Hemar
's Jakieś małe nic, 1934.
In 1931 she married Count Michał Tyszkiewicz, who wrote many of her songs. Though a countess, she continued to perform in cabaret and even ride a horse in a circus revue. She developed lung disease which plagued her for the rest of her life. She died in 1950 in Beirut.
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
singer, dancer and actress. She began her career at the age of 16 in the Warsaw cabaret
Cabaret
Cabaret is a form, or place, of entertainment featuring comedy, song, dance, and theatre, distinguished mainly by the performance venue: a restaurant or nightclub with a stage for performances and the audience sitting at tables watching the performance, as introduced by a master of ceremonies or...
Sfinks and then the theater Wesoły Ul in Lublin under the stage name "Anna Ordon." singing hits still popular today: O mój rozmarynie, Rozkwitały pęki białych róż, and Ułani, ułani.
When this cabaret closed, Hanka Ordonówna moved to Warsaw and worked at the cabaret Miraż, where she was noticed by Fryderyk Jarosy, director of the famous Warsaw cabaret Qui Pro Quo; it was under his guidance that she became a star, recording the famous Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy (song by Henryk Wars
Henryk Wars
Henryk Wars was a Polish and later American pop music composer. He wrote the music for 50 films in the interwar period in Poland and sixty more in the United States...
and Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim
Julian Tuwim , sometimes used pseudonym "Oldlen" when writing song lyrics. He was a Polish poet, born in Łódź, Congress Poland, Russian Empire, of Jewish parents, and educated in Łódź and Warsaw where he studied law and philosophy at Warsaw University...
) in the 1933 movie Szpieg w masce (Spy with a mask). Another hit was Marian Hemar
Marian Hemar
Marian Hemar , born Jan Maria Hescheles, also Jan Mariański , Marian Wallenrod, was a Polish Jewish poet, journalist, playwright, comedy writer, and songwriter: he himself said that before the outbreak of World War II he had written 1200 songs including hits like Może kiedyś innym razem and Upić...
's Jakieś małe nic, 1934.
In 1931 she married Count Michał Tyszkiewicz, who wrote many of her songs. Though a countess, she continued to perform in cabaret and even ride a horse in a circus revue. She developed lung disease which plagued her for the rest of her life. She died in 1950 in Beirut.