Wojciech Juliusz Siemion (30 July 1928 – 24 April 2010) was a Polish

Poles

thumb|right|180px|The state flag of [[Poland]] as used by Polish government and diplomatic authoritiesThe Polish people, or Poles , are a nation indigenous to Poland. They are united by the Polish language, which belongs to the historical Lechitic subgroup of West Slavic languages of Central Europe...

 stage and film actor.

He studied law at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin

Lublin

Lublin is the ninth largest city in Poland. It is the capital of Lublin Voivodeship with a population of 350,392 . Lublin is also the largest Polish city east of the Vistula river...

 from 1947 to 1950. After graduating from the Theatre Academy in Warsaw in 1951 he began acting in several theatres and cabarets. In 1983, he became a member of the council of the Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth

Patriotic Movement for National Rebirth

Patriotyczny Ruch Odrodzenia Narodowego was a Polish communist organization. It was created in the aftermath of the martial law in Poland...

, and in 1985–1989 served as a member of the Sejm

Sejm

The Sejm is the lower house of the Polish parliament. The Sejm is made up of 460 deputies, or Poseł in Polish . It is elected by universal ballot and is presided over by a speaker called the Marshal of the Sejm ....

 from the Polish United Workers' Party

Polish United Workers' Party

The Polish United Workers' Party was the Communist party which governed the People's Republic of Poland from 1948 to 1989. Ideologically it was based on the theories of Marxism-Leninism.- The Party's Program and Goals :...

. After the fall of communist regime in Poland, Siemion became a member of the Polish People's Party and served in the regional legislature of the Masovian Voivodeship

Masovian Voivodeship

-Administrative division:Masovian Voivodeship is divided into 42 counties : 5 city counties and 37 "land counties"...

. Siemion was awarded many cultural and state awards, including the Order of Polonia Restituta.

On 21 April 2010, Siemion was seriously injured in a car accident in Ruszki

Ruszki, Masovian Voivodeship

Ruszki is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Młodzieszyn, within Sochaczew County, Masovian Voivodeship, in east-central Poland. It lies approximately south-west of Młodzieszyn, north-west of Sochaczew, and west of Warsaw....

 near Sochaczew

Sochaczew

Sochaczew is a town in central Poland, with 38,300 inhabitants . Situated in the Masovian Voivodeship , previously in Skierniewice Voivodeship . It is the capital of Sochaczew County....

. He died three days later in a hospital in Warsaw. He was buried at the Powązki Cemetery

Powazki Cemetery

Powązki Cemetery , also known as the Stare Powązki is a historic cemetery located in the Wola district, western part of Warsaw, Poland. It is the most famous cemetery in the city, and one of the oldest...

 in Warsaw.

Filmography

• Eroica (1958)
• Zamach (1958)
• Zezowate szczęście (1960)
• Marysia i krasnoludki (1960)
• Giuseppe w Warszawie (1964)
• Salto
  Salto (film)
  Salto is a film drama by written and directed by Polish director Tadeusz Konwicki. It was released on 11 June 1965 in Poland. The director of photography is Kurt Weber and the music was by Wojciech Kilar. The title can be translated as "somersault" in English, or it can be seen as a reference to a...
  
  (1964)
• Wojna domowa (1965–1966)
• Czterej pancerni i pies
  Czterej pancerni i pies
  Czterej pancerni i pies was a Polish black and white TV series based on the book by Janusz Przymanowski. Made between 1966 and 1970, the series is composed of 21 episodes of 55 minutes each, divided into three seasons. It is set in 1944 and 1945, during World War Two, and follows the adventures of...
  
  ([1966–1970)
• Niewiarygodne przygody Marka Piegusa (1966)
• Kierunek Berlin (1968)
• Poszukiwany, poszukiwana (1972)
• Nie ma róży bez ognia (1974)
• Ziemia obiecana (1974)
• Zwycięstwo (1974)
• Wolna sobota (1974)
• Co mi zrobisz, jak mnie złapiesz? (1978)
• Filip z konopi (1981)
• Alternatywy 4
  Alternatywy 4
  Alternatywy 4 was a Polish comedy TV series in that finished in 1983. Many famous Polish actors appeared in the series. The filming location used in Alternatywy 4 was a residential complex which is still in existence at 3 Grzegorzewska Street in Warsaw, Poland...
  
  (1983)
• Kolejność uczuć (1993)
• Tajemnica trzynastego wagonu (1993)
• Złotopolscy (1997)
• Przedwiośnie (2001)
• Ubu Król (2003)
• Niezawodny system (2008)
• Ostatnia akcja (2009)

Honours and awards

• Commander's Cross with Star of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2000; previously awarded the Commander's Cross (1989) and the Knight's Cross (1959))
• Order of the Banner of Work
  Order of the Banner of Work
  The Order of the Banner of Work was a governmental award in Poland during the twentieth-century era of the communist People's Republic of Poland....
  
  , Classes I (1984) and II (1962)
• Silver Cross of Merit (1956)
• Medal of the 10th-Anniversary of People's Poland
  Medal of the 10th-Anniversary of People's Poland
  The Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland is a former Polish civil state award established by Council of State on May 23, 1954 to recognize services to the state...
  
   (1955)
• Medal of the 30th-Anniversary of People's Poland (1975)
• Golden Honorary Emblem of the Polonia Society (1987)
• Badge of Merit in Culture (1984)
• Badge of Honour of the City of Warsaw (1977)
• Medal of the 100th anniversary of the liberation of Bulgaria (1978)

External links

• Wojciech Siemion at Filmweb.pl
• Wojciech Siemion at the Film Polski