Barbara Lass
Known For
Acting
Born
1940-06-01 in Partów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)
Died
1995-03-06
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.
Most Known For
Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnen
as Self
Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory
as Priscilla
Eine Wahnsinnsehe
as Herta
When Angels Fall
as Jeune femme
Rosa Luxemburg
as Rosas Mutter
Love at Twenty
as Basia (segment "Warszawa")
Effi Briest
as Köchin
Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
as Self (archive footage)
Two Men and a Wardrobe
Vice and Virtue
as Prisoner (uncredited)
Rififi in Tokyo
as Françoise Merigne
The Joy of Living
as Franca Fossati
Hauser's Memory
as Angelika
Der Pfarrer von St. Pauli
as Dagmar
Sting in the Flesh
as Ines
Pan Anatol szuka miliona
as Iwona Słowikowska
Jowita
as Agnieszka 'Jowita' (as Barbara Kwiatkowska)
The Thousandth Window
as Ania
Ostrożnie yeti
as Bride (uncredited)
Ewa Wants to Sleep
as Ewa Bonecka