Maria Kaniewska was a Polish

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...

 actress, screenplay writer, movie director.

She debuted on October 14, 1933 in the Toruń

Torun

Toruń is an ancient city in northern Poland, on the Vistula River. Its population is more than 205,934 as of June 2009. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland. The medieval old town of Toruń is the birthplace of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus....

 City Theater after graduating from the Acting Department of State Institute of Theatrical Arts in Warsaw. In 1948 Kaniewska finished her study at the National Film School in Łódź as a movie director and was offered a job there as well. In 1960 she received a bronze lion award at the Venice Film Festival

Venice Film Festival

The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...

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Her movies

• Niedaleko Warszawy (Not far from Warsaw), (1954)
• Awantura o Basię (Argument about Basia), (1959)
• Szatan z siódmej klasy (Satan from the seventh grade), (1960)
• Komedianty (Comedians), (1961)
• Panienka z okienka (Lady in a window), (1964)
• Bicz Boży, (1966)
• Pierścień księżnej Anny (Ring of Princess Anna), (1970).
• Zaczarowane podwórko (Enchanted yard), (1974)

External links

• Profile at IMDb