Aleksandra Śląska

Aleksandra Śląska (4 November 1925 – 18 September 1989) was a Polish film actress. She appeared in 18 films between 1948 and 1983. Born in Katowice, Upper Silesia, she left for Warsaw after World War II. She was buried in the Powązki Cemetery in Warsaw.

Filmography

The Last Stage (1948, directed by Wanda Jakubowska) as Superintendent of the Women's Block Dom na pustkowiu (1949, directed by Jan Rybkowski) as Basia The Sonnenbrucks (1951, directed by Georg C. Klaren) as Fanchette Youth of Chopin (1952, directed by Aleksander Ford) as Konstancja Gladkowska Autobus odjezdza 6.20 (1954, directed by Jan Rybkowski) as Krystyna Poradzka Five Boys from Barska Street (1954, directed by Aleksander Ford) as Hanka Pętla (aka The Noose) (1958, directed by Wojciech Jerzy Has) as Krystyna Rok pierwszy (1960, directed by Witold Lesiewicz) as Dorota Historia wspólczesna (1961, directed by Wanda Jakubowska) as Jadwiga Bielas Spotkanie w "Bajce" (aka Meeting in the Fable) (1962, directed by Jan Rybkowski) as Teresa Ich dzien powszedni (1963, directed by Aleksander Ścibor-Rylski) as Nitka Passenger (1963, directed by Andrzej Munk) as Liza Mansarda (1963, directed by Konrad Nałęcki) as Maria Boleslaw Smialy (1972, directed by Witold Lesiewicz) as Queen Królowa Bona (1980-1982, TV Series, directed by Janusz Majewski) as Queen Bona Sforza Epitafium dla Barbary Radziwiłłówny (1983, directed by Janusz Majewski) as Queen Bona Sforza d'Aragon

Awards and decorations

Decorations Order of the Banner of Labour, 2nd class (1963) Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (19 July 1954) Medal of the 10th Anniversary of People's Poland (1955) Badge of the Millennium of the Polish State (1967) Badge of the honorary title "Meritorious for National Culture" (1989) "Meritorious Cultural Activist" badge (1967) Honorary badge "For Merits to Warsaw" (1966)

Awards 1950 – State Artistic Award, 3rd class, in the cinematography category, for her performance as the protagonist of the film Dom na pustkowiu 1954 – Distinction at the Cannes Film Festival for Piątka z ulicy Barskiej 1955 – State Prize of Poland, 2nd class, in the film category, for her film roles during the preceding ten years 1964 – State Prize, 2nd class, for outstanding acting achievements, particularly for her roles as Inga in First Day of Freedom, Joanna in The Prisoner of Altona, and in the film The Passenger 1964 – Award from the Committee for Radio and Television for her performances in Jerzy Broszkiewicz's television play Skandal w Hellbergu and the melodrama Pomyłka, proszę się wyłączyć 1967 – Capital City of Warsaw Award 1967 – Best Actress award at the 4th International Television Festival in Prague, for her role as Joanna in the film Czarna suknia 1968 – Award from the Committee for Radio and Television for her performance in the television production Mazepa 1975 – Złoty Ekran award for her roles in the television theatre productions Hedda Gabler and Sława i chwała 1978 – Theatre Award from the weekly Przyjaźń for her role as Arkadina in Anton Chekhov's The Seagull at the Stefan Jaracz Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw 1982 – First-class award (collective) from the chairman of the Committee for Radio and Television for acting achievements, particularly for her portrayal of the historical figure Bona Sforza in the television series Queen Bona 1985 – Award at the 11th Opole Theatre Festival for the title role in Witkacy's The Mother at the Stefan Jaracz Ateneum Theatre in Warsaw 2 December 2013 – Posthumously awarded the title "Heroine of Polish Cinema" on the initiative of the Union of Polish Stage Artists (ZASP)