Barbara Lass
Known for

Acting

Credits

31

Gender

Woman

Birthday

Jun 1, 1940

Day of death

Mar 6, 1995 (54)

Place of birth

Partów k. Gostynina, Niemcy (obecnie Polska)

Also known as
Barbara Kwiatkowska
Barbara Kwiatkowska-Lass
Barbara Kwiatkowski

Barbara Lass

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.

Known for
Acting roles
YearMovie / TV show / OtherRole
2012Roman Polanski: A Film MemoirSelf (archive footage)
2010Cracow by Polanski
1990Eine WahnsinnseheHerta
1986Rosa LuxemburgRosas Mutter
1984BlaubartRosalinde
1981Sting in the FleshInes
1974Effi BriestKöchin
1973How It's DoneHoliday-Maker
1972Doppelspiel in ParisRenée Borni, seine Geliebte
1970Der Pfarrer von St. PauliDagmar
1970Hauser's MemoryAngelika
1967JowitaAgnieszka 'Jowita' (as Barbara Kwiatkowska)
1965Serenade for Two SpiesTamara
1964Gut gefragt ist halb gewonnenSelf
1963Vice and VirtuePrisoner (uncredited)
1963Rififi in TokyoFrançoise Merigne
1962Love at TwentyBasia (segment "Warszawa")
1962Spóźnieni przechodnieHerself (segment 5)
1961Werewolf in a Girls' DormitoryPriscilla
1961The Joy of LivingFranca Fossati
1961Ostrożnie yetiBride (uncredited)
1960Bad LuckJola
1960Tysiąc talarówKasia Wydech
1960The Thousandth WindowAnia
1959When Angels Fall
1959Pan Anatol szuka milionaIwona Słowikowska (as Barbara Kwiatkowska)
1959Obrazki z podróży
1959Słońuczennica
1958Two Men and a Wardrobe
1958Ewa Wants to SleepEwa Bonecka
1958Żołnierz królowej MadagaskaruSabina Lemięcka